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As Deputy Marshall Jim Land sets out to bring to justice outlaw Bill Doolin, he finds himself stalked by the evil, sadistic Turk Freese.
185 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 1, 1986
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Hank Mitchum
90 books4 followersHouse name for James Reasoner and others such as D.B. Newton and Will C. Knott.
American author James Reasoner specializes in historical military novels, westerns, and mysteries. He also writes under the pseudonyms "Mike Jameson", "Hank Mitchum" and "Dana Fuller Ross." He has written more than 40 novels. His spouse, Livia Washburn Reasoner, is also a prolific writer of westerns, mysteries, and romances. The Reasoners were each raised in Texas, and currently live near Azle, Texas.
Perhaps Reasoner's best known work is the ten-volume James Reasoner Civil War Series, which features the fictional Brannon family. The series is set in the town and county of Culpeper, Virginia, a major Confederate supply depot in central northern Virginia north of the Rapidan River.
Reasoner has another series of novels set in the American Civil War era, "The Palmetto Trilogy." This series is set in South Carolina and revolves around the Tyler and Gilmore families.
In addition to authoring the Walker, Texas Ranger books, he has written several volumes in the Wagons West series, a frontier series starting with the first wagon train heading to Oregon in 1837, and continuing on with their descendants up through 1941.
American author James Reasoner specializes in historical military novels, westerns, and mysteries. He also writes under the pseudonyms "Mike Jameson", "Hank Mitchum" and "Dana Fuller Ross." He has written more than 40 novels. His spouse, Livia Washburn Reasoner, is also a prolific writer of westerns, mysteries, and romances. The Reasoners were each raised in Texas, and currently live near Azle, Texas.
Perhaps Reasoner's best known work is the ten-volume James Reasoner Civil War Series, which features the fictional Brannon family. The series is set in the town and county of Culpeper, Virginia, a major Confederate supply depot in central northern Virginia north of the Rapidan River.
Reasoner has another series of novels set in the American Civil War era, "The Palmetto Trilogy." This series is set in South Carolina and revolves around the Tyler and Gilmore families.
In addition to authoring the Walker, Texas Ranger books, he has written several volumes in the Wagons West series, a frontier series starting with the first wagon train heading to Oregon in 1837, and continuing on with their descendants up through 1941.
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August 9, 2025
One of the more intensive of the Stagecoach Station series, this one was pretty much action through and through, rather than the slow buildup of the earlier stories. A lot of typical Western archetypes and I wasn’t a fan of what I felt was a twinge of Confederate sympathy at the very beginning, though this was noticeably absent throughout the rest of the story.
I enjoyed the characters more in this story than I have in others in the series to this point. Jim Land, the protagonist, felt very believable at some points, and others… well, there were times his luck seemed a little too good.
Really enjoyed the historical epilogue, talking about the real world fate of some of the historic characters and those early years of the 1890s in Oklahoma. Overall good (minus the couple pages of CSA sympathy in the early chapters, which is why I took a star) and if I was to re-read one book of the Stagecoach Station series, it would probably be this one.
I enjoyed the characters more in this story than I have in others in the series to this point. Jim Land, the protagonist, felt very believable at some points, and others… well, there were times his luck seemed a little too good.
Really enjoyed the historical epilogue, talking about the real world fate of some of the historic characters and those early years of the 1890s in Oklahoma. Overall good (minus the couple pages of CSA sympathy in the early chapters, which is why I took a star) and if I was to re-read one book of the Stagecoach Station series, it would probably be this one.
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