Vengeance of the Mountain Man

The Last Mountain Man #19

by William W. Johnstone

After years on the run, Sundance, a vicious, vengeful gunfighter, brings together a fearsome gang of cutthroats and sets out for the Sugarloaf, with the intention of seeking revenge on mountain man Smoke Jensen. Reprint.

Genres: Westerns, Fiction

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published July 1, 1997

About the author

William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over 50 million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the Greatest Western writer of the 21st Century." Visit him online at WilliamJohnstone.net.

Reviews

[Bill Riggs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Smoke returns to his Mountain Man roots as he takes on an army of outlaws out for his head. Violent and bloody action as Smoke draws his enemies deeper into his element, the High Lonesome, and delivers brutal justice mountain man style.

[Tawallah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Despite reading the nineteenth book in the Mountain Man series, I was able to follow the narrative well. This is mainly because this is either the jump off for a new story arc or it reintroduces certain characters. The story unfortunately was quite drawn out with quite a bit of backstory about the lore of Smoke Jensen.

In this installment, Smoke Jensen is now in his thirties and married to Sally, his second wife when outlaws coming seeking revenge on behalf of Sundance Morgan. These two men met in an earlier novel and Smoke was "merciful" after he shot his friend in a gunfight but shot him from the back. But this will be a forgettable tale. Full of stereotypes of both Native Americans, mountain men and Mexican bandits, I was not impressed. For a book touted to be written by the 21st century greatest western writer, it was sadly lacking. It was too repetitive with no real plot. There is quite a bit of swearing as expected, but graphic violence. And it fails to convince about the tough period of early 1900s. And I’m sure denim jeans is not the standard wear at the time. Even though it would have been available. This seems to be the Hollywood version of the West. Not what I was expecting from such a well touted author.

[Ted Torgerson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this story around Smoke Jenson and how he is hounded by gun slicks that think they can beat him. This then couple with vengeance and the long memories of these guys. Very fun book. Enjoyed listening to it on a long road trip.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

The storyline and characters were just as good as the others in the series, lots of action and the full cast narration is great. The book could have stood on it's own without being so coarse involving the women, it's typically there but not in this detail.

[Lisa C. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just mediocre. Lots of violence and cut and paste from previous books and not a lot of originality. The books aren't as good as the older ones, imho.

[Rob Smith, Jr. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This would get a very high rating except for the flashbacks of Smoke Jensen's

[Mike Field · Rating 5 out of 5]

pulled me in and did not let go

[Richard Guerrero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoy the 19th book of the smoke Jensen series.

[Kevin Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Death rides a lonely horse.

Smoke Jensen really came through with a ruthless vengeance to wipe out the murderers and outlaws that take lives with no remorse.

[Larry · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great read....It was a hard to put the done.....

[Karrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome read

Favorite Author always a lot of action great characters laugh and it always seems to come alive. It is a must fast read.

[Yosef Shapiro · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s a good story. But, it’s padded with a lot of flashbacks from other books.

[ted tull · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vengeance of the Mountain Man

Boy, Smoke killed killers in just about every way.possible. Smoke was one vengeance laden SOB. A great but gory story but I'm ready for the next book.

[Lmcglynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Usual cowboy fun——seems a little more unforgiving in this chapter!

[Andrew A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never get tired of the characters in these stories. This one, however, is a bit more graphic and gruesome than others.
If you like westerns, these are pretty good books.

[Ken White · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vengeance Of The Mountain Man

This book by William W. Johnstone is one of his best books that I read by this author. It is a typical book in his western fashion in that it's full of western action.. With a lot of gunfighters. The book has a lot shootouts in the typical fashion. If you are fan of the Mountain Man or of Smoke Jensen then I recommend this book to you. It is a great western to read for any true western fan.

[Tori · Rating 4 out of 5]

More graphic than many of his others.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very good western series. The story of Smoke Jensen, trained by the last of the mountain men as a boy. If you like men's adventure and westerns then you will enjoy the series. Recommended

[cindy magers]

Yay

[Martha Peebles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great as always

The Johnston's did it again a really great book lots of action. Smoke as usual fighting evil. I really love the books on Smoke.

[Sue · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lost credibility by mentioning jeans and denim jeans too much. Also, as usual for this author/publisher, the Spanish was atrocious.

[larry brashear · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good!

Another great tale by the Master! I simply love these Westerns. Always, in the end evil will not triumph, never!

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read. New bits of Smoke's Biography are revealed.