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Hogan's Way
His way lead him into an inferno of death and hate. This is a mass market paperback published in 1974 by Bantam Books.
Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1970
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November 13, 2025
I think Clifton Adams might have rushed this one. The premise was interesting but the plot ended up being a bit too meandering to keep me interested.
HOGANS WAY begins with Mr. Hogan himself riding into the Southeastern Choctaw Nation with a bloodstained bill taken off his recently murdered partner Max Bollivar. Hogans mission is to find Bollivar's killer by locating more of the bloodstained greenbacks. It's in the town of Larribee (which I think is fictitious in this case) that Hogan finds more of the money, which puts him on a dangerous trail that he wont be put off of. Hogans predicament is all the more fraught due to the town of Larribee itself, which seems to be hiding some kind of secret other than his partners murder. There's also the outlaws who have taken refuge in Larribee who raise even more questions in a town that seems to be prospering by some invisible force. At least at first.
So, like I said, I thought the premise was good, but the revelations were none too startling. In fact, as I type this the day after reading it, I can't even recall what they were, and I can't bring myself to peruse the pages to provide any more details. I think what mainly put me off is that everything was just too slow in unraveling, not to mention the action and the plot in general falling short of what I'm used to from a Clifton Adams western. Even the characters didn't make much of an impression.
I remember one more Clifton Adams book that couldn't keep me interested, which was THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF KIOWA JONES. But if you include Clifton Adams books written under his Clay Randall pseudonym, he wrote more than enough top notch westerns to ensure he'll always be a favorite of mine. Hell, if you like Adams give this one a try, it might be that I'm just a horrible reader.
HOGANS WAY begins with Mr. Hogan himself riding into the Southeastern Choctaw Nation with a bloodstained bill taken off his recently murdered partner Max Bollivar. Hogans mission is to find Bollivar's killer by locating more of the bloodstained greenbacks. It's in the town of Larribee (which I think is fictitious in this case) that Hogan finds more of the money, which puts him on a dangerous trail that he wont be put off of. Hogans predicament is all the more fraught due to the town of Larribee itself, which seems to be hiding some kind of secret other than his partners murder. There's also the outlaws who have taken refuge in Larribee who raise even more questions in a town that seems to be prospering by some invisible force. At least at first.
So, like I said, I thought the premise was good, but the revelations were none too startling. In fact, as I type this the day after reading it, I can't even recall what they were, and I can't bring myself to peruse the pages to provide any more details. I think what mainly put me off is that everything was just too slow in unraveling, not to mention the action and the plot in general falling short of what I'm used to from a Clifton Adams western. Even the characters didn't make much of an impression.
I remember one more Clifton Adams book that couldn't keep me interested, which was THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF KIOWA JONES. But if you include Clifton Adams books written under his Clay Randall pseudonym, he wrote more than enough top notch westerns to ensure he'll always be a favorite of mine. Hell, if you like Adams give this one a try, it might be that I'm just a horrible reader.
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