The Gunsharp

by William R. Cox

It was a town that drew killers and killing, like dead men draw vultures. Tombstone. They were all there that year - Johnny Ringo, Doc Holliday, the Earps...and Will Carney. Carney, the drifter that even the toughest gunfighters were too smart to tangle with. But the Eggerleys weren't very smart. They trained their sights on Will Carney, and Arizona's biggest blood bath began...

288 pages, Paperback

First published September 17, 1973

About the author

See also: William Robert Cox

William Robert Cox (1901-1988) was a writer for more than sixty years, and published more than seventy-five novels and perhaps one thousand short stories, as well as more than 150 TV shows and several movies on film. He was well into his career, flooding the market with sports, crime, and adventure stories, when he turned to the western novel. He served twice as president of the Western Writers of America, and was writing his fifth Cemetery Jones novel, Cemetery Jones and the Tombstone War, when he passed away. He wrote under at least six pen names, including Willard d’Arcy, Mike Frederic, John Parkhill, Joel Reeve, Roger G. Spellman and Jonas Ward.

Reviews

[Paxton Holley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Written by the same author that wrote Cemetery Sam. Typical old western novel. Not bad.

[Chris Stephens · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good clean western fun,
must say it had about the funniest pre sex conversation I have ever read on p141.