The Devil's Roundup

by Will Cook

These five short Will Cook novels are perfect examples of the enviable quality of his work. Each of these thrilling tales is set in Hondo and the surrounding ranching community in Texas over a twenty year span. Rancher Jeff Cardigan plays a prominent role in “The Barb Wire War‚” in which he falls in love‚ and later in “The Big Kill” in which he brings in U.S. marshal John Saber to put a halt to rustling.

222 pages, Library Binding

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

William Everett Cook was born in Richmond, Indiana in 1922 and died in 1964. He began writing for publication in 1952 for Popular Library. During his short life Cook was a soldier, commercial aviator, deep-sea diver, logger, peace officer, and writer of western and adventure novels and stories. His hobbies included sports car racing, sailing, judo, and barbershop singing. His pseudonyms include Wayne Everett, James Keene, Frank Peace, and William Richards.

William Everett Cook was a writer of western and adventure novels and stories. Collection consists of correspondence (273 letters), manuscripts for his novels, short stories, and one novella, and an extensive collection of western pulp fiction containing short stories by Cook.