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The Last Gunfighter #23
Montana Gundown
In William Johnstone's bestselling "The Last Gunfighter, " Frank Morgan is the last of his kind--until he confronts a young gun who shares his name, skill, and maybe even his blood. . .Like Father. Like Son. Like Hell.
Frank Morgan has one son he knows of--and Kid Morgan has become famous in his own right. But in Montana, Frank comes face-to-face with a young man with a deadly swagger and a stunning claim: that he's Frank's son, too. And he's here to gun his old man down.
For Frank, the first thing to do is find out if Brady Morgan is truly his own flesh and blood. That means tracking down a woman he once loved, and then untangling her lies, lust and a scheme to steal prime Montana ranchland. Suddenly, Frank is in the middle of an exploding range war--and he's standing on the opposite side from young Brady Morgan. In a clash of guns and greed, two Morgans will face each other one last time: to decide who will live and who will die . . .
Frank Morgan has one son he knows of--and Kid Morgan has become famous in his own right. But in Montana, Frank comes face-to-face with a young man with a deadly swagger and a stunning claim: that he's Frank's son, too. And he's here to gun his old man down.
For Frank, the first thing to do is find out if Brady Morgan is truly his own flesh and blood. That means tracking down a woman he once loved, and then untangling her lies, lust and a scheme to steal prime Montana ranchland. Suddenly, Frank is in the middle of an exploding range war--and he's standing on the opposite side from young Brady Morgan. In a clash of guns and greed, two Morgans will face each other one last time: to decide who will live and who will die . . .
- GenresWesterns
324 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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William W. Johnstone
1,040 books1,390 followersWilliam 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.
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April 28, 2018
Frank has another son ? Could be, and this is the story of Frank landing in the middle of a fight between two ranches again. A different twist tho, when a former girlfriend is manipulating things behind the scenes. Brady actually grows up believing that he is Frank's son and has been taught to hate him. As usual, Laura and Brady are no match for the Drifter.
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August 12, 2020I just completed the Drifter series and enjoyed it very much.I hope the saga will continue. I also read the series featuring Frank's son Conrad Browning, aka Kid Morgan, enjoying it equally as much. Mr. Johnstone has a unique talent for western writing. Excellent work, thank you.
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November 2, 2017
Good book to read and enjoy.
Some good reading for those of us that like western stories. Thanks to the author and his staff. Worthy of your time
Some good reading for those of us that like western stories. Thanks to the author and his staff. Worthy of your time
January 2, 2020
As always, this writer had plenty of action and the descriptions of the actions in the hills and mountains was really detailed. Almost like he had done this before writing about it.
May 16, 2021
Good story
You can't keep a good man down. Treachery and greed are two things the last gunfight does not like. He has to solve them both in this tale.
You can't keep a good man down. Treachery and greed are two things the last gunfight does not like. He has to solve them both in this tale.
March 31, 2012
When Frank Morgan and his partner Salty Stephens stepped into the middle of the running gun battle, they had no idea what they were getting involved in. A dozen or more men chasing four with murder on their minds.
When it was over, they learned it was Hal Embry and three hands, the other four from a man named Baldridge, even worse lead by a gunman named Brady Morgan who claimed to be the son of the famous gunman Frank Morgan.
And Frank wasn't sure that might not be right. he'd come by his nickname of The Drifter honestly, never staying in one place for any length of time. He'd learned just a few years back that he had a son, Conrad Browning, a grown man who didn't like him for a couple of those years until an understanding between them. The boy was making a reputation of his own now as Kid Morgan, The Loner. There was also the young woman married to the Texas Ranger. Frank wasn't positive she was his daughter, though it was likely.
Was Brady Morgan another?
He was a vicious killer, Frank learned, and when he met his mother, the odds went up. Laura Donnelly had been her name then, Wilcoxon now. They'd had a brief time together before he'd been run out of town by the law, she'd already left, and he hadn't seen her since. It was possible he was the boy's father.
It descends into a range war between Embry and Baldridge and gets ugly before Frank can learn the truth.
A fine edition in the Last Gunfighter series. I'm fond of this particular J. A. Johnstone's writing.
When it was over, they learned it was Hal Embry and three hands, the other four from a man named Baldridge, even worse lead by a gunman named Brady Morgan who claimed to be the son of the famous gunman Frank Morgan.
And Frank wasn't sure that might not be right. he'd come by his nickname of The Drifter honestly, never staying in one place for any length of time. He'd learned just a few years back that he had a son, Conrad Browning, a grown man who didn't like him for a couple of those years until an understanding between them. The boy was making a reputation of his own now as Kid Morgan, The Loner. There was also the young woman married to the Texas Ranger. Frank wasn't positive she was his daughter, though it was likely.
Was Brady Morgan another?
He was a vicious killer, Frank learned, and when he met his mother, the odds went up. Laura Donnelly had been her name then, Wilcoxon now. They'd had a brief time together before he'd been run out of town by the law, she'd already left, and he hadn't seen her since. It was possible he was the boy's father.
It descends into a range war between Embry and Baldridge and gets ugly before Frank can learn the truth.
A fine edition in the Last Gunfighter series. I'm fond of this particular J. A. Johnstone's writing.
June 26, 2013
Johnstone is an author whose work I enjoyed in the past, and it was available immediately to borrow from my new-to-me library app.
Montana Gundown is the well-told story for another adventure of Frank Morgan who is known as The Drifter or as The Last Gunman. It is possible he is The-Next-To-Last Gunman as he encounters Brady Morgan, who claims to be his son, during a range war.
I recommend it to any reader who enjoys books from the cowboy fiction genre and writers such as Zane Gray and Louis L'Amour. This can be enjoyed as your first book by Johnstone or as part of the series.
Montana Gundown is the well-told story for another adventure of Frank Morgan who is known as The Drifter or as The Last Gunman. It is possible he is The-Next-To-Last Gunman as he encounters Brady Morgan, who claims to be his son, during a range war.
I recommend it to any reader who enjoys books from the cowboy fiction genre and writers such as Zane Gray and Louis L'Amour. This can be enjoyed as your first book by Johnstone or as part of the series.
April 2, 2014
Another well-written book in a Johnstone series.
June 6, 2014
Love reading these books
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