The Blizzard

by Peter Dawson

Very Good Book

138 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Peter is the pen name of author Jonathan Hurff Glidden. He was born in Kewanee, Illinois, in 1907, and studied English literature at the University of Illinois. In his career as a Western author, Glidden published sixteen Western novels and over one hundred and twenty short novels and short stories for the magazine market. His first novel, The Crimson Horseshow, won the Dodd, Mead Prize as the 1941 Best Western of the Year. He died in 1957.

Note: "Peter Dawson" was also a pen name used by Frederick Faust (better known another of his pen names, Max Brand). Care should be taken when attributing books.

Reviews

[Josh Hitch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another solid western from Dawson. This one is about a rancher who found out his girlfriend, the local teacher, was raped during a blizzard that had everything shut down for days. She was snow blind and barely conscious so she does not know who it was, but the rancher will do everything to figure it out. Though the community is against the teacher based on the rumors which is hurting the search for the rapist and the rapist is using the bad feelings to his advantage.

Recommended. Dawson's always good, never any fluff in his tales. Always solid characters in a hard situation that keeps your interest throughout.