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Stagecoach Station #7
Seattle
PAPERBACK
- GenresWesterns
271 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1983
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About the author
Hank Mitchum
90 books4 followersHouse name for James Reasoner and others such as D.B. Newton and Will C. Knott.
American author James Reasoner specializes in historical military novels, westerns, and mysteries. He also writes under the pseudonyms "Mike Jameson", "Hank Mitchum" and "Dana Fuller Ross." He has written more than 40 novels. His spouse, Livia Washburn Reasoner, is also a prolific writer of westerns, mysteries, and romances. The Reasoners were each raised in Texas, and currently live near Azle, Texas.
Perhaps Reasoner's best known work is the ten-volume James Reasoner Civil War Series, which features the fictional Brannon family. The series is set in the town and county of Culpeper, Virginia, a major Confederate supply depot in central northern Virginia north of the Rapidan River.
Reasoner has another series of novels set in the American Civil War era, "The Palmetto Trilogy." This series is set in South Carolina and revolves around the Tyler and Gilmore families.
In addition to authoring the Walker, Texas Ranger books, he has written several volumes in the Wagons West series, a frontier series starting with the first wagon train heading to Oregon in 1837, and continuing on with their descendants up through 1941.
American author James Reasoner specializes in historical military novels, westerns, and mysteries. He also writes under the pseudonyms "Mike Jameson", "Hank Mitchum" and "Dana Fuller Ross." He has written more than 40 novels. His spouse, Livia Washburn Reasoner, is also a prolific writer of westerns, mysteries, and romances. The Reasoners were each raised in Texas, and currently live near Azle, Texas.
Perhaps Reasoner's best known work is the ten-volume James Reasoner Civil War Series, which features the fictional Brannon family. The series is set in the town and county of Culpeper, Virginia, a major Confederate supply depot in central northern Virginia north of the Rapidan River.
Reasoner has another series of novels set in the American Civil War era, "The Palmetto Trilogy." This series is set in South Carolina and revolves around the Tyler and Gilmore families.
In addition to authoring the Walker, Texas Ranger books, he has written several volumes in the Wagons West series, a frontier series starting with the first wagon train heading to Oregon in 1837, and continuing on with their descendants up through 1941.
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December 19, 2020
Very well written with characters that were interesting and generate interest in their stories. Another fine work by Hank Mitchum.
June 16, 2023
Not a bad addition to the series. Had a fairly focused plot.
Warning: written 40 years ago, this book is not woke and will likely offend modern audiences.
Warning: written 40 years ago, this book is not woke and will likely offend modern audiences.
September 22, 2016
I liked the major themes of this novel, that of a wagon train journey from the town of Baker in Oregon Territory all the way to the mining town of Seattle in the year 1863. I also liked the rather unusual main character of Kate Harrow, a savvy madam intent upon transporting her three “soiled doves” to Seattle with dreams of getting rich off of the male-dominated town.
Most of the plot takes place on the trail itself, through rough country, crossing raging rivers and, of course, through Indian Country where a renegade band of warriors prey on passing wagon trains. I was expecting a fairly predictable story, and I got a lot of that, but there were enough interesting characters and some creative plot enhancements that the book held my interest. As with many westerns though, I wish they were longer in order to better flesh out the characters and explore the impacts on them that their actions might dictate. Instead we get quick summaries and abrupt endings, no doubt to fulfill the contractual requirements of page length requirements.
The author wearing the “Hank Mitchum” moniker this time around is Will C. Knott who wrote several books in this Stagecoach series as well as a lot of the Longarm, Trailsman, Golden Hawk, and Vengeance Seeker series of Westerns. He also wrote quite a few stand-alone novels and children’s fiction books.
Most of the plot takes place on the trail itself, through rough country, crossing raging rivers and, of course, through Indian Country where a renegade band of warriors prey on passing wagon trains. I was expecting a fairly predictable story, and I got a lot of that, but there were enough interesting characters and some creative plot enhancements that the book held my interest. As with many westerns though, I wish they were longer in order to better flesh out the characters and explore the impacts on them that their actions might dictate. Instead we get quick summaries and abrupt endings, no doubt to fulfill the contractual requirements of page length requirements.
The author wearing the “Hank Mitchum” moniker this time around is Will C. Knott who wrote several books in this Stagecoach series as well as a lot of the Longarm, Trailsman, Golden Hawk, and Vengeance Seeker series of Westerns. He also wrote quite a few stand-alone novels and children’s fiction books.
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