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Sudden
The Range Robbers
His was a name to be feared from the Mexican border to the Black Hills of Dakota.Now at Hatchett’s folly his search for two men, Peterson and Webb, was at an end...or was it?The
- GenresWesterns
222 pages, Paperback
First published April 15, 2013
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November 14, 2024
How many of you have read Sudden by Oliver Strange?
These are a series of Westerns written by an Englishman who had never travelled to the US!
The Range Robbers was the first in the series and published in 1930 to great acclaim.
Jim Green a young orphaned cowboy, gains a reputation as the fastest draw in the West…and the epithet Sudden. Tall and dark and saturnine he blows into towns, sorts out the evildoers and rides away into the sunset.
Sudden was #JackReacher 70 years before Jack Reacher was a twinkle in #LeeChilds eye!
I was a 13 year old, probably, when I read my first Sudden, and boy was I hooked! What with horses and cowboys and rustlers and ranches, the call of the Prairie was song to my heart ♥️
I read them all — then went on to read Zane Grey, Louis L’amour and J.T. Edson…. But it was Sudden who had my heart.
Years went by, other authors came into my life, the Suddens went out of print and slowly faded from my memory.
Until one day The Range Robbers popped up on Kindle as an ebook! I didn’t think twice….i hit the purchase button.
To read or not to read?
Was my hero going to stand the test of time? Would I cringe at my adolescent taste?
It was with trepidation that I started to read again…..
The years fell away and I was once more in the thrall of Sudden’s adventures. A story about his search for two men who had wronged his adoptive father, the search for an abducted girl; a story about cattle rustlers, about friendship, about the ruthless law of the West. About gunfights and card sharks…and the enduring story of a romance.
I am smitten once again.
And I’m heading for Amazon to buy the rest of the 9 books before they go out of print again. With a goofy smile on my face. Shore thing pardner!
My rating:
Four and a half stars… only because of the irritating typos.
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These are a series of Westerns written by an Englishman who had never travelled to the US!
The Range Robbers was the first in the series and published in 1930 to great acclaim.
Jim Green a young orphaned cowboy, gains a reputation as the fastest draw in the West…and the epithet Sudden. Tall and dark and saturnine he blows into towns, sorts out the evildoers and rides away into the sunset.
Sudden was #JackReacher 70 years before Jack Reacher was a twinkle in #LeeChilds eye!
I was a 13 year old, probably, when I read my first Sudden, and boy was I hooked! What with horses and cowboys and rustlers and ranches, the call of the Prairie was song to my heart ♥️
I read them all — then went on to read Zane Grey, Louis L’amour and J.T. Edson…. But it was Sudden who had my heart.
Years went by, other authors came into my life, the Suddens went out of print and slowly faded from my memory.
Until one day The Range Robbers popped up on Kindle as an ebook! I didn’t think twice….i hit the purchase button.
To read or not to read?
Was my hero going to stand the test of time? Would I cringe at my adolescent taste?
It was with trepidation that I started to read again…..
The years fell away and I was once more in the thrall of Sudden’s adventures. A story about his search for two men who had wronged his adoptive father, the search for an abducted girl; a story about cattle rustlers, about friendship, about the ruthless law of the West. About gunfights and card sharks…and the enduring story of a romance.
I am smitten once again.
And I’m heading for Amazon to buy the rest of the 9 books before they go out of print again. With a goofy smile on my face. Shore thing pardner!
My rating:
Four and a half stars… only because of the irritating typos.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
February 8, 2017
Excellent book and will be truly appreciated by Oliver Strange fans. Story unfolds beautifully and without too many spoilers, this book sees Sudden exacting his revenge he promised to Bill Evesham
March 19, 2022
Oliver Strange wrote the best western novels
Great read by the best of western writers of our time I have read a good many other authors but Oliver Strange is one of the best.
Great read by the best of western writers of our time I have read a good many other authors but Oliver Strange is one of the best.
November 27, 2025
An early example of a "Piccadilly Western", although the phrase would only be coined much later (it refers to Westerns written by British authors). Strange was followed by the likes of J.T. Edson and George G. Gilman.
My particular copy of The Range Robbers is in tatters. It looks like I tried to repair it at some point, with mixed results. Anyway, at least it's still readable.
The story itself is a bit heftier than I had expected, with some surprising twists and character interactions.
Comes loaded with Cowboy Vernacular.
3.5 stars
My particular copy of The Range Robbers is in tatters. It looks like I tried to repair it at some point, with mixed results. Anyway, at least it's still readable.
The story itself is a bit heftier than I had expected, with some surprising twists and character interactions.
Comes loaded with Cowboy Vernacular.
3.5 stars
September 4, 2018
Nice entry (the first?) but P.C. police beware!
October 21, 2015
Thought I would give this book a try from the 1930's era. Quite an enjoyable read, written in the way as the people would pronounce their words back then. So sometimes you have to re-read sentences to be sure of what they have said. But takes you back to watching the old black & white western adventures. Worth a look.
November 25, 2022
Sudden Rides Again.
I read my first Sudden book when I was 12 years old. That was 60 years ago.
It was a good page turner then and it still holds the same appeal today.
Although the author was born and bred in Liverpool, England, he is as good a story teller of westerns as the best of them.
I read my first Sudden book when I was 12 years old. That was 60 years ago.
It was a good page turner then and it still holds the same appeal today.
Although the author was born and bred in Liverpool, England, he is as good a story teller of westerns as the best of them.
September 25, 2013
Good value system,Characterization, description complete, language is lucid, great flow. Simple story written in spoken language.
July 31, 2015
One of my favorite sudden books.
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