Posse Guns: A Western Sextet

by Peter Dawson

Book by Dawson, Peter

220 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2008

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

[Adam Dobschensky · Rating 3 out of 5]

My book that I read is called Posse Guns by Peter Dawson. This book is a sextet meaning it consists of six short stories. All of the stories are western stories making it a western sextet. The first story is “Outcast Deputy” which is about a man named Hugh Conner. Conner took over an abandoned ranch and made improvements. He made it his home even though he truthfully didn’t own it. Then a man named Wyatt Keyes shows up with the Sheriff and forced him of the land. Another one of the stories was called “The Bullet” which was about a Sheriff named Tom Marolt. The Sheriff has been having trouble solving some crimes in his district. Ed Tolliver was a writer for the newspaper and wrote about how he was not doing well. In “Posse Guns” is about Joe Dorn and Dan Morgan having trouble with rustlers.
I thought the book was pretty good. I liked that it was based in western time because I like that kind of stuff. I thought it was entertaining to read it. I helped make it better by imagining the voices of the characters with southern and old west accents. The only thing that I didn’t like was the fact that it was a sextet and the stories didn’t really connect at all.
I would recommend this to someone who has a good imagination. If you have a good imagination you can make the book a lot more entertaining. The book is entertaining on its own but it is a lot better with imagination. I would not recommend it for people who don’t like western genre.

[Larry Holshu · Rating 5 out of 5]

All 6 stories are captivating. A must read for western readers. Well written.