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Revision as of 02:43, 12 April 2011 by Dreadstar (talk | contribs) (longest running series of westerns)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Slocum Westerns are the longest running series of Westerns ever written, encompassing over 378 books, all of which are published under the pen name Jake Logan. The books were written by a number of authors, and all feature John Slocum as the protagonist.
Overview
Main Character
John Slocum is a basically decent man who will do whatever it takes to survive what life in the Western Frontier throws at him.
A Confederate soldier who lost his ancestral home to carpetbaggers after the Civil War and never went back, Slocum is a tough man, as gunslick as they come.
Slocum's adventures have taken him over a lot of the West. He has been a soldier, slave, stage driver, shotgun guard, bank robber, lawman, pioneer, cowboy, sheepherder, poor man, rich man, gambler, and drifter.
Target Demographic
The books are claimed to be adult oriented, due to the presence of 3 explicitly described sex scenes in each of the numbered books; they were first published by Playboy press.
Authors
Robert E. Vardeman has written a number of them.
At least one title (Ride for Revenge) was written by Martin Cruz Smith.
References
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