Books by Johnny Gunn

Nomadic cowboys, drifters, troublemakers - Snake and Dog-man have heard it all, but they are more than that, they're strong, determined, and never back down from a fight.Continuing their trek to California by guiding a freight wagon train to Tucson, Arizona Territory Snake and Dog-man run into trouble when they meet a family along the way. From there, the trouble never stops, and gun fights, injuries, and death ensue. Once in Gila Bend, Dog-man learned that steamboats ran between Yuma, Arizona Territory and Guaymas, Mexico. Since it was on the way to California, they made the ride to Yuma, only to find themselves in more trouble.The drifters knew they had to continue their trek to California - it was then they realized it was the open road, the unknown over the horizon that was most important to them.

Amos Warren, a ranching neighbor of Jack Slater, is eaten up by envy, jealousy, and a lack of ability to run his own ranch. He blames Slater for all his failures and often threatens to burn Slater out.Warren's foreman, Sonny Belafleur, is an outlaw using the Warren ranch in a cattle rustling operation tied to feedlot owner Blake Wilson. Wilson has found a flaw in Nevada's laws concerning brands and when ownership is transferred and is using that flaw to rustle considerable heads of beef. One rustling attempt brings the operation into focus for Jack Slater and his highly intelligent adopted son, Rob. An inept sheriff begs Slater to end the rustling but continues to get in the way.Warren's anger and hatred get the best of him and he sends hired gunslingers to burn out the Slater ranch and kill the family. The former Orphan Train boy is driven by love of family and responds with overwhelming ferocity, ending any further threats.

HOT ACTION, TERRIBLE CRIMES AND JUSTICE SERVED.A series of fires, robberies, and assaults escalate quickly into killings in the small central Nevada community of Eureka. Deputy Sheriff Terrence Corcoran believes that two brothers along with a friend of theirs, are involved. Those robbed and assaulted are being physically intimidated into not revealing who did the dirty deed.The young outlaw brothers attack a rancher leaving the auction yard after selling his herd and kill him and his coach driver. Several weeks later, they attack a stagecoach, which leads to death and an escape.

In the early 1870s, from the Rocky Mountains to northern Mexico, a couple of drifters discover their true purpose-in the form of hard-hitting western adventure!When Snake and Dog-Man are "asked" to leave Deadwood and travel south to what they think will be gold country, the nomadic cowboy pair manages to stir up trouble, help others, and attempt to locate the hard money they set out for in the first place.And while their adventures are always rollicking fun, they're also incredibly dangerous. But at least they're able to maintain their dignity-most of the time.Join these daring drifters as they navigate the rugged terrain of the Wild West, where danger lurks around every corner and the pursuit of gold is only surpassed by the bonds of friendship forged in the crucible of adventure.

The third Jack Slater novel is an ever-present fight between good and evil… Jack Slater, once an orphan boy on a train trip west, is facing incredible danger and introducing a new generation of the Slater family. An outlaw with suitcases full of ill-gained money buys his way into Elko County, Nevada politics. He threatens Jack Slater's family and friends, something Slater will not tolerate. The fight to rid the county of corrupted office holders is also a good lesson in civics for his adopted son, Rob, who fights right alongside Jack Slater. Despite his young age, Rob becomes a man. There were good men who allowed themselves to be corrupted and others who looked to be.

Corcoran takes some time off as Eureka County Deputy Sheriff to visit an old family friend and stumbles into a land fraud scheme. It gets mighty dangerous as a conspiracy develops, one layer at a time, and bodies begin to pile up. A rancher leaves his foreman in charge in order to get medical help for his daughter and the foreman claims the man abandoned his homestead claim.Corcoran being Corcoran, he meets a charming young lady whose father is an Oregon County Sheriff. He seriously contemplates giving up his badge and settling down.

Terrence Corcoran, recovering from injuries he received breaking up a cattle rustling gang, stumbles onto a grisly scene high in the Monitor Range of central Nevada. That discovery nets him a charming teenage girl from a ranch in the valley, an old army scout who has never lost his abilities, and some wild rides through the Nevada desert in pursuit of Humboldt Charley and a gang of murderers, bank robbers, and kidnappers. Town marshals protect criminal elements, three county sheriffs become involved, and Corcoran discovers at least one more person from his past is looking to put him six-feet under. It was the robbing of a bank in Belmont that started the problems and the pathetic end to the gang that ended them. Terror on Flat Top Ridge is a Terrence Corcoran western thriller sure to please.

A CAPTIVATING, NON-STOP ACTION TALE OF THE OLD WEST A stage coach hold-up turns into a federal judge's wife being abducted, brutalized, and murdered. Federal marshals Bull Morrison and Slim Calhoun are called in and in that moment everything goes downhill. Outlaw Gus Emerson and his partner Hawknose Mackenzie lead the Marshals deep into the Walker River Canyon where they fight off Indians in at least three battles, but the even more devastating crimes are being committed by Federal Judge Chastain back in Mormon Station, Nevada Territory. A simple robbery, Indian fights, small town riots, and A Judge Gone Wrong - Johnny Gunn delivers the second Slim Calhoun, Bull Morrison Western.

An action-packed western novel by bestselling author Johnny GunnMany wars between white men and Indians on the frontier started with the abduction and abuse of young white girls by the Indians. What Terrence Corcoran rides into is the opposite. White ranchers have abducted young Indian girls and abused them. This time, they made a mistake and left one alive.Corcoran discovers a cattle-rustling ring run by the Indian Agent, gets involved in the makings of an all-out Indian uprising, and fights with everyone involved. All this because he wanted to visit some old friends in Virginia City.

U.S. Marshal Bull Morrison and his deputy, Slim Calhoun, ride into Aurora, a rowdy Nevada mining camp, to escort a large gold shipment to the U.S. Mint in Carson City. A gang, led by local businessmen and the deputy city marshal are determined to make that gold shipment their own. Bull Morrison is usually looking to pick a fight and his partner is often found egging him on. They are delighted to find the deputy city marshal is a psychopath and is also looking to pick a fight. Chasing bad guys in a blizzard on a high mountain pass near the 9,000 foot level is just one of the obstacles faced by Bull and Slim. It gets worse as the blustering and inept gang leaders try to hire killers to save their necks. Thieving and hijacking plans deteriorate to chaos, men die, women are abducted, and Aurora, the Goddess of Dawn, Burns.

Terrence Corcoran carried a badge in Virginia City, Nevada until one day, in a drunken stupor, he shot the sheriff. Now he's returning to the Comstock looking to get his badge back and stumbles into a conspiracy that might put the sheriff, district attorney, and others in jail for a long time. A lovely working girl is brutally murdered, a Hungarian duke wants a Wells Fargo gold shipment, and the sheriff rehires him after first kicking him in a most tender spot.Corcoran was born on the ship bringing his family to this country, ran away to the frontier at an early age and brings his ideas of the old country and knowledge learned of the west to whatever mess he finds himself in. He's carried a badge, found himself in jail, and stands four-square for right, honor, and truth.You gotta love the guy.

Spring floods, outlaws roaming the Willamette Valley, and men with clubs looking to pound his head will not stop Ezekiel Hawthorne from striving for statehood for his beloved Oregon. Young Hiram takes on a gang of outlaws and Travis enjoys the best Christmas party he's ever thrown. Moose invites a young lady to spend the rest of her days in his lodge and feisty little Barbara, with the help of a shotgun, tangles with outlaws.Every journey has a beginning and an end, but statehood is yet another beginning. Zeke is hurt, worn out, and enthralled as 1858 finds another star added to that magnificent starred and striped banner, and he can retire in peace and honor.

Ezekiel's Journey continues as he and the family settle on their homestead and begin the hard work of developing a farm. There is a movement afoot to bring Oregon into the union and Zeke is one of those promoting the idea. He discovers his leadership ability and is elected to the Oregon Territorial Legislature. It's not all roses for the intrepid adventurer as he finds strong opposition to statehood coming from those that want Oregon as a slave state, and those that are dead set against the welcoming of more immigrants. Rumblings of Indian problems for the thousands that will travelling the Oregon Trail are addressed as well. Oregon Territory stretches from the Pacific Ocean to the Continental Divide. Can such a large area even be governed? Maybe break some off?

His life is shattered, his wife, his children dead. A lesser man might just give it up; but Ezekiel Hawthorne isn't a quitter. While thousands head to the California gold fields in wagons, Ezekiel loads his mule and embarks on an amazing venture across the continent alone, bound for the good soils and abundant waters of Oregon. Savages, tornadoes, and a lack of knowledge don't slow the man down a bit. It's a beautiful half-Shoshone woman who has the biggest impact on Ezekiel's new life.

A Nevada ranch is hard enough to operate without bloodthirsty outlaws roaming through the territory, ranch hands dying from those attacks, and now a pregnant wife. Jack Slater, once an orphan boy on a train trip west, is facing A Long Year in Outlaw Country."This is the 1880s, we're supposed to be civilized," Slater says following an attack that killed one of his best hands. Greedy men, mean killers, outlaws all, don't understand the concept of civilized, and it take men like Jack Slater to stand up to them, more so when his family is threatened.

In the fall of 1872, following a buggy mishap that killed his parents, Jack Slater, ten years old, was flung to the streets of New York City, among thousands of misplaced, orphaned, or runaway children. He was saved by the Children's Aid Society that placed orphaned children with families on the frontier. These families welcomed the children and most found loving homes. Some grew up to become industrial, political, or community leaders. Slater did not find a loving home. Instead, he found himself at Pete Jablonski's farm in Fargo, Dakota Territory where abuse was a daily dose of reality. When outlaws rob a local mine payroll and kill four men in the process, Slater makes a mortal enemy of the Elko County Sheriff that takes Slater's life is an unexpected direction.