Johnny D. Boggs
Summer of the Star
In the summer of 1873, Madison “Mad Carter” MacRae is sixteen, earning money on a cattle drive from Texas to…
And There I Will Be A Soldier
In 1862, the American states are organizing local militias to fight during the Civil War. Ryan McCalla joins the 2nd…
Kill the Indian: A Killstraight Story
In 1888, Daniel Killstraight, a Comanche Metal Shirt, or tribal police officer, is appointed to attend a conference in Fort…
South By Southwest
Zeb Hogan has a mission to carry out for the Union’s 16th Wisconsin: find and kill the traitor Sergeant Ben…
Hard Winter: A Western Story
This novel from Spur Award winner Boggs is not the stereotypical Western. Rather, this is a coming-of-age story told…
Rio Chama
New Mexico Territory in the 1890s was as wild as the West could be with gunslingers, cattle rustlers, and hostile…
Soldier’s Farewell
Smith Munro chronicles his experiences at a stagecoach station in New Mexico territory in a diary he receives for his…
Northfield: A Western Story
Few American criminals enjoy the attention paid to Jesse James and his gang of Confederate guerrillas and post-Civil War bank…
The Hart Brand
In the tradition of such notable writers as Owen Wister, Louis L’Amour, and Max Brand, author Johnny D. Boggs delivers…
Walk Proud, Stand Tall
In 1913, legendary lawman Lin Garrett arrives in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he was the sheriff back in the 1880s. Seventy…
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