Slocum Westerns are the longest running series of Westerns ever written, encompassing over 400 books, all of which are published under the pen name Jake Logan. The books have been written by a number of authors, and all feature John Slocum as the protagonist.

Main character

John Slocum is among the toughest of

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s. He is a mostly decent man who will do whatever it takes to survive life in the

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. A

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soldier who lost his ancestral home to carpetbaggers after the

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. He left the South, never to return. He has been a soldier, slave, stagecoach driver, shotgun guard, bank robber, lawman, pioneer, cowboy, shepherd, poor man, rich man, gambler, and

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. His adventures occur in most of the American West.

Target demographic

The books are claimed to be adult oriented, due to the presence of three explicitly described sex scenes in each of the numerous books; they were first published by

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Press.

Authors

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(''Dead Man's Spurs'') *

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(''Ride for Revenge'') * Ronald Kelly (''Slocum and the Nightriders'') and (''Slocum and the Gold Slaves'') ''Slocum and the Gold Slaves'' 1994, Berkley – Slocum series number 187

References

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External links

Books by Jake Logan
''fictiondb'' Western (genre) novels Novel series