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 gunfighters. He is a mostly decent man who will do whatever it takes to survive life in the Western Frontier. A Confederate soldier who lost his ancestral home to carpetbaggers after the Civil War, Slocum 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 drifter. 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 Playboy Press.
Authors Robert E. Vardeman (Dead Man's Spurs) Martin Cruz Smith (Ride for Revenge) Ronald Kelly (Slocum and the Nightriders)Slocum and the Nightriders 1994, Berkley – Slocum series number 174 and (Slocum and the Gold Slaves) Slocum and the Gold Slaves 1994, Berkley – Slocum series number 187 Robert Vaughan (Cheyenne Bloodbath) Cheyenne Bloodbath 1986, Berkley – Slocum series number 90 Jory Sherman (Sixguns at Silverado) Sixguns at Silverado 1987, Berkley – Slocum series number 107 James Reasoner (Slocum and the Texas Rose) Slocum and the Texas Rose 1998, Jove Books – Slocum series number 229 Marcus Galloway (Slocum and the Witch of Westlake) Slocum and the Witch of Westlake 2009, Jove Books – Slocum series number 362 Matthew P. Mayo (Slocum and the High-Rails Heiress) Slocum and the High-Rails Heiress 2012, Jove Books – Slocum series number 398
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External links Books by Jake Logan fictiondb