WEST OF THE RIVER

"It was late April and there had been a hard little rain in the afternoon, then clearing, the clouds running off toward White Rive...

"Jones has taken believable crimes of a real gang of desperadoes from the 1890s, has surrounded the real criminals with fictitious l...

"On the day Roman Hasford's father came home from the war in June of 1865, it was raining.  The new green of the Ozark hardwo...

"One of the best Civil War novels I have ever read." -- James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom M artin Hasford, ...

"The characters are unforgettable, the atmosphere wonderfully detailed, the action and suspense skillfully maintained." -- Dee B...

T hese novels are companion pieces that are fictional accounts of Cynthia Ann Parker's captivity by Comanches on the Texas fronti...

O n December 29, 1890 Custer's old command, the Seventh Cavalry, attempted to disarm a band of 120 Minneconjou Sioux warriors led by C...

"Jones displays sympathy for whites and Indians but never slips into a maudlin sentimentality.  The villains of his novels are not t...

DOUGLAS C. JONES (1924-1998). I find it difficult to understand why some western novelists are so fortunate to have many of their books ...

The following are some quick looks at a few books set in the American West  that I think deserve a 5 out of 5 rating: THE COURT MARTIAL OF...