Slocum (westerns)

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Slocum Westerns are the longest running series of Westerns ever written, encompassing over 317 books, all of which are published under the pen name Jake Logan. The books were written by a number of authors,^{[citation needed]} and all feature John Slocum as the protagonist.

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Main Character 1.2 Target Demographic 1.3 Authors 2 References

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[edit] Main Character

John Slocum is a basically decent man who will do whatever it takes to survive what life in the Western Frontier throws at him.

A Confederate soldier who lost his ancestral home to carpetbaggers after the Civil War and never went back, Slocum is a tough man, as gunslick as they come.

Slocum's adventures have taken him over a lot of the West. He has been a soldier, slave, stage driver, shotgun guard, bank robber, lawman, pioneer, cowboy, sheepherder, poor man, rich man, gambler, and drifter.

[edit] Target Demographic

The books are adult oriented; in fact, they were first published by Playboy press.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Authors

At least one title (Ride for Revenge) was written by Martin Cruz Smith.^{[citation needed]}

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