Clarence Mulford Books in Order

Hopalong Cassidy's reputation as a fast gun meets its test in Slim Travennes, leader of the Sandy Creek Vigilante Committee. Their confrontation places the Bar-20 cowboy against a rival whose speed threatens to make every other skill irrelevant.

An outlaw known only as the Orphan carries a large bounty and a reputation that attracts dangerous pursuers. After surviving an attempted ambush, he confronts the gap between the stories told about him and the motives behind his actions.

Jim Meeker arrives from Montana to raise cattle in Texas, where the Bar-20 controls essential water. Rustlers exploit the rivalry to ignite a range war, leaving Hopalong Cassidy caught amid disputed resources, armed conflict, and competing ranch loyalties.

Hopalong Cassidy and Johnny Nelson visit a coastal town on ranch business, hoping to enjoy themselves afterward. Their unfamiliar surroundings bring encounters with lawmen, merchants, and saloon patrons, beginning a series of adventures involving the cowboys of the Bar-20.

Buck Peters, Hopalong Cassidy, and their Bar-20 companions travel to Montana, bringing established friendships into unfamiliar ranch country. The story follows the challenges of cattle ranching and the loyalty of an outfit whose members rely on one another.

Buck Peters invests everything in the Bar-20, only to face buffalo hunters determined to take his ranch and cattle. A cowhand named Cassidy joins the struggle, setting the stage for the adventures of the man later known as Hopalong.

Johnny Nelson leaves the Bar-20 seeking adventure and joins the CL Ranch, where he discovers cattle rebranded by rustlers in a hidden valley. His investigation brings him up against a criminal gang and a gunfighter determined to stop him.

Former Bar-20 cowboy Johnny Nelson travels west looking for excitement, then intervenes on behalf of a rancher and his daughter near Gunsight. His act of assistance draws him into a land war and complicates his journey with unexpected romantic feelings.

When Johnny Nelson is robbed in Mesquite, Hopalong Cassidy and Red Connors ride to help their friend. Instead of finding a straightforward rescue, they are framed for a bank robbery and must navigate a town where danger keeps multiplying.

Governor Armijo wants revenge on Tom Boyd and dispatches men to retrieve him after a humiliating encounter. Beginning in St. Louis in the 1840s, the story follows the pursuit of a plainsman caught between hostile authorities and frontier dangers.

Tex Ewalt travels to the mining town of Windsor, Kansas, hoping to earn money at poker before rejoining old friends. An encounter with an enemy draws him into conflict involving the miners and railroad, with personal loyalties increasing the stakes.

Searching for Hepburn, Duncan enters the town of McLeod and becomes involved in a struggle against outlaws. His decision to help a girl and her father turns a personal search into a confrontation with the dangers surrounding their lives.

Hopalong Cassidy and Red Connors travel to Montana with young Mesquite Jenkins. Their fifteen-hundred-mile journey tests the boy's judgment as his experienced companions guide him through the dangers of unfamiliar frontier towns.

Under the name Matt Skinner, Hollister becomes involved in the struggle against cattle thieves. His adventures combine gunplay, ranch loyalties, and romance as he faces the men responsible for rustling in a western valley.

Cottonwood Gulch becomes a mining boomtown filled with gold-seekers willing to rob and kill. Dave Saunders, foreman of the B-B ranch, takes action against the criminals threatening its inhabitants as violence overwhelms the community.

When cattle rustlers wound Hopalong Cassidy, Mesquite Jenkins must confront the gang without his mentor leading the fight. Hopalong's confidence in him makes the assignment a test of the younger man's resourcefulness.

Johnny Nelson's appeal for help reunites the scattered Bar-20 hands after a cattle thief attacks his ranch. Hopalong Cassidy and his old companions travel to his aid, drawing their shared experience into a struggle against the rustling gang.

Bob Corson and the men of the JC outfit become involved in a fight for a lost ranch. The conflict brings a stranger and a rancher into opposition, introducing a new group of cowboys within Mulford's western world.

As Hopalong Cassidy grows older, Mesquite Jenkins begins making his own way in the West. The cowboy carries his mentor's lessons in bravery and loyalty into the adventures awaiting him beyond familiar surroundings.

Nueces and Shorty witness Jim Watson's will before his hanging, attracting the attention of his crooked brothers. The cowboys must contend with men determined to uncover their identities and involvement in Watson's affairs.

Sheriff Bob Corson joins Nueces and Shorty of the JC ranch in pursuing bandit leader El Toro. Their investigation leads toward cattle thieves, drawing the friends into a struggle against organized frontier crime.

Seven men arrive in Bulltown for different reasons as the Great Western Cattle Trail approaches its decline. Cattle buying, friendship, old memories, and personal loss bring them together, with Hopalong Cassidy among the visitors to the volatile cowtown.

Mesquite Jenkins pursues stolen cattle from the Lazy S ranch, following their trail toward a hidden holding ground. Repeated attempts on his life force the young cowboy to rely on his tracking, riding, and gunfighting skills.

During a cattle roundup, Sheriff Bob Corson and deputy Nueces confront the secret activities of a rustling gang associated with the JM ranch. Personal loyalties complicate the investigation when a young woman is connected to the opposing side.

Hopalong Cassidy and the Bar-20 outfit drive a carefully selected herd toward the shipping pens. When a crucial creek holds too little water for the cattle, the crew faces a long dry stretch that tests their judgment and endurance.

A representative of the Cattlemen's Association investigates an elaborate rustling operation, pursuing clues involving a painted sign and jackrabbits. The mystery turns seemingly ordinary details of the range into evidence that could lead him to the scheme's organizer.

Horse thieves threaten the Twin River country and Hopalong Cassidy's old friend H. Whitby Booth. Mesquite Jenkins takes a job at a livery barn to investigate, but a clash with the gang's leader puts the undercover cowboy in danger.

As sheriff of Twin River County, Hopalong Cassidy investigates train robbers who are maintaining their criminal activities through cattle rustling. With Johnny and Mesquite helping him, he follows the gang in a search for the offenders and stolen money.