JT Edson Books in Order

Texas John Slaughter rides into Blantyre City, where cattle king John Chisum employs the formidable gunman Big Tag. Their encounter brings Slaughter up against men accustomed to using force to control the country around them.

The Floating Outfit escorts Elmo Thackeray's relatives and friends to hear his will. A provision awarding everything to the last surviving beneficiary turns the gathering into a dangerous contest, with one heir apparently intent on eliminating the others.

Wes Hardin flees after a wrestling-booth confrontation becomes a gunfight, leaving him accused of murder without surviving witnesses. His cousin Dusty Fog and the Floating Outfit take up his cause against the corruption surrounding the case.

Waco serves as a Ranger in the troubled Arizona Territory, bringing experience gained through years of dangerous riding and gunfights. His youthful appearance conceals a hard-earned toughness that makes underestimating the lawman a potentially costly mistake.

Danny Fog dies trying to bring law to a town whose residents failed to support him. His brother Dusty arrives determined to confront its killers and cowards, prepared to act even if nobody will stand beside him.

Calamity Jane rides toward Ratchet Creek with an unlikely assortment of stagecoach passengers, including a disguised lawman and a gunsmith. Robbery in hostile territory turns their journey into trouble that tests the travelers' very different abilities.

Loncey Dalton Ysabel grows up among the Comanche, learning horsemanship, weapons, tracking and survival before his first war trail. The story follows the childhood of the warrior later known to Texans as the Ysabel Kid.

Mark Counter travels with Dusty Fog and the Ysabel Kid after receiving word from Belle Starr. Finding the outlaw murdered turns a hoped-for reunion into an investigation that draws the Floating Outfit into danger in the Indian Nations.

Orphaned Waco grows up with an impoverished ranching family before drifting away as a teenager. His guns and combative temper threaten to lead him outside the law, until a meeting with Dusty Fog offers another direction.

Young Sandy McGraw faces attempts to cheat him out of an inherited ranch. Red Blaze, Betty Hardin and Dusty Fog intervene, but even their fighting skills and experience cannot keep the inheritance dispute from becoming dangerous.

Three sheriffs have died trying to control Quiet Town, where gunmen dominate daily life. The residents turn to Dusty Fog, hoping his experience and fast draw can establish a law stronger than the killers' weapons.

Mark Counter hunts the gang responsible for killing his friend Sailor Sam Carol. Finding its leader held by the Kaddo creates a further challenge: bringing the murderer to trial rather than leaving him to face torture.

The KH ranch refuses to join Lanton's cattle syndicate, leaving it exposed to hired killers from his S Star outfit. Dusty Fog and two fellow Texans arrive as the pressure on the independent spread intensifies.

Mysterious disappearances threaten to turn hostility between rival ranches into a range war. Mark Counter, Dusty Fog and the Ysabel Kid investigate the missing men before the growing feud erupts into open violence.

Buffalo hunter Kerry Barran wants to stop killing, but enemies and an unhappy partner refuse to let him walk away. In a town they control, he finds unexpected allies, including a Texas gunslinger and Calamity Jane.

After Calamity Jane rescues a New Orleans peace officer from an assault, he seeks her help catching a killer who targets young women. Serving as bait puts her courage and fighting skills to a dangerous test.

Dusty Fog and Confederate spy Belle Boyd plan to finance a rifle shipment with stolen Union money. Their mission brings them against troops and treacherous opportunists as the Confederacy struggles to obtain weapons from European suppliers.

Texas Ranger Danny Fog sets out to break a cattle-rustling gang terrorizing Caspar County. Its female leader presents a difficult opponent, prompting him to enlist Calamity Jane, whose methods may create trouble of their own.

Waco arrives in Two Forks, Utah, and quickly clashes with a group of gunmen. Determined to bring order to the town, he considers becoming sheriff, but must first face a rival already responsible for one lawman's death.

Dusty Fog's quick draw earns him a reputation after joining the Confederate Army as a teenager. His gun skills are tested in efforts to prevent a hanging, track two killers and settle a confrontation with a bushwhacker.

Dusty Fog leads Mark Counter, Red Blaze, the Ysabel Kid and Waco through adventures as the Floating Outfit. Their contrasting temperaments and fighting abilities shape a band whose loyalty to one another supports their pursuit of justice.

Ed Ballinger proudly shows his small revolver to the Floating Outfit, only to receive warnings about facing Reckhart's men. Dusty Fog and his companions confront him with the practical dangers of surviving in a gun-ruled West.

Orphaned Waco grows up with an impoverished ranching family before drifting away as a teenager. His guns and combative temper threaten to lead him outside the law, until a meeting with Dusty Fog offers another direction.

Deputy Tom Cord is murdered shortly before retirement, drawing his partner Brad Counter and niece Alice Fayde into the hunt. Their investigation crosses Rockabye County's different communities as they pursue the professional killers responsible for his death.

Gunmen seeking Mahon shoot a young Texan and steal his horse, believing they have left him dead. In Escopeta they encounter two more Texans, unwittingly drawing Dusty Fog into the consequences of their attack.

Loncey Dalton Ysabel's upbringing gives him skill with rifles, knives, horses and tracking. Known as the Ysabel Kid, he meets Dusty Fog and Mark Counter as the three men come together at the beginning of the Floating Outfit's adventures.

Thad Toon intimidates cowhands into refusing Ben Holland's cattle drive and hires killers to enforce the boycott. Dusty Fog and the Floating Outfit arrive in Granite City, ready to challenge the blockade and get the herd moving.

Milo Hack tries to overpower Martha Jane Canary, expecting her to be helpless against him. Her whip-fighting experience overturns his assumptions, bringing him into a confrontation with the woman the West knows as Calamity Jane.

Rancher Sam Catlan and his sons are shot in the back, leaving Waco determined to avenge the man who raised him. Red Blaze and Doc Leroy help him search for the killers while other Floating Outfit members recover elsewhere.

The Flores brothers mock kilt-wearing Scotsman Colin Farquharson, misjudging the stranger's abilities. After their confrontation leaves one brother dead, the surviving gang pursues revenge, making Farquharson the target of men who once laughed at him.

Dusty Fog takes charge of defending Baptist's Hollow when a band of Apache warriors attacks. The fight places the town's safety in his hands, testing his ability to lead its defense against the assault threatening it.

The killing of a sacred white buffalo and the kidnapping of Sioux chief Grey Bear threaten conflict in North Texas. The Ysabel Kid must use his knowledge and connections to prevent the separate provocations from igniting war.

Charles Goodnight sets out for Fort Sumner with thousands of cattle and the Floating Outfit's support. With Dusty Fog as his deputy, he hopes to prove that long-distance drives can open profitable markets for Texas herds.

Charles Goodnight develops a plan to supply eastern cities with Texas beef, helped by Dusty Fog, Mark Counter and the Ysabel Kid. Making it work requires more than luck when John Chisum becomes an obstacle to his ambitions.

A shooting contest in Tombstone offers a matched pair of decorated Colt revolvers, attracting Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson and other gunmen. Dusty Fog enters as the overlooked contestant, facing rivals whose reputations make the competition formidable.

Red Blaze's partner is attacked with an arrow, and an Apache woman is shot on the reservation. The violence suggests a deliberate attempt to provoke war, with Red himself standing in the way of those behind it.

Scobie Dale brings specialized knowledge and equipment to ranchers troubled by cougars and grizzlies in Wyoming. Known as the hound dog man, he tackles dangerous predators whose speed and strength make ordinary approaches to confronting them risky.

Former Confederate cavalryman Dusty Fog discovers that someone has offered a reward for his death. With bounty hunters and hired gunmen seeking to collect, he must identify the person behind the threat before they catch him.

Comanche war chief Sidewinder's raids threaten peace in Texas and invite retaliation from settlers and soldiers. Preventing wider conflict requires someone who understands the Comanche well enough to challenge a policy endangering both communities and his own people.

A criminal gang uses Rockabye County as a base while seeking escape across the Rio Grande. Deputies Alice Fayde and Brad Counter become bait in the sheriff's plan, placing Brad's fast draw against a shotgun-armed outlaw.

Belle Boyd carries payment to a Mexican mercenary offering his army to the Confederacy. With the Ysabel Kid and his father as escorts, she must evade rival governments and thieves determined to seize the money.

Gavin Gartree and his gang target a seemingly helpless pilgrim girl. Her companion, Dusty Fog, looks equally unimpressive, but the outlaws discover that size offers a poor guide to the danger posed by this Texas gunfighter.

The Ysabel Kid intervenes when a mob prepares to lynch a man. His Comanche heritage makes him another target, forcing the young gunfighter to confront men who mistake prejudice and superior numbers for an easy victory.

John Chisum wants his own men to control a roundup across Comanche country. When Dusty Fog is chosen instead, the young Texan must face Chisum's gunmen as rival ambitions threaten the work ahead.

Armed with newly acquired Colt revolvers, Dusty Fog heads into Mexico to rescue a friend of the Ysabel Kid. The Floating Outfit faces a conspiracy threatening Mexico's government and risking another war with the United States.

Gold seekers pour toward the Black Hills, threatening Sioux territory and a wider war. Dusty Fog and his companions become involved in the effort to restrain the rushers, working amid tensions between settlers, soldiers and Native people.

The Kansas governor disguises himself as a Texas cowhand to investigate lawlessness in Triblet. Accompanied by Dusty Fog and three other Texans, he enters a trail town where restoring order requires more than political authority.

Feuding saloon owners Buffalo Kate and Freddie Woods keep Mulrooney in turmoil. Dusty Fog and his fellow Texans take responsibility for the Kansas town's peace, confronting a rivalry that ordinary attempts at law enforcement cannot settle.

Mark Counter's polished clothes conceal the fighting skills of a Floating Outfit gunman. His encounters with Calamity Jane, Poker Alice, Madame Bulldog and Madame Moustache bring a succession of forceful women into his Western adventures.

Brent Mallick uses gunmen to pressure ranchers around Barlock into surrendering their land. When his men threaten the Lasalle ranch, Dusty Fog, Mark Counter and the Ysabel Kid stand against a takeover backed by violence.

With a bounty on her head, Calamity Jane faces hunters eager to collect. She joins forces with Mark Counter of the Floating Outfit, bringing together two capable fighters whose dangerous reputation offers little prospect of a quiet life.

Waco serves as an Arizona Ranger while a corrupt campaign threatens to disband the force. Facing an ambitious politician and Curly Bill Tioga, he and his captain must protect their organization without abandoning the law they enforce.

Colonel Raines leads a wagon train west, but an ambush kills its scout, Tom Blade. Dusty Fog and three fellow Texans offer help, taking on the task of protecting settlers whose journey has become dangerously vulnerable.

After the Civil War, Belle Boyd locates the men responsible for murdering her parents. Her pursuit into Mexico, accompanied by the Ysabel Kid and his father, draws her into a revolutionary conspiracy threatening another international conflict.

Frank Derringer heads to Tribune, Kansas, to recover money stolen from a friend by card cheats. Working alongside Calamity Jane, he encounters a dying man's clue and a stolen-jewel scheme that turns gambling trouble deadly.

Dusty Fog's Confederate cavalry raids disrupt Union operations in Arkansas. General Trumpeter orders the young captain captured or killed, turning the fight against supply lines and military depots into a personal hunt for their troublesome opponent.

Three apparently unrelated murders share the same weapon. Sheriff Jack Tragg sends Alice Fayde and Bradford Counter to find the connection, but their investigation may place one of the deputies among the killer's next targets.

A masked robber dressed as an old West cowboy begins targeting couples on lonely roads. After two victims are murdered, deputies Alice Fayde and Bradford Counter must stop treating him as a curiosity and track a dangerous killer.

Eastern businessmen arrive in Rio Hondo country with money and hired guns, expecting an easy takeover. Their plans bring them into conflict with Dusty Fog and the O.D. Connected ranching outfit, whose loyalties resist division.

The Kansas governor recruits Dusty Fog and four fellow Texans to restore order in Trail End. Wearing lawmen's badges, they confront corrupt officials and businessmen whose control of the cattle town threatens violence across the state.

Eighteen-year-old Dusty Fog commands a Confederate cavalry company in Arkansas. His men strike Union supply trains, depots and artillery, relying on mobile raids as the Civil War turns military transport and provisions into vulnerable targets.

Calamity Jane unexpectedly inherits a ranch, then survives an attempt on her life. With the Ysabel Kid's help, she challenges crooked lawyers and a determined rival who intends to take the property through fraud and violence.

Colin Farquharson refuses to sell his horse to a French aristocrat's wife. Her husband brings soldiers and hired killers to enforce the sale, leaving Dusty Fog's newly formed Floating Outfit to defend the Scot against overwhelming numbers.

Meek-looking Oscar Burgenhof hardly resembles Rockabye County's idea of a dangerous criminal. His murderous activities prove appearances deceptive, drawing deputy Alice Fayde into an investigation where a seemingly insignificant suspect poses an exceptionally personal threat.

An outlaw town hidden in the Palo Duro shelters criminals behind armed Comanche protection. The Floating Outfit must enter this stronghold and break an alliance that prevents ordinary posses from reaching it and threatens the surrounding country.

A Mexican holiday takes a dangerous turn when Alice Fayde and Bradford Counter give an English girl a lift. Pursued by hired killers, the deputies become entangled in espionage and struggle to reach the border alive.

Waxahachie Smith accepts a marshal's badge in Widow's Creek despite having lost both trigger fingers. Armed with a specially adapted revolver, the former Texas Ranger must defend the town while a determined killer makes him the target.

Benkinsop's Academy secretly teaches its pupils criminal skills beneath a respectable school curriculum. A rival organization threatens the institution, combining an attack on its head girl with a theft of diamonds and cash from the head's safe.

Dusty Fog returns to the outlaw town of Hell because he fears for the people left behind. The Ysabel Kid and Waco accompany him, while another member of their party secretly intends that none of them survive.

Former Confederate spy Belle Boyd now serves the U.S. Secret Service. When a new Southern separatist conspiracy kills two friends, her investigation becomes a personal pursuit of revenge against leaders planning to reopen the country's wounds.

Brady Anchor and Jefferson Trade investigate a strangely selective bank robbery, hoping its mystery will prove profitable. A dying outlaw's reference to a church leads them toward Widow Snodgrass and an organization with dangerous secrets.

Colonel Goodnight's proposed cattle drive to Kansas threatens slaughterhouse owners who profit from paying Texas ranchers little. They hire armed men to stop him, forcing Dusty Fog and the Floating Outfit into a fight around Fort Worth.

A massive Union cannon bombards Confederate forces along the Arkansas line. Dusty Fog takes on the task of disabling the weapon, turning its range and destructive power into a military problem that cannot be solved by ordinary fighting.

Austin Viridian seeks to dominate the wealth remaining in Texas after the Civil War. Colonel Goodnight's successful cattle drives threaten his control, provoking a range conflict between entrenched business interests and ranchers seeking better markets.

A Union sharpshooter kills Captain von Hartz, expecting to cripple Confederate cavalry leadership. Command passes to Dusty Fog, whose unimpressive appearance disguises the tactical ability that may overturn the enemy's expectations at Martin's Hill.

The Ysabel Kid travels into Mexico to recover James Bowie's legendary knife from the man who killed him at the Alamo. Competing criminals and fighters turn a seemingly straightforward errand into a struggle over the prized weapon.

New deputy Bradford Counter brings extensive police training and exceptional shooting skills to Rockabye County. Within his first thirty-six hours on duty, professional killers force him to discover how little classroom theory guarantees survival in a real confrontation.

After a vehicle plunges into an African gorge, Bunduki awakens in a strange jungle populated by animals from across the world. He must locate his cousin Dawn, whose captors see her weapons and life as valuable offerings.

Following the killing of Texian prisoners, Sam Houston secretly orders Jackson Baines Hardin to pursue General Urrea. Official retaliation is politically impossible, leaving Ole Devil to carry out a dangerous mission without the protection of an open campaign.

In 1836, Texas fights for independence while Jackson Baines Hardin gains a reputation for reckless courage. Sam Houston entrusts him with delivering rifles, sending the young officer on a dangerous journey through a country already at war.

On Zillikian, Bunduki and Dawn find refuge among the Telonga, whose villages are vulnerable to slavers. As their relationship deepens, Bunduki sets out to teach their hosts to defend themselves against enemies seeking the newcomers' weapons.

A shipment of caplock rifles could transform Sam Houston's struggle for Texas independence, if it reaches his army. Jackson Baines Hardin takes charge of its protection, facing soldiers, thieves and a vengeful gang along the way.

Jackson Baines Hardin must deliver rifles to Sam Houston while Mexican troops pursue his mule train. Trapped beside the Brazos River, he faces the problem of moving a vital shipment across the water before the enemy closes in.

Bunduki pursues Dawn after the Mun-Gatah capture her for sacrifice to their Quagga God. A dangerous jungle encounter brings him unexpected allies, while political rivals struggle for control and Dawn fights to survive her captors' plans.

An attempt on detective J. G. Reeder's life leaves him searching for an enemy powerful enough to silence the British underworld. Texas Ranger Alvin Fog joins the investigation, but their search puts both men in danger.

Doc Leroy finally has a chance to complete the medical training he abandoned after his parents were killed. Then he discovers where their killer can be found, forcing his professional ambitions into conflict with a long-delayed reckoning.

Sam Houston prepares to confront Santa Anna's larger army at San Jacinto after a tactical retreat. Jackson Baines Hardin and his fellow cavalrymen face dangerous work as the Texian struggle for independence reaches a decisive battle.

Arizona's killers, robbers and rustlers face little effective resistance from local lawmen. Cattle boss Bertram Mosehan forms a ranger force, recruiting Waco and Doc Leroy for the difficult work of bringing justice across the territory.

Protecting a visiting crown prince in Texas brings the Floating Outfit up against rival groups of assassins. Dusty Fog believes the deadliest killer has been eliminated, until disturbing events suggest their royal charge still faces that threat.

Dusty Fog blames Waco for a lost trail herd and injured cowhands, dismissing him without a horse. The disgrace could ruin the young gunman's prospects, and Dusty knows his decision may lead to a deadly confrontation.

Dusty Fog and the Floating Outfit must protect a European crown prince visiting Texas. Assassins converge on Corpus Christi, and signs that an old adversary remains active complicate a job already filled with competing threats.

The Pilar Hide and Tallow Company's partners fear that Charles Goodnight's cattle-driving scheme will cut their profits. Mark Counter must break their agreement, putting him in the path of ruthless businessmen prepared to protect their interests with violence.

A royal hunting trip places Crown Prince Rudolph in the Floating Outfit's care. Dusty Fog and his companions face numerous would-be killers, while doubts about the death of the dangerous assassin Beguinage make protection even harder.

After a disastrous cattle drive, Dusty Fog sends Waco away without a horse, marking him as untrustworthy. With his future threatened by the disgrace, the young gunman presents a dangerous challenge to the man who dismissed him.

Working for the US secret service after the Civil War, Belle Boyd uncovers a plot to attack Canada from American territory. The Remittance Kid offers help, but his British connections make trusting him a difficult decision.

Assigned to protect a visiting European crown prince, Dusty Fog confronts a supposedly infallible assassin called Beguinage. His plan requires using himself as bait, putting his own life at risk to prevent the royal visitor's murder.

This collection brings together familiar figures from Edson's adventures, including Dusty Fog, Mark Counter, Calamity Jane and Ole Devil Hardin. The assembled stories offer encounters with his cowhands, gunfighters and other recurring characters across one volume.

The Bad Bunch use county fairs and deliberately set fires to distract towns before robbing banks. Dusty Fog, Mark Counter and the Ysabel Kid plan to intercept their next raid, but the gang proves harder to trap than expected.

Dusty Fog is ordered to capture an automatic-fire weapon from two fanatical Union supporters. Joining a Union officer who opposes their plans, he rides into danger as the gun's potential use threatens people throughout Texas.

Five skilled cowhands protect Ole Devil Hardin's O.D. Connected Ranch and help people facing trouble in West Texas. Led by Dusty Fog, the Floating Outfit combine scouting, medical knowledge and gunfighting experience to confront frontier dangers.