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Six Ways From Sunday (Pinnacle Westerns)

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Now that W W Johnstone has passed on, his nephew, J A Johnstone is writing, supposedly, off his uncle's plot outlines. The only difference is, W W Johnstone was a good writer and I enjoyed his books. J A Johnstone is a lousy writer and he should take his uncles name off the books he writes. You expect William Johnstone and you don't get anything even close. For those people that like this book, okay, you like J A Johnstone, but the book cover says William W. and that is not who wrote this book. Fans of the older Johnstone probably will not like this book.

I purchased this book for my 82 year old father. He enjoys westerns, but because he has read so many, it is sometimes difficult for me to find ones for him that he truly enjoys. He described this book to me as "absolutely delightful" and one that I "definitely need to read" for myself.

Johnstone's character, Cotton Pickens, is engaging. He's a bit slow in the head but fast with a gun, and has a comic streak too. He manages to outwit and outshoot all sorts of calculating claim jumpers in a frontier mining camp. Westerns don't get any better than this.

This is a good read.an interesting plot and believable characters..funny without being bawdy..The author really knows how to keep you turning pages..I will be looking for more titles by this author