Death In Helltown (12 page)

John Legg has published more than 55 novels, all on Old West themes.
Blood of the Scalphunter
, is his latest novel in the field of his main interest — the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade. He first wrote of the fur trade in
Cheyenne Lance
, his initial work.

Cheyenne Lance
and
Medicine Wagon
were published while Legg was acquiring a B.A. in Communications and an M.S. in Journalism. Legg has continued his journalism career, and is a copy editor with The New York Times News Service.

Since his first two books, Legg has, under his own name, entertained the Western audience with many more tales of man’s fight for independence on the Western frontier. In addition, he has had published several historical novels set in the Old West. Among those are
War at Bent’s Fort
and
Blood at Fort Bridger
.

In addition, Legg has, under pseudonyms, contributed to the
Ramseys
, a series that was published by Berkley, and was the sole author of the eight books in the
Saddle Tramp
series for HarperPaperbacks. He also was the sole author of
Wildgun
, an eight-book adult Western series from Berkley/Jove. He also has published numerous articles and a nonfiction book —
Shinin’ Trails: A Possibles Bag of Fur Trade History
— on the subject,

He is member of Western Fictioneers.

In addition, he operates JL TextWorks, an editing/critiquing service.

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