Shoot-Out!

The gun was the Colt Single Action Army model of 1873. It was the first handgun to utilize brass-jacketed cartridges. It was the gun that became known as The Peacemaker. John T. McLain wanted the gun … This peacemaker was the gun that would tame the West. And McLain knew he had to be the first to own it … The alternative was death. Final book in the series, The name of William S (Stuart) Brady was used by writers Angus Wells and John Harvey for the series of Westerns featuring gunfighter Jared Hawk. The series (HAWK) ran from 1979 to 1983 with 15 books. The PEACEMAKER series featured ex-Civil War veteran John T. McLain, widowed and alone he seeks a new life in the aftermath of war that has torn his country apart. WAR TAUGHT HIM TO KILL - TO STAY ALIVE!John T. McLain had nothing left in Missouri. His wife was dead, his farm burned out. The Civil War taught him the bloody art of killing, and now he was alone. He owned a brace of Colt's Dragoon pistols, a Sharps carbine, and a horse. He followed the Rebel guerrilla trail south to Texas ...A rip-roaring Western series from the imagination of the writing team of Angus Wells and John Harvey,