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Luke Short Books in Order
Luke Lamar Short was an American Old West gunfighter, cowboy, U.S. Army scout, dispatch rider, gambler, boxing promoter, and saloon owner. He survived numerous gunfights, the most famous of which were against Charlie Storms in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, and against Jim Courtright in Fort Worth, Texas. Short had business interests in three of the best-known saloons in the Old West: the Oriental in Tombstone, the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, and the White Elephant in Fort Worth.
Bibliography verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Luke Short's book series? Luke Short has written 1 book series. The most notable is the Standalone series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Luke Short
- #1
The Branded Man(1936) - #2
The Feud at Single Shot(1936) - #3
The Man on the Blue(1936) - #4
Marauders' Moon(1937) - #5
Brand of Empire(1937) - #6
King Colt(1937) - #7
Hard Money(1938) - #8
Bold Rider(1938) - #9
Raiders Of The Rimrock(1938) - #10
Savage Range(1938) - #11
War on the Cimarron(1939) - #12
Bounty Guns(1939) - #13
Dead Freight for Piute(1939) - #14
Raw Land(1940) - #15
Bought with a Gun(1940) - #16Barren Land Showdown(1940)
- #17
Hardcase(1941) - #18Blood on the Moon(1941)
- #19
Gunman's Chance(1941) - #20
Ride The Man Down(1942) - #21
Sunset Graze(1942) - #22
And the Wind Blows Free(1943) - #23
Ramrod(1943) - #24
Coroner Creek(1945) - #25
Fiddlefoot(1946) - #26
Station West(1946) - #27
High Vermilion(1947) - #28
Ambush(1948) - #29
Vengeance Valley(1949) - #30
The Gold Rustlers(1949) - #31
Play a Lone Hand(1950) - #32
Saddle by Starlight(1952) - #33
Silver Rock(1953) - #34
Rimrock(1955) - #35
Colt's Law(1957) - #36
Summer of the Smoke(1958) - #37
The Whip(1958) - #38
First Claim(1960) - #39
Western Freight(1960) - #40
Desert Crossing(1961) - #41
Weary Range.(1961) - #42
Last Hunt(1962) - #43The Some-Day Country(1963)
- #44
Paper Sheriff(1965) - #45First Campaign(1965)
- #46
Trigger Country(1965) - #47
The Primrose Try(1966) - #48
Debt of Honor(1967) - #49
Donovan's Gun(1968) - #50
The Guns Of Hanging Lake(1968) - #51
Hurricane Range(1968) - #52
The Deserters(1969) - #53
Three for the Money(1970) - #54
Man from the Desert(1971) - #55
The Outrider(1972) - #56
The Stalkers(1973) - #57
The Man From Two Rivers(1974) - #58Trouble Country(1976)
- #59
A Man Could Get Killed(1980) - #60
The Marshal of Vengeance(1985)
About Luke Short
Luke Lamar Short was an American Old West gunfighter, cowboy, U.S. Army scout, dispatch rider, gambler, boxing promoter, and saloon owner. He survived numerous gunfights, the most famous of which were against Charlie Storms in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, and against Jim Courtright in Fort Worth, Texas. Short had business interests in three of the best-known saloons in the Old West: the Oriental in Tombstone, the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, and the White Elephant in Fort Worth.
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