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Mack Halligan and Kid Chaney were rivals in more ways than one. They both loved the same woman, and she loved them, too … though she could never decide which one to marry.
But the two men also ran rival outlaw gangs. The difference was that Halligan’s was hopeless, the men in it harmless and amateur, while Kid Chaney’s was slick, efficient and always successful.
When Chaney stole Duke Benedict’s new horse, the gambling man made it his mission to track Chaney down and take the animal back. His big partner, Hank Brazos, agreed to side him on his quest. But Brazos had an ulterior motive.
If they could put Kid Chaney behind bars, it would leave the way open for Mack Halligan to marry the girl of his dreams and return to the straight and narrow.
But that was a big if. The Tiger twins, both notorious assassins, were after them on a separate matter… and a lot of men would die before they all reached trail’s end!
E. Jefferson Clay was just one of many pseudonyms used by New South Wales-born Paul Wheelahan (1930-2018). Starting off as a comic-book writer/illustrator, Paul created The Panther and The Raven before moving on to a long and distinguished career as a western writer. Under the names Emerson Dodge, Brett McKinley, E. Jefferson Clay, Ben Jefferson and others, he penned more than 800 westerns and could, at his height, turn out a full-length western in just four days.
The son of a mounted policeman, Paul initially worked as a powder monkey on the Oaky River Dam project. By 1955, however, he was drawing Davy Crockett—Frontier Scout. In 1963 he began his long association with Australian publisher Cleveland Pty. Co. Ltd. As prolific as he was as a western writer, however, he also managed to write for TV, creating shows like Runaways and contributing scripts to perennial favorites like A Country Practice. At the time of his death, in December 2018, he was writing his autobiography, Never Ride Back … which was also the title of his very first western.
Genre: Western
But the two men also ran rival outlaw gangs. The difference was that Halligan’s was hopeless, the men in it harmless and amateur, while Kid Chaney’s was slick, efficient and always successful.
When Chaney stole Duke Benedict’s new horse, the gambling man made it his mission to track Chaney down and take the animal back. His big partner, Hank Brazos, agreed to side him on his quest. But Brazos had an ulterior motive.
If they could put Kid Chaney behind bars, it would leave the way open for Mack Halligan to marry the girl of his dreams and return to the straight and narrow.
But that was a big if. The Tiger twins, both notorious assassins, were after them on a separate matter… and a lot of men would die before they all reached trail’s end!
E. Jefferson Clay was just one of many pseudonyms used by New South Wales-born Paul Wheelahan (1930-2018). Starting off as a comic-book writer/illustrator, Paul created The Panther and The Raven before moving on to a long and distinguished career as a western writer. Under the names Emerson Dodge, Brett McKinley, E. Jefferson Clay, Ben Jefferson and others, he penned more than 800 westerns and could, at his height, turn out a full-length western in just four days.
The son of a mounted policeman, Paul initially worked as a powder monkey on the Oaky River Dam project. By 1955, however, he was drawing Davy Crockett—Frontier Scout. In 1963 he began his long association with Australian publisher Cleveland Pty. Co. Ltd. As prolific as he was as a western writer, however, he also managed to write for TV, creating shows like Runaways and contributing scripts to perennial favorites like A Country Practice. At the time of his death, in December 2018, he was writing his autobiography, Never Ride Back … which was also the title of his very first western.
Genre: Western
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