Timber-Wolf

Love him or hate him Timber-Wolf is a heroic figure. The little village of Big Pine on the edge of the Southwestern wilderness was in turmoil when he rode into town. Gold had been struck and adventurers had crowded in from every direction. There was foul play and danger of rioting and one of his friends was in trouble. This book was originally published in 1923 and was made into a movie “The Timber Wolf” (1925) directed by W.S. Van Dyke Review: “Out in a wilderness of the great southwest they faced each other Lynette Babe Deveril and Timber-Wolf the three outstanding characters in this new novel of the days when the lure of gold ran riot and men were a law unto themselves. There’s action a-plenty thrills on every page treachery on every side gun play even murder; and yet there is also a wonderful ending revealed only in the last chapter.” – (The Continent Volume 52 1923) About the author: Jackson Gregory (1882-1943) was an American teacher journalist and writer. He began his career as a fiction writer by contributing short stories to the pulp magazines. He would go on to be one of America's more successful and prolific authors in the first half of the 20th century. Though the vast majority of his stories were about the American Old West he did occasionally venture into other genres like mysteries fantasies or South Seas adventures. His writing formula was usually a successful combination of an abundance of action adventure and suspense coupled with a dependable story line. His favorite settings were often areas of the American Southwest and Mexico that he grew up in or was familiar with (in his younger days he had actually been a cowboy working on cattle ranches in Nevada). Several movies made from Jackson Gregory books including: Six Feet Four Under Handicap The Man from Painted Post Bells of San Juan Alias Ladyfingers Hearts and Spurs Two Kinds of Women The Everlasting Whisper The Secret of Black Mountain.