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The Sunday Post, Issue #1: A Wild Ride Through Western Classics

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Happy Sunday, Everyone!

I hope you’re enjoying the weekend. Let’s dive into some thrilling tales from the Wild West! This week, we have an incredible lineup of Western titles for your reading pleasure: Trailsman: Valley of the Death by John Sharpe, The Buckskin Line by Elmer Kelton, The Outcasts by Al Cody, Brimstone Trail by Marcus Galloway, Cherokee by Giles Tippette, Apache Laws: Showdown by Luke Adams, Slow Joe and The Jackson Trail by Max Brand, Yukon Justice by Dana Fuller Ross, Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry, Buffalo Soldiers by Tom Willard, Once Late with a .38 by Peter Brandvoid, Only Call Us Faithful by Marie Jakober, and the Collected Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume One.

This Past Week...

Exciting news! Gunsmoke & Grits launched on April 25th with its very first post—a review of the second Slocum outing, Hanging Justice, penned by Raphael Hayes under the pseudonym Jake Logan. Alongside that, I had the pleasure of sharing my thoughts on The Gunsmith: Red Mountain by J.R. Roberts (that’s a name used by the late Robert J. Randisi) and featured The Trailsman: Valley of Death by John Sharpe for The Friday 56.

Coming Up Next Week…

Stay tuned! I’ll be diving into the audiobook Hell’s Half Acre: Cold-Blooded by William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone, and I can’t wait to share my review with you on Wednesday or Thursday.

Bookmarked...

Currently, I’ve got a Yellowstone bookmark nestled in The Trailsman: Valley of Death. It’s an old, battered copy with a missing back cover, but thanks to some creative use of acid-free tape and glue, it’s got new life!

New to the Bookshelf...

I hit the jackpot at my local Salvation Army—so many gems! I found a treasure trove of ten-cent paperbacks, including: Trailsman: Valley of the Death by John Sharpe, The Buckskin Line by Elmer Kelton, The Outcasts by Al Cody, and many more. I also scooped up a hardcover edition of Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume One!

At Half-Price Books, I couldn’t resist snagging seven Gunsmith books: #125 The Godfather, #340 The Bisbee Massacre, #386 Vengeance Ride, and so on. Plus, five titles under the Tabor Evans pen name from the Longarm series, and two more works by William Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone: Hell’s Half Acre and The Morgans. Not to mention, Westward: The Battling Harrigans of the Frontier by Dusty Richards and Matthew P. Mayo, alongside some great finds like Death Trap on the Platte by Cliff Farrell and Ramrod by Luke Short—all for a dollar each at an antique flea market!

New on My Kindle...

I’ve also been busy loading my Kindle with some great reads: Open Range by Lauran Paine, Savage Range by Luke Short, and a slew of titles by Matt Braun, Robert J. Randisi, and William R. Cox. There’s plenty to keep me entertained!


How was your week? What are you diving into? Let’s chat about your latest reads! Your recommendations and thoughts mean a lot!

⁓B.J. Burgess

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  1. Kimberly @ Caffeinated ReviewerMay 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM

    Yay for book jackpots! I once got all of Jim Butcher's Dresden series in hardcover at a yard sale.

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    1. B.J. BurgessMay 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM

      That's awesome! Over the years, I've found a few Dresden paperbacks at thrift stores, which I believe I still have somewhere.

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