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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1990
  • Latest Book:
    September 2000
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Rivers West

13 - The Pecos River (Jun-1995)
16 - The Red River (Nov-1997)

Book List in Order: 27 titles



  • Struggling to build a new life for himself after serving time in prison, Tom Spoon is hired by a seemingly benevolent rancher, who, he later discovers, is more interested in Spoon's skill with firearms than his rehabilitation...




  • Texas Ranger Captain Will Dobbs and his three deputies battle to the death with Zabrano, a Mexican revolutionary, and his band of ruthless pistoleros, with the fate of the tiny town of Encinal, Texas, hanging in the balance...




  • Desperate for work, Dan Willis unwittingly accepts a job on a ranch whose owner, Logan, is involved in shady dealings, and soon Willis is falling in love with Logan's wife, a virtual prisoner in her own home...












  • Given the task of driving 1,200 longhorns from Mexico to Abilene along the Chisholm Trail, trail boss Buck Smith must contend not only with marauding outlaws, Indian attacks, storms, and stampedes, but also with his own unruly crew of cowboys. Origin...



  • Texas sheriff Jim Ed Crow heads into Mexico, accompanied by two hardened gunfighters and a cold-blooded killer, to track down a vicious gang of pistoleros responsible for a bloody massacre in the Texas town of Carrizo Springs. Original....



  • Hoping to capture a fearless outlaw who has been supplying weapons to a band of renegade Indians, Marshal Sam Ault and his inexperienced deputy Leon Dudley find themselves dangerously outnumbered in a deadly showdown. Original....



  • Pursuing a dream of freedom and peace, Buck Wallace leaves his lifelong seafaring career and moves to the Guadalupe Mountains where he vows to live peacefully among the Kwahadie Comanche Indians at any cost. Original....



  • In the wake of Pancho Villa's alleged 1916 attack on an unsuspecting New Mexico town, General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, beautiful Elisa Griensen, and rebellious cowboy Will Johnson come together in the harsh Chihuahuan terrain. Original....



  • A historical novel about "the Paris of the Plains," a part of Fort Worth known as the most dangerous strip of land west of the Mississippi for nearly three decades, captures a place where there are twice as many whorehouses as churches and more murde...



  • Lorena Blaire is one of the Union nurses Ulysses S. Grant has sent to infiltrate the Rebel medical corps, and she does so, only to realize that she must choose between her loyalty to the North and the rebel doctor whom she loves. Reprint....



  • When eleven settlers are butchered in Antelope Hill, in the Indian Territory, U.S. Marshal Sam Ault and his deputy do not believe claims that the Comanche are responsible and soon find themselves in a fight for their lives. Reissue....



  • When the eldest son of a factious oil dynasty is fatally shot in his Dallas home, leaving his mother's will up for grabs, detectives suspect Matthew King, the family peacemaker who was at the scene of the crime. Original....



  • Texas Ranger Lee Garrett is assigned to investigate the claims of a small-time speculator during the 1930s oil boom, finds the Texas town in the grip of the Mafia, and becomes involved with a prostitute, risking his own life in the process....






  • Elias Mcbee and Seth Booker have fought and killed more than their fair share of river pirates while piloting flatboats on the Mississippi. Tired of the life, they set out on the Red River following vague rumors of riches to be had west, beyond the f...



  • The Texas Rangers search for a brutal killer--but their suspect may live only in spirit.

    A woman has finally joined the all-male ranks of the Texas Rangers--and her controversial appointment has rocked the legendary law enforcement agency to i...



  • They call it "The Hangman's Tree."  Everyone in Marfa, Texas, knows about the old madrone tree out on the Lacy ranch. Town lore says the tree's strange crimson bark is colored by the blood of thirteen men--each of whom met his death by hanging from...



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    U.S. Marshal Sam Ault rides out of Fort Smith with an inexperienced deputy and a mission that takes more guts than sense--the rescue of a fourteen-year-old girl, taken prisoner by a band of Comanches near Palo Duro in the Texas panhandle...



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    Now in his seventies, Toyah Chama, a native American warrior living on a reservation, dreams of returning to his Palo Duro homeland to die and begins a perilous trek back home to Comanche territory. Original....



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    When he goes home after the Civil War, Captain John Cross finds his land stolen and becomes an outlaw ready to meet his enemies in a deadly duel near the Rio Grande. By the author of The Last Warrior. Original....



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Frederic Bean has published 27 books.

Frederic Bean does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Hangman's Tree, was published in September 2000.

The first book by Frederic Bean, Tom Spoon, was published in May 1990.

No. Frederic Bean does not write books in series.