Theodore V. Olsen / T.V. Olsen

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    51 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1965
  • Latest Book:
    April 2017
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The Rhinelander Country

2 - The Birth of a City ()

Book List in Order: 51 titles

  • The Stalking Moon

    Army scout Sam Vetch was finally ready to settle down and start a new life on that quiet New Mexico ranch he'd been saving for all those years. He had no way of knowing that his cherished wife had once been the woman of Salvaje, the notorious Apache ...

  • Track the Man Down

    Keen on revenge, Big Torrey lures a coldblooded murderer named Manigault into Morales Valley, knowing all the while that Manigault's family are on their way to administer their own brand of justice. Original....

  • Arrow in the Sun

    Young soldier Honus Gant and beautiful Cresta Lee are the only survivors of a wagon train, and Gant must protect Cresta, a former Native American captive, from the legendary Cheyenne chieftain, Spotted Wolf, once Cresta's husband. Original.

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  • The Lockhart Breed

    Poe Lockhart's escape from prison and return to his hometown creates problems for his remarried wife as well as his sons--one a petty criminal and the other a law officer dedicated to clearing the family name...

  • Blizzard Pass

    A Spur Award-winning Author At a lonely ghost-town called Thirty Mile, a bitter winter was pressing. The last stage had just checked into the stagepost when the door opened and let in some raw cold and a band of hard men. They were looking for a stol...

  • Blood of the Breed

    In an effort to temper the sons who were beyond his control in his lifetime, Ike Banner leaves specific instructions in his will regarding his property, but the angry young men he leaves behind vow to overthrow each other at any cost. Original....

  • Lazlo's Strike

    Hungarian immigrant Lazlo Kusik risks everything to find a fortune in the gold-rich hills of the Sierra Nevada, but when he finally stumbles upon a treasure of gleaming gold, he has to guard his discovery and his life from the gold-hungry hardcases o...

  • The Man from Nowhere

  • The Golden Chance



  • McGivern

    In McGivern, the murder of his wife forces McGivern into a showdown with his own people, while in The Hard Men, rivals Buckmaster and Soderstrom wage a bitter, desperate battle for the ownership of the valley. Original....

  • A Man Called Brazos

    In A Man Called Brazos, a tough mustanger vows to even the score with his mentor's killer, while In Brand of the Star, a man is stunned when his wife is murdered and, embittered by memories, he becomes a figure of murderous rage. Orig...

  • Red Is the River

    A blazing saga in the grand tradition of Lonesome Dove by the bestselling author of There Was a Season. When Axel Holmgaard discovers his land being flooded by wealthy loggers, his fury is unbounded. He spends every waking hour trying to wrench justi...

  • Deadly Pursuit

    On the verge of turning fifty, Silas Pine defies advice to tend to his bad heart and travels to Grafton, Wyoming, determined to set things right with his son, but the reunion is not quite what he had planned when he arrives in the middle of a bank ro...

  • Gunswift

  • Westward They Rode

    A high adventure western saga follows the endeavors of colorful cowboys, thieves, convicts, and lawmen who battle the untamed frontier and each other in their quest for the promise of freedom, wealth, and revenge. Original....

  • A Man Named Yuma

    In A Man Named Yuma, a half-Apache confronts the murderous brother who once betrayed him, while in Blizzard Pass, Raven must choose between protecting a young widow and remaining loyal to his outlaw brother. Original....

  • Day of the Buzzard

  • Run to the Mountain & Day of the Buzzard

    In "Run to the Mountain," an unexpected job offer enforces a shaky peace agreement between an outlaw and his enemies, and in "Day of the Buzzard," outlaw-seeker Jason is unsettled by his companion's vengeful rage...

  • Break the Young Land



  • The Burning Sky

  • Lone Hand

    An anthology featuring a short novel and ten tales of the Old West adopts the familiar theme of the gunfighter fleeing from his past and reinventing it, in tales so authentic readers will practically smell the smoke from the campfires....

  • Bonner's Stallion

    Bonner faces losing his mistress, his son, and his mountain ranch to a rich and powerful enemy, until the feared and hated rogue stallion, El Diablo Rojo, turns up once again and convinces Bonner he can win. Original....

  • Mission to the West

    On a peace-making mission to a Native American tribe, three unlikely allies--two men and one woman--fight their way westward as part of the First Regiment of United States Dragoons, the legendary ancestors of the U.S. Cavalry. Original....

  • Starbuck's Brand

  • Bitter Grass

    In The Man from Nowhere, gang member Johnny Vano gets a second chance at life form a rough-hewn ranch family, while in Bitter Grass, a former prisoner-of-war discovers that his own bitterness has kept him from attaining happiness. Ori...

  • Keno

  • Savage Sierra

    WesternLarge Print EditionChingo wanted Angsman dead. Charbonneau wanted Angsman dead. Bonito wanted Angsman dead. Kincaid wanted Angsman dead. Even without them, Angsman was going to have enough trouble staying alive. The three fools he was leading ...

  • Eye of the Wolf

  • Lonesome Gun

    Trading in his gun for medicine, Dr. John Fletcher Styles, a notorious gunman, receives a note from an old lover imploring him to help in a brutal mining war, but when he refuses, an innocent man dies, and John sets out on the wild frontier with a gu...



  • Treasures of the Sun

  • Blood Rage

    Forced to helped Alec Dragoman--his enemy--when Dragoman's daughter is captured by the dreaded Comanches, Mike Rhiannon leads a rescue mission and he wonders if he is walking into a deadly trap set by Alec Dragoman. Original....

  • A Killer Is Waiting

    Determined to start a new life on a ranch in the Wyoming Rockies after losing his arm in the Civil War, Will Parry's plans are put on hold when an enemy from his past returns bent on destroying Will and his family. Original....

  • The Lost Colony

    The year is 1934. Sir Wilbur Tennington, who led a successful expedition to find the lost Incan city of Haucha, has been living for several years in India, studying with a holy man and carefully reading the text of the Rig Veda. Realizing that the co...

  • Rattlesnake

    After surviving the deadly Apache Wars, Indian Jim Izancho confronts a new enemy, a United States Senator who covets his land and his racist son, turning for help to his childhood friend, Sheriff Frank Tenney, the senator's son-in-law. Original....

  • Canyon of the Gun

    In the dry Southwest, men kill for water. A fight between rival ranchers leaves Jared Gault dead, his murder witnessed by his youngson, Calem. And when the killer is found innocent, a mounting fury in Calem sets him on the trail for revenge....

  • Haven of the Hunted

  • The Hard Men

    In McGivern, the murder of his wife forces McGivern into a showdown with his own people, while in The Hard Men, rivals Buckmaster and Soderstrom wage a bitter, desperate battle for the ownership of the valley. Original....

  • Man Without a Past

    THE WEST IN ALL ITS GLORY! T. V. Olsen's Western stories have long been noted for their depth of emotion and their sheer excitement, guaranteed to grip readers and transport them back to the days when the West was wild and men made their own laws....

  • Summer of the Drums

    As the United States expands westward in the spring of 1832, the Trask family, along with several trappers, settle in the Blue River valley of the Wisconsin Territory, where they fight for their land and their very lives against the Indians. Reprint....



  • A Man Named Yuma/Blizzard Pass

    A MAN NAMED YUMA Son of an Apache chief and a captured white woman, he was an outcast from two worlds. A sometime army scout and a natural-born loner, he was as tough as the Indians and wise in their ways. Since he had no place to go, he took to fig...

  • High Lawless & Savage Sierra

    HIGH LAWLESS: Hot mile after weary mile, the pure joy of revenge ate away at Ed Channing's guts. But the trail of the drygulcher who'd killed his partner landed Channing smack in the middle of a seething range war. No stranger to violence, he was rea...

  • Run to the Mountain/Day of the Buzzard

    RUN TO THE MOUNTAIN: When the big cat killed his horse, Bowie Candler just sort of borrowed another from a local herd. To the Trapp boys, however, Bowie was a no-good thief, and once they ripped the hide off him, they dragged him back to their ranch ...

  • There Was a Season

    A sprawling and magnificent novel, full of the sweeping grandeur and unforgettable beauty of the unconquered American continent -- a remarkable story of glorious victories and tragic defeats, of perilous adventures and bloody battles to win the land....

  • High Lawless

    Ed Channing and Lacey Trobridge break mustangs together until Lacey is killed in a bar-room brawl. So Channing sets out to avenge his partner's murder. The murderer's trail is hot, and Channing follows it smack into a seething range war. There he squ...

  • The Birth of a City

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    The Rhinelander Country - 2

  • Brand of the Star

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  • Gold Madness

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  • Hammer's Horde

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  • Ramrod Rider

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  • Run to the Mountain

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  • Under the Gun

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Award-Winning Books by Theodore V. Olsen / T.V. Olsen

The Golden Chance
1992 SPUR Award -- Paperback Original


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Theodore V. Olsen / T.V. Olsen has published 51 books.

Theodore V. Olsen / T.V. Olsen does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, High Lawless, was published in April 2017.

The first book by Theodore V. Olsen / T.V. Olsen, The Stalking Moon, was published in January 1965.

Yes. Theodore V. Olsen / T.V. Olsen has 1 series.
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