Gordon D. Shirreffs Books In Order

Publication Order of Dave Hunter & Ash Mawson Books

Publication Order of Manhunter Books

Publication Order of Quint Kershaw Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Publication Order of Gunsmoke Books

Gordon D. Shirreffs was an American published author known for writing Western novels as well as young adult novels.

Born in Chicago, Illinois on January 15, 1914, Gordon would ultimately pass away on February 9, 1996. In addition to writing novels, he also wrote a teleplay. Two of his novels were also adapted into films, Judas Gun and Rio Bravo. The films came out under the titles A Long Ride from Hell and the film Oregon Passage. His short story “Silent Reckoning” was also adapted into the movie The Lonesome Trail.

The author was born in Chicago not too long after his mother emigrated to the United States from Scotland. Shirreffs joined the National Guard and his unit ended up being activated in 1940. He served in World War II as a result, stationed in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska as part of the Pacific Theater.

After the war, Gordon decided to attend Northwestern University, where he graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree. He would get married to Alice Johanna Gutwein on Februrary 7, 1941, in El Paso, Texas.

The two had two children together. Their first was their daughter Carole born in 1943, and then their son Brian, who was born in 1946. Brian would pass away in 2015 in Long Beach, California. His father would reside in the Granada Hills of San Fernando Valley in California for years until he passed away himself. For some time in the fifties, he operated a hobby shop there. He also belonged to bagpipe bands in Burbank as well as San Fernando, California.

Showdown in Sonora is the first book in the Manhunter series by Gordon D. Shirreffs. If you have been looking for a classic to check out that is full of classic western action, be sure to check this book out!

At some place located between Texas and Tampico, in Apache country, a young killer is moving as quickly as his horse is able to go and still carry him. But then, somewhere to the south, there is a revolutionary army that has the ability to pay good money in order to obtain the services of a top Yankee gunslinger.

Behind him are two different groups, both of which have the stated intention of hunting him down. On top of that, behind him is a bounty hunter by the name of Lee Kershaw. Nothing has stopped Kershaw, not even the information that he had taught the outlaw all that he knew. When he catches up with this young man, it could spell out the end of both of them. Will they be all right, and will they be able to make it through this? Read this book to find out!

Bowman’s Kid is the second book in the Manhunter series by Gordon D. Shirreffs. If you liked all of the western action that came in the first book in the series, be sure to check out the sequel and see what you think!

The main character in this story is a part of the most dangerous business in the world, and on top of that, he is still alive. A man rides north in the late summer night, and in his shirt pocket he holds a thousand dollars (quite a lot for the time) as well as a strange silver button that was given to him by a stranger in a saloon in New Mexico that is totally out of the way.

The cash that he is carrying happens to be his fee for tracking down a rich man’s son, who had been taken away by the Mescalero Indians an incredible eighteen years prior. The silver button is the only clue that he has as to where this person might be.

A stranger left the rider with a warning to watch his back. He is Lee Kershaw, the man that they call Manhunter. They say that he can do things that no other man alive is able to do. He also got his reputation the difficult way, and paid plenty of blood. Will the rider be able to find the man he is looking for, or will he discover that all of his efforts are in vain? Read this book to find out!