Lewis Byford Patten (January 13, 1915 – May 22, 1981) was a prolific author of American Western novels, born and died in Denver, Colorado.[1][2] He often published under the names Lewis Ford, Lee Leighton and Joseph Wayne. He used the last two names when writing in collaboration with Wayne D. Overholser.

Novels

  • Massacre at White River (1952)
  • Gunmen's Grass (1954) (writing as Lewis Ford)
  • The Killing (1954)
  • Shadow of the Gun (1954)
  • Gunsmoke Empire (1955)
  • Gunfighter from Montana (1955) (writing as Lewis Ford)
  • Gene Autry and the Ghost Riders (1955)
  • Back Trail (1956)
  • White Warrior (1956)
  • Rope Law (1956)
  • Massacre at San Pablo (1957)
  • Pursuit (1957)
  • Showdown at Stony Crest (1957) (writing as Joseph Wayne with Wayne D. Overholser)
  • Valley of Violent Men (1957)
  • Gun Proud (1957)
  • Gene Autry and the Arapaho War Drums (1957)
  • Maverick Empire (1957) (writing as Lewis Ford)
  • Home Is the Outlaw (1958)
  • Five Rode West (1958)
  • Sunblade (UK, 1958); also published as Fighting Rawhide (US, 1959)
  • Showdown at War Cloud (1958)
  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1958) (Big Little Book)
  • Tomahawk (1958) (writing as Lee Leighton with Wayne D. Overholser)
  • The Man Who Rode Alone (1959)
  • The Ruthless Men (1959)
  • Savage Star (1959)
  • Top Man with a Gun (1959)
  • Hangman's Country (1960)
  • The Gun and the Man (1960) (writing as Joseph Wayne with Wayne D. Overholser)
  • Savage Town (1960)
  • Range .45 (1960)
  • The Angry Horsemen (1961)
  • Renegade Gun (1961)
  • The Savage Country (1961)
  • Law of the Gun (1961)
  • Outlaw Canyon (1961)
  • Flame in the West (1962)
  • The Gold Magnet (1962)
  • Savage Vengeance (1962)
  • Vengeance Rider (1963)
  • The Ruthless Range (1963)
  • The Tarnished Star (1963)
  • The Scaffold at Hangman's Creek (1963)
  • Guns at Gray Butte (1963)
  • The Guilty Guns (1963)
  • Wagons East! (1964)
  • Ride for Vengeance (1964)
  • Proudly They Die (1964)
  • Giant on Horseback (1964)
  • The Killer from Yuma (1964)
  • The Arrogant Guns (1965)
  • Deputy from Furnace Creek (1966)
  • The Odds against Circle L (1966)
  • Prodigal Gunfighter (1966)
  • No God in Saguaro (1966)
  • Death Waited at Rialto Creek (1966); also published as The Trap (1969)
  • The Star and the Gun (1967)
  • Bones of the Buffalo (1967)
  • Ambush Creek (1967)
  • Cheyenne Drums (1968)
  • Death of a Gunfighter (1968)
  • Red Sabbath (1968)
  • The Youngerman Guns (1969)
  • Posse from Poison Creek (1969)
  • Apache Hostage (1970)
  • A Death in Indian Wells (1970)
  • Red Runs the River (1970)
  • Six Ways of Dying (1970)
  • Showdown at Mesilla (1971)
  • Ride the Hot Wind (1971)
  • The Hands of Geronimo (1971)
  • Guilt of a Killer Town (1971)
  • Massacre Ridge (1971)
  • Track of the Hunter (1971)
  • A Killing in Kiowa (1972)
  • The Feud at Chimney Rock (1972)
  • Trial of Judas Wiley (1972)
  • The Cheyenne Pool (1973)
  • The Homesteader (1972)
  • The Hide Hunters (1973)
  • The Gun of Jesse Hand (1973)
  • The Ordeal of Jason Ord (1973)
  • The Tired Gun (1973)
  • Redskin (1973)
  • Two for Vengeance (1974)
  • Bounty Man (1974)
  • Death Stalks Yellowhorse (1974)
  • The Angry Town of Pawnee Bluffs (1974)
  • Lynching at Broken Butte (1974)
  • The Orphans of Coyote Creek (1975)
  • Vow of Vengeance (1975)
  • The Gallows at Graneros (1975)
  • Ride a Crooked Trail (1976)
  • The Lawless Breed (1976)
  • Ambush at Soda Creek (1976)
  • Man Outgunned (1976)
  • Hunt the Man Down (1977)
  • Villa's Rifles (1977)
  • The Trial at Apache Junction (1977)
  • The Killings at Coyote Springs (1977)
  • Cheyenne Captives (1978)
  • Death Rides a Black Horse (1978)
  • The Law in Cottonwood (1978)
  • The Trail of the Apache Kid (1979)
  • Rifles of Revenge (1979)
  • Ride a Tall Horse (1980)
  • Redskin Time (1982)
  • Tincup in the Storm Country (1996)
  • Trail to Vicksburg (1997)
  • Death Rides the Denver Stage (1999)
  • The Woman at Ox-Yoke (2000)
  • Blood on the Grass (2002)

Collections of shorter fiction

  • Sharpshod/They Called Him a Killer (1990)
  • Ride the Red Trail: A Western Trio (2001)
  • Guns of Vengeance: A Western Duo (2003)

Films

References

  1. ↑ "Lewis B. Patten, Author Dies; Wrote More Than 100 Westerns". The New York Times. May 26, 1981. p. D12.
  2. ↑ "Lewis B Patten, Western writer". The Baltimore Sun. May 26, 1981. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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