Lauran Paine

Author of Open Range

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About the Author

Lauran Paine was born on February 25, 1916 in Duluth, Minnesota. He spent his youth working as a cowboy. Paine entered the publishing scene in 1950, when he had 14 books published. Those first books were written under his own name and included Adobe Empire, Timberline, Geronimo, Wake of the Moon, show more Valour in the Land, The Bounty Hunter, Sixgun Atonement, The Apache Kid, Kiowa-Apache, Greed at Gold River, The Modoc War, Lawman, and The Story of Buckhorn. Paine has also done quite a bit of magazine work, as well as motion picture work on Westerns, livestock dealing, rodeoing, blacksmithing and ranching. Paine's books have been translated into every major European language, and have even been reprinted behind the Iron Curtain and in Africa. In 35 years of serious writing, Paine had seen over 900 of his manuscripts published as books, including at least 515 Westerns, all of them under about 74 pen names. He was listed in the Guiness Book of World Records from 1980 to 1984 as the world's most prolific living author. Lauran Paine died December 1, 2001 in Fort Jones, California. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Joni Frost, Clay Allen, Harry Beck, Ray Kelley, Will Benton, Beth Gorman, Troy Howard, Mark Carrel, Betty Fleck, Ray Ainsbury, A.A. Andrews, Ainsbury Ray, Will Brennan, Lauren Paine, Richard Dana, Francis Hart, Lauran Paine, Arlene Morgan, Nevada Carter, Angela Gordon, J. F. Drexler, Buck Standish, Concho Bradley, Jared Ingersol, Frank Bosworth, Kathleen Bartlett

Also includes: John Armour (1), John Durham (1), James Glenn (1), John Kilgore (1), Amber Dana (2), Richard Clarke (1)

Disambiguation Notice:

For all the pseudonyms used by Lauran Paine, see LC 80038417.

Series

Great American Westerns Graphic Audio

Works by Lauran Paine

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Open Range (1990) 56 copies

The Hierarchy of Hell (1972) 53 copies

German Military Intelligence in World War II: The Abwehr (1984) 29 copies

Sex in Witchcraft (1972) 16 copies

The Killer Gun (1967) 13 copies

The Plains of Laramie (2009) 13 copies

Lockwood (1996) 13 copies

Feud on the Mesa (Leisure Western) (2005) 11 copies

The White Bird (1997) 11 copies

Tears of the Heart (1996) 10 copies

Night of the Comancheros (2003) 9 copies

The Grand Ones of San Ildefonso (1997) 9 copies

Holding the Ace Card (2007) 9 copies

Cache Canon: A Western Story (Five Star First Edition Western Series) (1998) 9 copies

The Homesteaders (1986) 8 copies

Trail of Shadows: A Western Story (2015) 8 copies

The Prairieton Raid (1994) 7 copies

Halfmoon Ranch (2007) 7 copies

Guns in the Desert: A Western Duo (2002) 7 copies

Ute Peak Country: A Western Story (2012) 7 copies

Gunman (Leisure Western) (2006) 7 copies

Buckeye (Center Point Western Standard (Large Print)) (2001) 6 copies

The Horseman (1986) 6 copies

Rain Valley (2004) 6 copies

When the Moon Ran Wild (1962) 6 copies

Running Iron (Five Star First Edition Western) (2000) 6 copies

Witchcraft and the Mysteries (1975) 6 copies

Guns in Oregon (Leisure Western) (2006) 6 copies

Gathering Storm (2003) 6 copies

Captain John Smith and the Jamestown Story. (1973) 6 copies

Absaroka Valley (2019) 6 copies

The Arizona Panhandle (Thorndike Large Print Western Series) (1990) 6 copies

Custer Meadow (Thorndike Large Print Western Series) (1988) 5 copies

The Devil on Horseback (1995) 5 copies

Way of the Outlaw (2012) 5 copies

Wyoming Trails: A Western Story (2014) 5 copies

Sheriff of Hangtown: A Western Duo (Five Star First Edition Western) (2009) 5 copies

Border Town (Leisure Western) (2003) 5 copies

Rough Justice (2014) 5 copies

Taurus Gun (1989) 5 copies

The Dark Trail (2001) 5 copies

Guns in Wyoming (2013) 5 copies

Bounty Hunters Range (2005) 5 copies

The Spell of the Inland : A Romance of Central Australia 5 copies

Winter Moon (2018) 4 copies

Terror in Gunsight (2018) 4 copies

Cheyenne Pass: A Circle V Western (1980) 4 copies

The squaw men (1992) 4 copies

Skye (1984) 4 copies

This Time Tomorrow 4 copies

Beyond Fort Mims a western story (2011) 4 copies

Reckoning at Lansing's Ferry (2017) 4 copies

The Renegade (1995) 4 copies

Nightriders Moon (1988) 4 copies

The scarlet hills (1981) 4 copies

Tanner (1984) 4 copies

The Manhunter (1995) 4 copies

Dead Man's Caeon (2017) 4 copies

The Bandoleros (Sagebrush Large Print Western Series) (1990) 4 copies

Moon Prairie (1994) 4 copies

The Mustangers: A Western Story by Paine, Lauran published by Thorndike Pr Hardcover (1999) 3 copies

Gunhill (Thorndike Large Print Western Series) (2008) 3 copies

Promise of Revenge (Thorndike Large Print Western Series) (2012) 3 copies

Guns of Summer (1988) 3 copies

The Marshal (1987) 3 copies

Kansas Kid: A Western Duo (2010) 3 copies

Tumbleweed Trail (Class E) (2003) 3 copies

Cactus Country (Center Point Western Standard (Large Print)) (2001) 3 copies

Viet-nam (1965) 3 copies

General Custer Story (Thorndike Western II) (1996) 3 copies

The Forsythe stage (2005) 3 copies

Prairie Town: A Western Duo (Five Star Western Series) (2011) 3 copies

Benedict Arnold: Hero and Traitor (1965) 3 copies

New Mexico Heritage (1987) 3 copies

Frontier steel (1963) 3 copies

Trail of the Freighters (1997) 3 copies

The Wind Wagon (Linford Western Library) (1997) 3 copies

Riders of the Trojan Horse (1991) 3 copies

The Fire Ant (LIN) (Linford Mystery Library) (2004) 3 copies

The Bald Hills (2002) 3 copies

Butterfly Moon (Five Star Expressions) (1999) 3 copies

Range Trouble (1982) 3 copies

Tom Horn; man of the west (1963) 3 copies

Showdown in Gun Town (Circle V Western) (2020) 3 copies

The Guns of Peralta (1994) 3 copies

Six-Gun Crossroad (2018) 3 copies

Deadwood Ambush (Circle V Western) (2020) 3 copies

Love in Her Life (G K Hall Nightingale Series Edition) (1994) 2 copies

Silicon spies (1987) 2 copies

The Love That Never Was (2002) 2 copies

A Killer's Category (1975) 2 copies

The Texan Rides Alone: A Western Story (Five Star Western Series) (2013) 2 copies

El pan de cada día : una filosofía de la nutrición : simplificado y adaptado a la diaria lectura, reflexión y… (1954) 2 copies

Queen of diamonds 2 copies

The Guns of Autumn (1967) 2 copies

Oklahoma Fiddlefoot (1966) 2 copies

Lightning Strike: A Western Duo (Five Star Western Series) (2012) 2 copies

Carleton's Meadow (Center Point Premier Western (Large Print)) (2002) 2 copies

The Arrowhead Cattle Company (1988) 2 copies

The trail without end (2002) 2 copies

Gunman's Moon: A Western Duo (Five Star First Edition Western) (2009) 2 copies

Wagon Train (Linford Western) (1995) 2 copies

Elizabeth Fry (1960) 2 copies

The Fifth Horseman (A Roundup large print Western) (1994) 2 copies

The technology of espionage (1978) 2 copies

Spirit meadow (1987) 2 copies

Guns of Bitter Creek (1983) 2 copies

Sheriff of Cow County (2002) 2 copies

Avenue Men's: Operation Destiny Tier 1: Boot Camp (2001) 2 copies

Marie Curie (Great endeavour series;no.9) (1960) 2 copies

A crack in time (1971) 2 copies

Wagon Train West: A Circle V Western (2016) 2 copies

Witches in Fact and Fantasy (1976) 2 copies

The Dogwood Trail (Linford Western Library) (2001) 2 copies

Devil's Den (Black Horse Western) (1994) 2 copies

Embracing No Other: Awakening through shamanic plant medicines to non-dual awareness of no-self (2013) 2 copies

D-Day (1981) 2 copies

Dead Man’s Cañon (2017) 2 copies

Western Vengeance (Sagebrush Western) (2005) 2 copies

Gentleman Johnny: the life of General John Burgoyne (1973) 2 copies

The Copperdust Hills (Walker Western Series) (1983) 2 copies

Horsethief's Moon (Wheeler Large Print Western) (2011) 2 copies

Ride to Battle Mountain (Wheeler Large Print Western) (2007) 2 copies

Land of Barbed Boundaries (2005) 2 copies

Longhorn Trail: A Western Duo (Western Standard Series) (2009) 2 copies

Wilderness Road (2000) 2 copies

Timberline (1995) 2 copies

Thunder Pass (Center Point Premier Western (Large Print)) (2003) 2 copies

The Catch Colt (Sagebrush Large Print Western Series) (1989) 2 copies

The Blue Basin Country (1987) 2 copies

Lynch Law (2004) 2 copies

The Man Without a Gun: A Western Duo (Center Point Premier Western (Large Print)) (2010) 2 copies

The Buckskin Hills (Thorndike Western I) (2009) 2 copies

Guns of Thunder: A Western Duo (Five Star Western) (2010) 2 copies

Adobe Empire (Paper) (1993) 2 copies

The Quiet Gun: A Western Duo (Five Star Western Series) (2008) 2 copies

The CIA at Work (1977) 2 copies

Thunder Valley (Gunsmoke Western) (2003) 2 copies

The border country (2002) 2 copies

The Young Marauders (1989) 2 copies

Greed at Gold River (1994) 2 copies

Saladin: A Man for All Ages (1974) 2 copies

Promise of Revenge: A Western Duo (Five Star Western Series) (2010) 2 copies

Rustler's Law (1973) 1 copy

Bald Hills (1969) 1 copy

Pinon Range (2004) 1 copy

Utah Summer (Center Point Western Complete (Large Print)) (2007) 1 copy

The Chaparral Trail (1967) 1 copy

Bear Paw (Black Horse Western) (1995) 1 copy

Raider's Moon (1976) 1 copy

Poker Flat (Black Horse Western) (1993) 1 copy

Winchester Hills (1967) 1 copy

3 Great Romances: Love Has a Hard Heart / Springtime of Joy / Run Away From Love (1977) 1 copy

Muleshoe Range (1972) 1 copy

Range War (2003) 1 copy

Return of the Fast Gun (Thorndike Large Print Western Series) (2007) 1 copy

Black Rock Range (1973) 1 copy

The Horsetrader (1976) 1 copy

Morgan Valley (Center Point Western Complete (Large Print)) (2008) 1 copy

Quade (1980) 1 copy

Avenger's Trail: The 2004 Movie 'Open Range' Starring Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall, Was Based on a Lauran Paine… (2005) 1 copy

Bags and Saddles (1999) 1 copy

Gentle Lover (Ashton Hall 120) (1968) 1 copy

To Face the Sun (1980) 1 copy

Flight to the chookhouse roof : comic verse (1998) 1 copy

Texas Ben Thompson (Great West and Indian series) 1 copy

The Peralta Country (1987) 1 copy

Adobe Wells (Lythway Book) (1987) 1 copy

Squatter's Rights (2006) 1 copy

Some die young (1970) 1 copy

Britain's Intelligence Service (1979) 1 copy

Guns of Arizona (Western Series) (2006) 1 copy

Apache Moon (1972) 1 copy

America and the Americans (1984) 1 copy

The San Luis Range (Sagebrush Westerns) (2005) 1 copy

Guns of High Meadow (1973) 1 copy

Ten Days To Remember (2004) 1 copy

Go, Lovely Nose 1 copy

Windy City (1996) 1 copy

Angela Gordon stuff (1974) 1 copy

The Magic Scroll of Oz (2017) 1 copy

Blue Rock Range (1978) 1 copy

The Witchcraft Murder (Linford Mystery) (2002) 1 copy

Man Who Stole Heaven (1971) 1 copy

Man Things: Equal Time for Men (1997) 1 copy

Boot Hill (Linford Western) (1999) 1 copy

Kernel of Death (1973) 1 copy

The Big High Desert (1987) 1 copy

Doctor Blaydon's Dilemma (Thorndike British Favorites) (2000) 1 copy

Western Australia in 1891 1 copy

Corral Canyon (Center Point Western Complete (Large Print)) (2009) 1 copy

Love is a Stranger (2001) 1 copy

Killian's Canyon (Center Point Large Print) (2006) 1 copy

Sixkiller (1982) 1 copy

Thunderbird Range (Gunsmoke Westerns) (2001) 1 copy

Avenue (Operation Operation Destiny Tier 3 - Advanced Infantry Training) (2008) 1 copy

Five Star First Edition Westerns - Guns In Oregon: A Western Duo (2004) 1 copy

Buffalo Township (2005) 1 copy

The hunter of Faro Canyon (2005) 1 copy

The Long Law Trail (2001) 1 copy

The Sheridan Stage (Sagebrush Large Print Western Series) (1989) 1 copy

The Gunsight Affair (2004) 1 copy

Ambush Canyon (2002) 1 copy

Six-Gun Crossroads (Circle V Western) (2016) 1 copy

Night of the Rustler's Moon: A Circle V Western (2015) 1 copy

Murder now pay later (1998) 1 copy

Renegades of Perdition Range (2015) 1 copy

Dakota Deathtrap (Originally Decade of Deceit) (1955) 1 copy

The assassins' world (1975) 1 copy

The last gun : a western duo (2011) 1 copy

Shadow Of A Hang Rope (Five Star Western Series) (2014) 1 copy

Mathilde Carré : double agent (1976) 1 copy

The Outcast (2003) 1 copy

The Short Gun Man (1990) 1 copy

Prairie Empire (2013) 1 copy

Circle H Range (2005) 1 copy

The sheepmen (1963) 1 copy

Man from Durango : a western duo (2007) 1 copy

Tomahawk Meadow: A Western Story (Thorndike Large Print Western Series) (2012) 1 copy

The long years (2001) 1 copy

Man Behind the Gun: A Western Duo (Five Star Western Series) (2016) 1 copy

Marshal Redleaf (Thorndike Large Print Western Series) (2013) 1 copy

The green hills (2002) 1 copy

The saddlegun man (2004) 1 copy

Operation Destiny: Tier 2-Battle Plans (2004) 1 copy

Desert Journey (Wheeler Large Print Western) (2008) 1 copy

The Triangle Murder [LP] (1996) 1 copy

Death of a Millionaire [LP] (2000) 1 copy

Rangers of El Paso: A Western Duo (Five Star Western Series) (2009) 1 copy

Law Along the Border (2004) 1 copy

Conquest of the Great Northwest 1 copy

Man Without A Gun: A Western Duo (2012) 1 copy

Sixshooter Trail (2005) 1 copy

Great American Westerns Volume One [Graphic Audio] (2012) — Narrator — 1 copy

Cain's Trail (2010) 1 copy

Salt-lick Range (Wheeler Large Print Western) (2009) 1 copy

The Born Survivor (2005) 1 copy

Long Bow (Center Point Western Complete (Large Print)) (2009) 1 copy

High Desert Guns (Sagebrush Large Print Western Series) (2002) 1 copy

The Cloverleaf Cattle Company (Linford Western Library (Large Print)) (1997) 1 copy

The terrorists (1975) 1 copy

Thieves' Trail (Center Point Western Standard (Large Print)) (2002) 1 copy

Trail to Trouble (Black Horse Western) (1995) 1 copy

The Gunsmith (2017) 1 copy

The General Custer Story. New Light on the Drama of the Battle of the Little Big Horn (1960) 1 copy

The drifter : a western duo (2012) 1 copy

Man from Butte City (2000) 1 copy

The law trail (2006) 1 copy

The time of the Texan (2007) 1 copy

Gundown (2009) 1 copy

Montana Trail (2003) 1 copy

The Undertaker (Thorndike Large Print Western Series) (1992) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Customer Is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles (2008) — Contributor — 103 copies

Best of the West: Classic Stories from the American Frontier, Volume 2 [Audiobook] (2003) — Contributor — 1 copy

Indianermuseum der Stadt Zurich (1996) — Photographer — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Paine, Lauran Bosworth
Other names: Slaughter, Jim (pseudonym)
Birthdate: 1916-02-25
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Occupations: cowboy
Short biography: Paine was listed in the Guiness Book of World Records from 1980 to 1984 as the world's most prolific living author.
Disambiguation notice: For all the pseudonyms used by Lauran Paine, see LC 80038417.

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The Squaw Men by Lauran Paine

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BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

German Military Intelligence in World War II: The… by Lauran Paine

This book describes the German Abwehr, which was the German Military Intelligence Organization during WWII. Unfortunately, the book is rife with sketchy or incorrect information. The author also fails to document or footnote anything, so one is left wondering where he came up with the information that he does. I would read this book with caution.

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MnManstein | 1 other review | Jan 22, 2024 |

Absaroka Valley by Lauran Paine

This was my first book by this author. It was a slow start for me but ended up being good, similar to a western movie. Normally, im not a western book reader but this was good.

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audraelizabeth | Aug 28, 2019 |

The Gunsmith by Lauran Paine

After the Civil War has ended, Dave Petrie, a young Confederate soldier settles in Spartenville, Colorado setting up shop as a gunsmith. One morning, a gang of desperadoes descends on the town murdering the baker, general store keeper and a few other men taking money and other valuables. When the town posse turns back, Petrie continues the hunt and manages to ambush the gang & kill a couple.

The gang goes back to town, kidnaps four women and leaves the message to send us Petrie or the women will be abused. Petrie and the local minister head out to find the women and the rest of the novel is about the hunt and the strange group of men who make up the gang of outlaws.

Fast paced and a very quick read.… (more)

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lamour | Jan 7, 2018 |

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