Law of the Mountain Man (Mountain Man, #6) by William W. Johnstone

Law of the Mountain Man (Mountain Man, #6) Reviews

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  Shirl

  Over the past four months I have been reading the Mountain Man series by William W. Johnstone. They are a throwback to the old west and come complete with rugged turrain, outlaws, Indians, and heroes. I enjoyed these books for the simple reason that I feel transported back to a simpler time when right was right, wrong was wrong, and there wasn't nearly so much gray. The reader gets to learn alot about what it was like for the men and women who broke open the territory but especially we get to cheer on an old fashioned hero or two. You will enjoy this trip back to the mid 1800's and you'll willingly cheer for the good guys who are interesting and funny characters, and hate the villains. Enjoy!
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  Orville Welch

  Good book,very enjoyable.
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  Lisa Johnson

  Title: Law of the Mountain Man (Last Mountain Man #6)
  Author: William W Johnstone
  Pages: 260
  Year: 2011
  Publisher: Pinnacle Books
  My rating: 5 out of 5 stars.
  Smoke Jensen is a much beloved fictional character in the Johnstone repertoire. In the story, Smoke takes a trip where he lands in Idaho cold and holed up in cave because he is being hunted by men. Sally, Smoke’s wife, is in Arizona with the twin babies because one of the babies needs the warmer climate due to a lung ailment. Sally loves Smoke and is used to him needing to hit the trail and experience the time alone in the high lonesome. It is colder in Idaho than Smoke thought when he suddenly lands himself in the middle of the largest range war.
  As the story progresses, Smoke realizes that to help a rancher hold onto his property, he is going to have to hire help. These young men are already toughened by the life in the wild west, but can they fight when someone is shooting at them? The gang of men they will face will be some of the most ruthless and dangerous killers and are known to have no scruples. They’ll shoot anyone just for the heck of it.
  However, it isn’t just gun smoke that fills the air, but romance too! A couple of the men Smoke hires to help a rancher hold onto what he has worked and paid for most of his life, start sparking a couple of the younger ladies that live on the ranch. The main villain in the book is Jud Vale. As readers learn, however, that isn’t his real name. It also seems that he may not be playing with a fill deck upstairs. Jud sees himself as king and ruler of the area, and so he fancies that it is within his right to take from everyone and anyone who dares to live in the county.
  I enjoyed the story as it has two strong minded men who come face-to-face in a war where stakes are high, and winner take all. Jud is facing a man who came to Idaho long before him and is used to fighting the elements and others who want to move him from his ranch. Throughout the story I was engaged especially in the suspense-filled moments when Smoke would go off “hunting” as he was taught by an old mountain man named Preacher. I hope readers enjoy the tale where battles for right and wrong are fought, boys become men, and romance comes when least expected. Visit the author’s website to view all the tales that await at
  https://williamjohnstonebooks.com
  Note: The opinions shared in this review are solely my responsibility.
  
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  LeeAnn

  4 stars. Leave it to Smoke Jensen to head out on a little vacation trip and end up in the middle of a range war. But what do you expect from a man whose skill with a gun is legend, and not just on the pages of those dime novels folks young and old like to read? But this war isn't fiction and it has Smoke facing an opponent who isn't just dangerous, he's stark raving mad.
  
  Full of classic Johnstone gun battles, fist fights, wicked villains, noble men you'd "ride the river with", spirited women ready to fight right alongside the men, and just to keep things from getting too dark, a hearty helping of humor. If you are in the mood for a good, old-fashioned shoot 'em up western, the Smoke Jensen (Mountain Man) series is an option worth trying.
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  Nolan

  Starts out interesting enough. Smoke Jensen. Main character is on “vacation” runs into some men who think he is someone else. Runs into a range war. Same story. One man who has a big ranch wants more land and cattle. Bad man hirers gunmen. Smoke could have cut the head of the snake off and killed the head rancher, but no he decides someone else has to do that. The bad rancher, Jud and his men attack the smaller ranch and leave. Smoke goes out alone and kills a mess of the hired gunmen. Jud has gunmen go and attack the ranch. Later Smoke goes out and kills some gunmen. Jud, puts a $10,000 reward on Smoke’s head, so have gunmen trying to kill Smoke. But of course, Smoke is superman and wins every time. Around and round the story goes. Got tiring after a while
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  Daniel

  Excellent
  
  Excellent book for anyone who loves a great western book. A must read for those that like the mountain man series.
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  Cody Stow

  If you like westerners, then the mountain man series is for you. William W. Johnstone brings his characters alive. Smoke Jensen is now one of my favorite characters.
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  Kevin Jackson

  Blazing guns.
  
  Another great story with Smoke Jensen. I don't think the proof reader did a very good job in this story. The story was great and full of action.
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  John Meitner

  Another of the relaxing reads about the old west. I do enjoy his books.
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  Todd

  The Best In Western/Adventure Action!!!!
  
  Absolutely nobody comes even close to the writing duo of William W. Johnstone and his nephew J.A. Johnstone when it comes to being the best in Western/Action adventure writing.
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  Cassandra

  Love me a good Preacher novel! I'm still getting my feel for Westerns but I really do like Preacher.
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  Cynthia Izon

  Great shoot 'em up, fighting the badies per usual. Very entertaining.
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  Rob Smith, Jr.

  'Law of the Mountain Man' follows the trail of the four books in the series before it and tends to rehash most of those plots. Either Johnstone was trying to best the books before 'Law of...' or the publisher asked for more of the same. There are some definite differences and it's still a good book, but the fundamentals are way too similar. For someone reading just this book, the novel is very, very good.
  
  The writing is very good as a whole, but there are some obvious missteps that even a bad editor should have caught. Seems to me that Johnstone found himself in the midst of starting this series along with pumping out other books in different genres and ran into trouble.
  
  A huge gold star goes to Johnstone in having a ton of characters in this book and being able to discern who is who. Something I had trouble with in the book I read before this by Louis L'Amour.
  
  I'll continue on from here and hope for better in that this series has continued from this 1989 book to now, 2013. I'm getting pessimistic, though.
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  Violet

  Another story of the invincible white knight, Smoke Jensen. Just like Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers and Gene Autry, the good guy wins out and it is very entertaining. The bad guy was crazy and trying to build his own kingdom, similar to another book by the same author. But I like the addition of old mountain men and, in this story, the addition of youngsters and their sling shots. That was a nice touch.
  
  I did have a problem with this pocket book, published by Kensington, in the actual production of the book. I counted more than five places where a sentence was not finished in the printing at the bottom of a page or the next page started in the middle of a sentence, or something similar. Since this is a book from our local library, I will show them the errors and let them decide what to do with it, if anything.