Preacher's Showdown [Dramatized Adaptation]
The First Mountain Man 14

I finished this book in one day, so it was a quick read. It is a straightforward adventure story about a mountain man guiding a group of greenhorns through the wilderness 200 years ago. The plot was predictable, but entertaining. Indians, bad guys, dissension in the ranks were all plot elements that......more

Time before the Oregon Trail. Preacher leads a small group out of St. Louis to start a Trading Post around South Pass area. Interesting reading in that it continued the preacher series and that preacher is a man of his word. Johnstone is Different writer from Louis L'Amour. Enjoyable lite reading.......more

I admit as I close in on reading 100 Johnstone Clan books that the stories are getting very similar. This one is treading ground done in it's own series and others, too. Conclusions nearly identical, also. The writing is standard Johnstone further cutting into the value. The characters, from bad guys......more

Preacher puts himself in the position of helping a small wagon train head west after he beats their hired guide to within an inch of his life. Before even making it to that part of the story there is so much action that happens to the man named Preacher, he survives two attempts on his life, and a w......more