Slocum Westerns are the longest running series of Westerns ever written, encompassing over 400 books, all of which are published under thepen name Jake Logan.[1][2] The books have been written by a number of authors, and all featureJohn Slocum as the protagonist.[3]
John Slocum is among the toughest ofgunfighters. He is a mostly decent man who will do whatever it takes to survive life in theWestern Frontier. AConfederate soldier who lost his ancestral home tocarpetbaggers after theCivil War, Slocum left theSouth, never to return.
He has been a soldier, slave,stagecoach driver, shotgun guard, bank robber, lawman, pioneer, cowboy, shepherd, poor man, rich man, gambler, anddrifter. His adventures occur in most of theAmerican West.
The books are claimed to be adult oriented, due to the presence of three explicitly described sex scenes in each of the numerous books; they were first published byPlayboy Press.[4]
