JOHN WHITLATCH: A COVER GALLERY


























    BIBLIOGRAPHY:  

        No biographical information is known about this author of eleven popular pulp fiction paperbacks in the 1960s and 70s.  While specific genres, settings and time periods vary widely, there is a criminous element in each of them.  With Tom Power, one of the survivors of the event, John Whitlatch later co-authored Shoot-Out At Dawn (Phoenix Books, pb, 1981), an account of what took place at a remote Southern Arizona cabin in 1918.   SC:  John Gannon = JG; Captain Jamey Morgan = JM.

    Gannon’s Vendetta.  Pocket 75383, pbo, 1969.   JG   “Do not forget, gentlemen – violence is the only thing they understand.  If in doubt, kill.”

    Morgan’s Rebellion.  Pocket 75384, pbo, 1969.   “Prison made a man of Morgan.  And the man became a legend.”

    Tanner’s Lemming.  Pocket 75616, pbo, Sept 1970.   “Tanner – the man who single-fistedly quashed a student takeover and tongue-lashed its leaders into silence at a turbulent school-board showdown.  Tanner – the man who had never flown a plane, yet took the stick when a pilot died in midair and landed safely.  Tanner – the man whose blunt business sense had won him a place in a Senator’s inner circle.  Tanner – had he blown a hole in the heart of the man millions of Americans revered?  Had he killed Senator Stanton?  Could he have been the assassin?”

    The Iron Shirt.  Pocket 75642, pbo, 1970.   [West]   “Jonathan Fontaine swore it ... in the smoking remains of his homestead, over the charred, mutilated body of his young daughter.  He had gone East but now was back in Arizona with a specially equipped rifle.  And he had a fresh lead on the Indian – the one who had worn a necklace of human fingers and The Iron Shirt.”

    The Judas Goat.  Pocket 75643, pbo, 1970.   “Hand-picked from the entire US World War II army, they were a unique company.  Twelve men led by a lieutenant, as able as he was arrogant, and a sharp, seasoned sergeant who was militantly silent about his past.  Twelve fighters, among them an ugly man, a black man, on old World War I scout, a southern redneck, and a mountain climber.  They were a strange assortment, but tough and tenacious – and they didn't care too much about living.  To the General they were the army’s answer to the marines. To the Colonel they were a crack team ... the best he could assemble.  To the Lieutenant they were ‘animals.’  And by the time their brutal training had ended they were Killers!”

    Lafitte’s Legacy.  Pocket 75670, pbo, Sept 1971.   [Louisiana]   “The last of the Lafittes had come back from Arizona to visit his dying grandfather.  But enemies lay in wait, blcoking his way with fallen trees, terrorizing his wife with poisonous snakes, signalling their malice with voodoo dolls.  Someone wanted the old treasure map that was his legacy.  But his adversaries had not reckoned with the pirate blood that was also part of Lafitte’s legacy.  He would fight with all the guile and guts, tenacity and ingenuity that had made his legendary ancestor the terror of the bayou.”

    Frank T.’s Plan.  Pocket 77587, pbo, Oct 1972.   “To avenge his daughter’s death, an old man pits himself against the most violent forces of evil.”

    Stunt Man’s Holiday.  Pocket 77660, pbo, May 1973.   [Arizona]   “He made his living getting shot in the movies.  But this time the bullets were real.”

    Cory’s Losers.  Pocket 77661, pbo, May 1973.   “The little western town was full of crooked operators – and Cory wanted revenge on every one of them.”

    Morgan’s Assassin.  Pocket 77659, pbo, Aug 1973.  “A squad of mean, smart killers was out to bring the nation to its knees.  Only one man was tough enough to stop them –El Arquito!”

    Gannon’s Line.  Pocket 80743, pbo, Oct 1976.   [Mexico]   JG   “Blazing adventure and a perilous game of survival south of the Rio Grande!”







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