John Legg

John Legg – Award-Winning Western Fiction Author

Explore thrilling Western adventures, full of courage, honor, and the open range

About Me

John Legg has published more than 70 novels, most on Old West themes. TO FACE A SAVAGE TRAIL, published by Wolfpack Publishing in October 2024, the fifth in the Savage Land series, is his latest novel in the field of his main interest — the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade. He first wrote of the fur trade in CHEYENNE LANCE, his initial work.

Alongside his fiction career, Legg earned degrees in Communications and Journalism and spent many years working as a journalist before retiring. He has written both historical Westerns and series novels under his own name and pseudonyms, as well as a nonfiction book on fur trade history. He remains deeply interested in the history of the American frontier and is a proud member of Western Fictioneers. He also occasionally explores other genres, including adventure, paranormal, and fantasy fiction.

Explore My Books

Final Justice

A CHILD’S ABDUCTION SETS OFF A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN TWO TOUGH BOUNTY HUNTERS!

Jace Coppersmith, a marshal in a Colorado Territory town, makes the tough decision to hand in his badge and leave his fiancée to help a friend, Travis Van Horn, in Kansas. Van Horn, who trained Coppersmith in the ways of the bounty hunter, is being forced to commit crimes by an outlaw who has abducted Van Horn’s five-year-old daughter, a child he has never really known.

To Face a Savage Winter…

HIS PREVIOUS TWO WINTERS HAD BEEN HELLACIOUS .

The third winter in the Rocky Mountains was not the charm for mountain man Hawley Cooper. What started out as a prime beaver trapping season turned forbidding as another winter beckoned and settled into the Absaroka Mountains. A war party of Crows raided his camp and ran off with his wife, a Shoshoni named Black Moon Woman. Left without a horse,

Hard Land

FOR SOME MEN, TROUBLE IS A CONSTANT COMPANION . . .

No matter how much he tries to avoid trouble, bounty hunter Brodie Pike can’t just look away when it stares him in the face. In his business, friends are hard to find, and when they need help, Pike will always heed the call. Pike faces daunting odds when he rides to the aid of some newfound friends in the gold- and silver-mining towns of Colorado Territory—two marshals beset by outlaw gangs, and a woman ravaged by bestial men.

Good Words from readers

Final Justice is a page‑turner. I didn’t want to put it down. I would recommend this book to my friends and everyone looking for a good read.

Great characters and a wonderful storyline. Mr. Legg makes you feel like you’re right there in the story.

This is the best series I have ever read. I’ll definitely search out more of Mr. Legg’s books!

Definitely 5 stars. Great writing style and storyline. Looking forward to more.

Latest Book

Mountain Country: The Complete Trilogy

A powerful collection of three western adventures that blend deep characters, historical settings, and gripping action. This edition brings together stories of survival, courage, and frontier life in one compelling volume. Why It’s Worth Reading: Perfect for fans of classic Western tales and anyone who loves immersive storytelling with memorable heroes and vivid landscapes.

Three trappers —— Ezra Early, Lucien Chardonnais and Abe Rawlins —— brave the harsh Rocky Mountains, its howling storms, savage beasts, and warlike Indians, to forge a precarious living in the untamed American frontier.

Turning their backs on civilized life and leaving behind loved ones, the three fur trappers must take a stand against raging elements and a ruthless foe. They are fearless and as hard as the mountains, yet not without an easygoing, though profane, camaraderie. They are mountain men.

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