George G. Gilman
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George G. Gilman is one pseudonym, or pen name, of Terry Harknett
. Under that name Harknett wrote three series of Western
books: Edge
, which his US publisher would brand, "The Most Violent Westerns In Print"; Adam Steele (this character and Edge appeared together in three books); and The Undertaker. The Gilman books were known for their sardonic and sarcastic humor and for their very violent content.
Terry Harknett
Terry Harknett is a British author. He is author of almost 200 books, mostly pulp novels in the western and crime genres. He has written as a ghostwriter for Peter Haining and under an array of pseudonyms, including George G. Gilman, Joseph Hedges, William M. James, Charles R. Pike, Thomas H...
. Under that name Harknett wrote three series of Western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
books: Edge
Edge the Loner
Edge the Loner was the first book in a successful adult western novel series written by Terry Harknett under the pen name George G. Gilman. Edge is a civil war veteran named Josiah Hedges, the son of a Mexican father and a Swedish mother....
, which his US publisher would brand, "The Most Violent Westerns In Print"; Adam Steele (this character and Edge appeared together in three books); and The Undertaker. The Gilman books were known for their sardonic and sarcastic humor and for their very violent content.