in the badlands of North Dakota. It won the 1952 New York Herald Tribune award for best children's book. He continued to write children's books through the 1960s, but thereafter concentrated on his Westerns. The Jesus on Horseback trilogy is considered his best work. Among his many pseudonyms are: Eddie Abbott, John Jo Carpenter, Camford Cheavly, Camford Sheaveley, Camford Sheavely, and Cody Kennedy, Jr. The John H. Reese manuscript collection is located at the American Heritage Center (formerly the Western History Research Center) at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. Several of his Western stories were made into movies, including Good Day for a Hanging (1959) from the story Frontier Frenzy, and The Young Land (1959) based upon a short story by Reese. The movie Charley Varrick (1973) was based on his crime novel The Looters, His stories were the basis for many radio and television broadcasts, including NBC's Theatre Newsstand Radio Broadcast, ABC's Five Star Matinee Radio Broadcast, and The DuPont Show of the Week. Westerns Signal Guns at Sunup, 1950, (as John Jo Carpenter) The High Passes, 1954. Rich Man's Range, 1966. Sunblind Range, 1968. Sure Shot Shapiro, 1968. Singalee, 1969. Horses, Honor, and Women, 1970. Sierra Showdown, 1971. Jesus on Horseback: The Mooney County Saga, 1971 (a trilogy; separately published as Angel Range, The Blowholers, and The Land Baron, 1973–74; The Blowholers was reprinted in 1975 as Lonesome Cowboy). Big Hitch, 1972. Springfield .45-70, 1972. The Wild One, 1972. They Don't Shoot Cowards, 1973. Weapon Heavy, 1973 (1st in the Jefferson Hewitt series) The Sharpshooter, 1974.(2nd in the Jefferson Hewitt series) Texas Gold, 1975. (3rd in the Jefferson Hewitt series) Wes Hardin's Gun, 1975. (4th in the Jefferson Hewitt series) Hangman's Springs, 1976. (5th in the Jefferson Hewitt series) Sequoia Shootout, 1977. (6th in the Jefferson Hewitt series) The Cherokee Diamondback, 1977. (7th in the Jefferson Hewitt series) Dead Eye, 1978. (8th in the Jefferson Hewitt series) A Pair of Deuces, 1978. (9th in the Jefferson Hewitt series) Two Thieves and a Puma, 1980. (10th in the Jefferson Hewitt series) Blacksnake Man, 1976. A Sheriff for All the People, 1976. Omar, Fats, and Trixie, 1976. Halter-Broke, 1977. Rich Man's Range, 1978. Legacy of a Land Hog, 1979. Maximum Range, 1981. This Wild Land, 1979. (as Cody Kennedy, Jr.) (Shepherd Family Series, Book 1) The Warrior Flame, 1980. (as Cody Kennedy, Jr.) (Shepherd Family Series, Book 2) The