Smoky Valley

Novel by Donald Hamilton
Smoky Valley
Paperback original
AuthorDonald Hamilton
Cover artistVerne Tossey
LanguageEnglish
GenreWestern
PublisherDell
Publication date
1955
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)

Smoky Valley is a western novel by Donald Hamilton.

Plot summary

John Parrish does not run, even when the local land baron tries to burn him out of his home. The former soldier has to stay alive long enough to outwit his enemies.

Film adaptation

Filmed as The Violent Men in 1955 starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson

Publication history

  • 1953, USA, Collier's, 12/11/1953, 12/25/1953, 1/8/1954, 1/22/1954, serial (literature)
  • 1954, USA, Dell, Dell First Edition #18, paperback, reissued many times
  • 1954, UK, Allan Wingate, as Rough Company, hardcover
  • 1985, UK, Ulverscroft, ISBN 0-7089-1267-2, large print edition, hardcover
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Other works by Donald Hamilton, author of the Matt Helm series
Novels and novellas
  • Date with Darkness (1947)
  • The Black Cross (1947)
  • The Steel Mirror (1948)
  • Deadfall (1949)
  • Smoky Valley (1954)
  • Night Walker (1954)
  • Line of Fire (1955)
  • Too Soon Dead (1955)
  • Mad River (1956)
  • Assignment: Murder (1956)
  • The Big Country (1958)
  • The Man From Santa Clara (1960)
  • Texas Fever (1960)
  • The Mona Intercept (1980)
Short story collectionsNon-fictionFilm adaptationsComic book adaptations
  • The Big Country (comics) (1958)


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