Background
He was born in Liberal, Kansas on 19 March 1935 and died on 10 May 2001.
He was born in Liberal, Kansas on 19 March 1935 and died on 10 May 2001.
The Texians (1980)
Slanted Colt (1984)
Blood Arrow (1985)
Calamity Trail (1985)
Brother Wolf (1985)
The Sundown Breed (1986)
Thunderland (1987)
Shadow of the Hawk (1988)
Starsong (1988)
The Way to Wyoming (1988)
Gunpowder Wind (1988)
The Westering (1988)
A Manitoba Called Wolf (1989)
Ride the Devil"s Trail (1990)
Drifter"s Luck (1991)
Dust on the Wind (1992)
The Guns of Number Manitoba"s Land (1992)
The Last Long Rifle (1995)
Silver Spur (2004)
Jubilation Gap (2004)
Summer Land (2004)
His naval fiction included a series featuring the character Patrick Dalton and is set during the American War of Independence. Dalton is an Irishman and a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, falsely accused of treason. Throughout the four-volume series, Dalton remains loyal to Britain.
Unfortunately, Parkinson died in 2001, and so did not have an opportunity to write one (or more) subsequent novels that would have resolved a number of open issues.
The Fox and The Faith (April 1987)
This novel is set in 1777. After Dalton is accused of treason, he escapes from British-held New York in the schooner Faith.
The Fox and The Fury (May 2000)
Still on the run, and still loyal to Britain, Dalton acquires a ketch, and a cargo of cannon from the Chesapeake. He then faces an array of enemies: the Royal Navy, the British Army, rebel privateers and navy, loyalist raiders, and Spanish pirates.
Dalton eventually captures the Fury.
The Fox and The Flag (May 1990)
Dalton avers his loyalty to the Flag, despite still being sought for treason. Dalton, in his vessel Fury, escorts merchant ships through North American waters, protecting them from English and rebel ships. The Fox and The Fortune (February 2001)
This novel is set in 1778.
In the novel Dalton fights a pirate who has taken advantage of the disorder that the American War of Independence has caused to prey on merchant vessels.
Hammer and Axe (July 1993). The Swordsheath Scroll (January 1994).
The Whispers (April 1998). Faces of Infinity (March 1999).
Paradox Gate (September 1999).
The Scavenger (September 1998). Viper"s Spawn (October 1998). Blood Ties (March-1999).