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William Colt MacDonald. Allan William Colt MacDonald (December 2, 1891 – March 27, 1968), who used the name William Colt MacDonald for his writing, was an American writer of westerns born in Detroit, Michigan whose work appeared both in books and on film.
William Colt MacDonald has 149 books on Goodreads with 488 ratings. William Colt MacDonald’s most popular book is The Battle at Three-Cross.
McDonald, William Colt. Entry updated 9 January 2023. Tagged: Author. (1891-1968) US author of many Westerns from 1929; of sf interest is The Singing Scorpion ( 1934 ), a Three Mesquiteers tale in which an ancient relic – the emerald eyes of Zeronteotl, an Indian god – leads to the discovery of a Lost World. [JC]
William Colt MacDonald wrote a series of novels about The Three Mesquiteers, beginning with The Law of 45's in 1933. The name "Mesquiteer" was a play on words, referring to mesquite, a plant common in the Western United States, and the characters of the 1844 Alexander Dumas novel The Three Musketeers.
William Colt MacDonald does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Law and Order, Unlimited, was published in December 2023. What was the first book written by William Colt MacDonald?
Allan William Colt MacDonald was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1891. His career became a long string of successes in pulp magazines, hardcover books, films, and eventually original and reprint paperback editions. The Three Mesquiteers, MacDonald’s most famous characters, were introduced in 1933 in Law of the Forty-Fives.
William Colt MacDonald is the author of The Battle at Three-Cross (3.70 avg rating, 23 ratings, 5 reviews, published 1941), The Red Raider (3.56 avg rati...
