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Lou Cameron Books in Order

Lou Cameron has written 101 books, published between 1960 and 1992. The first book is Angel's Flight (1960) and the newest is First Blood (1992). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
101
Published
1960–1992
Confirmed
1 of 101 titles
Pages on record
5,607 in 27 of 101 books
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Lou Cameron (June 20, 1924 – November 25, 2010) was an American writer and comic book artist. The catalogue holds 101 books from Angel's Flight (1960) to First Blood (1992). Subjects include westerns, the American West, frontier life, Apache Indians and war, and the fictitious characters Longarm and Stringer MacKail. Cameron's series are Stringer and Renegade. Earlier titles include The Sky Divers (1963), The Dirty War of Sergeant Slade (1966) and Green Fields of Hell (1968).

Source: Wikidata

How many Lou Cameron books are there?

Lou Cameron has 101 books, released between 1960 and 1992. They include 2 series and 48 titles listed outside any series.

Lou Cameron Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 101 Lou Cameron books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.

  1. Cover of File on a Missing Redhead by Lou Cameron (1969)
  2. Cover of Barca by Lou Cameron (1975)
  3. Cover of The Spirit Horses by Lou Cameron (1976)
  4. Cover of How the West Was Won by Lou Cameron (1977)
  5. Cover of The Cascade Ghost by Lou Cameron (1978)
  6. Cover of The Wilderness Seekers by Lou Cameron, book 1 of the Making Of America series (1979)
  7. Cover of This Fever In My Blood (As:Mary Louise Manning) by Lou Cameron (1980)
  8. Cover of Citadel of Death by Lou Cameron, book 10 of the Renegade series (1981)
  9. Cover of The Badlands Brigade by Lou Cameron, book 11 of the Renegade series (1982)
  10. Cover of Slaughter In Sinaloa by Lou Cameron, book 16 of the Renegade series (1983)
  11. Cover of High Sea Showdown by Lou Cameron, book 24 of the Renegade series (1984)
  12. Cover of Savage Safari by Lou Cameron, book 26 of the Renegade series (1984)
  13. Cover of The Slave Raiders by Lou Cameron, book 27 of the Renegade series (1985)
  14. Cover of Mayhem at Mission Bay by Lou Cameron, book 29 of the Renegade series (1985)
  15. Cover of Stringer by Lou Cameron, book 1 of the Stringer series (1987)
  16. Cover of Longarm on the Overland Trail by Lou Cameron, book 104 of the Longarm series (1987)
  17. Cover of Stringer and the Hanging Judge by Lou Cameron, book 6 of the Stringer series (1988)
  18. Cover of Stringer and the Lost Tribe by Lou Cameron, book 8 of the Stringer series (1988)
  19. Cover of Stringer and the Border War by Lou Cameron, book 10 of the Stringer series (1989)
  20. Cover of Stringer on Pike's Peak by Lou Cameron, book 12 of the Stringer series (1989)
  21. Cover of Stringer and the Oil Well Indians by Lou Cameron, book 13 of the Stringer series (1989)
  22. Cover of Crooked Lance by Lou Cameron (1989)
  23. Cover of Eagle Chief by Lou Cameron (1990)
  1. 1
    Angel's FlightBlack Gat Books #191960 · confirmed 2/4
    1960–
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  2. 2
    Empty Quarter1962 · confirmed 1/4
    1962–
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  3. 3
    The Black Camp1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  4. 4
    The Sky Divers1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  5. 5
    The Dirty War of Sergeant Slade1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  6. 6
    Iron Men with Wooden Wings1967 · confirmed 1/4
    1967–
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  7. 7
    The Bastard's Name Is War1968 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968190
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  8. 8
    The Good Guy1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  9. 9
    Green Fields of Hell1968 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968158
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  10. 10
    Mud War1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  11. 11
    The Big Red Ball1969 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969192
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  12. 12
    The Outsider1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  13. 13
    Hannibal Brooks1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  14. 14
    File on a Missing Redhead1969 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969160
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  15. 15
    The Dragon's Spine1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  16. 16
    Ashanti1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  17. 17
    Before It's Too Late1970 · confirmed 1/4
    1970–
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  18. 18
    Behind the Scarlet Door1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  19. 19
    The Amphora Pirates1971 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971211
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  20. 20
    Zulu Warrior1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  21. 21
    The Tipping Point1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  22. 22
    Spurhead1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  23. 23
    Cybernia1972 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972174
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  24. 24
    The Blaster #11973 · confirmed 1/4
    1973–
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  25. 25
    The Darklings (As:Julie Cameron)1975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  26. 26
    Devil in the Pines (As:Julie Cameron)1975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  27. 27
    Barca1975 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975256
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  28. 28
    The Closing Circle1975 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975255
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  29. 29
    North to Cheyenne1975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  30. 30
    The Spirit Horses1976 · 291 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976291
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Lou Cameron books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Renegade in order

35 books
  1. 1. Renegade
  2. 2. Blood Runner
  3. 3. The Fear Merchant
  4. 4. Death Hunter
  5. 5. Panama Gunner
  6. 6. Macumba Killer
  7. 7. Over the Andes to Hell
  8. 8. Hell Raider
  9. 9. Death In High Places
  10. 10. Citadel of Death
  11. 11. The Badlands Brigade
  12. 12. The Mahogany Pirates
  13. and 23 more in the table above

Stringer in order

15 books
  1. 1. Stringer
  2. 2. Stringer on Dead Man's Range
  3. 3. Stringer on the Assassin's Trail
  4. 4. Stringer & the Hangman's Rodeo
  5. 5. In Tombstone
  6. 6. Stringer and the Hanging Judge
  7. 7. Stringer and the Wild Bunch
  8. 8. Stringer and the Lost Tribe
  9. 9. Stringer and the Deadly Flood
  10. 10. Stringer and the Border War
  11. 11. Stringer In a Texas Shoot-Out
  12. 12. Stringer on Pike's Peak
  13. and 3 more in the table above

Making Of America in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Wilderness Seekers

Black Gat Books in order

1 book
  1. 19. Angel's Flight

Longarm in order

1 book
  1. 104. Longarm on the Overland Trail

Standalone books

48 books

48 Lou Cameron titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Lou Cameron books in order?

You only need to read Lou Cameron books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Lou Cameron

Start with Angel's Flight (1960), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lou Cameron book?

First Blood (1992) is the newest Lou Cameron book released so far.

Is there a new Lou Cameron book coming?

No next Lou Cameron book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Lou Cameron at a glance

Died
Lou Cameron died in 2010, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Lou Cameron on record dates from 1992.
Release pace
Lou Cameron books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
5,607 pages across the 27 of 101 books with a recorded length, a median of 191 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lou Cameron books, 56 of 101, were published in the 1980s.

When Lou Cameron books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Lou Cameron titles appeared. 1980s was the most productive decade with 56 titles.

1960s
16
1970s
26
1980s
56
1990s
3

101 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Lou Cameron books are about

49 of the 101 Lou Cameron books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: westerns is tagged on 26 of 49. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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