Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iron Men and Silver Stars | 1967 | Donald Hamilton | Buy |
| 2 | The Greatest Western Stories of the 20th Century | 1998 | Donald Hamilton | Buy |
Donald Hamilton’s anthology appearances highlight his standing in Western fiction, a side of his career often overshadowed by Matt Helm. Iron Men and Silver Stars (1967) and The Greatest Western Stories of the 20th Century (1998) both included his work alongside other leading Western authors.
The inclusion in The Greatest Western Stories collection, published five years after Hamilton’s final Matt Helm novel, speaks to the lasting quality of his frontier fiction and its recognition by the Western literary community.