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Smoky Valley
Paperback original
Author	Donald Hamilton
Cover artist	Verne Tossey
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Western
Publisher	Dell
Publication date	1955
Media type	Print (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

v t e 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 collections	Murder Twice Told (1950) Iron Men and Silver Stars (1967)
Non-fiction	On Guns and Hunting (1970) Cruises With Kathleen (1980)
Film adaptations	The Violent Men (1955) 5 Steps to Danger (1957) The Big Country (1958)
Comic book adaptations	The Big Country (comics) (1958)

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