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Écrivain prolifique spécialisé dans le western, il publie à partir de la fin des années 1930 quelques centaines de nouvelles dans les pulps dédiés à ce genre. À partir des années 1950, sous son patronyme et sous divers pseudonymes, il fait paraître également plusieurs romans westerns, policiers et d'espionnage. Il a aussi rédigé des ouvrages sur les découvertes de gisements de pétrole en Pennsylvanie et les rangers du Texas.
Œuvre
Romans
liste non exhaustive
Signés Joseph Chadwick
Rider from Nowhere (1951)
Gunsmoke Reckoning (1951)
Devil's Legacy (1952)
Double Cross (1952)
Whip Hand (1953)
Destination Revenge (1953)
Come Out Shooting (1954)
Rebel Raider (1954)
Renegade Gun (1954)
The Golden Frame (1955)
A Town To Tame (1958)
Madigan’s Women (1959)
Savage Breed (1959)
Man Chase (1961)
No Land Is Free (1962)
Edge of the Badlands (1962)
Cowboys and Cattle Drives (1967)
Black Velvet (1970)
Sabrina (1971)
The Last War Cry (1971)
A Bargain in Bullets (1972)
Publié en français sous le titre Le Paladin du monde oriental, Paris, Gallimard, Série noire no 1626, 1973
The Professional (1973)
Hangman’s Valley (1973)
Last Stand for a Lawman (1973)
Evil Is the Night (1974)
Killer Trail (1975)
Signés John Conway
Hell Is My Destination (1959)
The Dark Desire (1960)
A Sin in Time (1961)
The Apache Wars (1961)
The Sioux Indian Wars (1962)
Woman Breaker (1962)
The Valiant Breed (1963)
Hard Man from Texas (1964)
Love in Suburbia (1964)
Signés Jack Barton
Texas Rawhider (1953)
Trail of the Damned (1954)
Ambush Range (1955)
Gun in His Hand (1956)
The Vengeance Riders (1956)
Day of the .44 (1957)
Brand of Fury (1960)
Signé Jim Layne
The Swap Set (1967)
Signés Jo Ann Creighton
House of Fury (1973)
The Mask of Evil (1973)
Nouvelles
Guns Against the Law (1939)
High-Graders from Hell (1940)
.45 Reunion (1943)
Be Kind—But Draw First! (1943)
Range-Hog’s Gun-Lesson (1943)
Range-Hogs Gun Requiem (1943)
Guns Make the Man (1944)
Gunhawk’s Glory (1944)
The Ranger’s Ghost Walks (1944)
The Square-A Traitor (1944)
Tumble-Weedin’ to Perdition! (1944)
Johnny’s Bullet Bonanza (1944)
Sanctuary in Hell (1944)
The Devil’s Jackpot (1944)
Guardian of Purgatory River (1944)
The Double-Barreled Noose (1944)
The Drummer Deals in Death (1945)
Johnny Chance Sides a Button (1945)
Vengeance Pasear (1945)
Gun-Master! (1945)
Rawhide Boss of the Steel Trail (1945)
Bad Trouble at Black Hat (1945)
Guns Against Darkness (1945)
Measure of a Man (1945)
Red Is the Blade (1945)
Halfway to Hell (1945)
Death Bets a Blue Chip (1945)
Colt Chore for a Mossyhorn (1945)
A Rope for Painted Creek (1945)
Boothill Reckoning (1945)
Crossroads to the Owlhoot (1945)
False-Front (1945)
Once a Trooper (1945)
Run—or Die! (1945)
The Town That Wouldn’t Squeal (1945)
Brannigan’s Town (1945)
Sign of the Wild Bunch (1945)
Born to Gunsmoke (1945)
Sign of the Rebel Brigade (1945)
Curtain Call for a Has-Been (1945)
Close Shave at Survey (1946)
Cut-Rate Gun-Guard (1946)
Welcome for an Outcast (1946)
Some Dream of Gold (1946)
Thee Devil in a Man (1946)
Call a Man Thief (1946)
Devil Take the Mail! (1946)
Gun-Watch at Dead Man’s Crossing (1946)
Hangnoose Fever Hits Epitaph (1946)
Hangrope Reunion (1946)
Trial by Fire (1946)
Storm in Her Heart (1946)
And Then There Was One (1946)
Black Conover Pays in Blood (1946)
Boomers, Booty—and Bullets! (1946)
Desert Destiny (1946)
Girl on His Hands (1946)
Judas Wears Buckskins! (1946)
Renegade Brand (1946)
Ambush House (1946)
Belly-Gun Buckaroo (1946)
Brannigan Deals with the Devil (1946)
Cut a Notch for Dan (1946)
Man Hunt (1946)
Six Shots to Tombstone (1946)
Strange Faces West (1946)
Bonanza Stampeder (1946)
Kill-Shy (1946)
Pawn in a Tinhorn’s Game (1946)
Sierra Showdown (1946)
Mill of the Gods (1946)
Showdown at Hangnoose Tree (1946)
Tangled Honeymoon (1946)
Brannigan—Boothill Boomer! (1946)
Captain Blunder (1946)
Gambler’s Luck (1946)
Tejano Boss of Rebel City (1946)
Trouble at Blue Lode (1946)
Badlands Rendezvous (1946)
Gun-Storm Range (1946)
Payoff in Lead (1946)
Written in Hot Lead! (1946)
Dead Man’s Ride (1946)
No Law North of Dodge! (1946)
Payoff for a Hardrock Man (1946)
Ambush for One (1946)
Brannigan’s Bonanza War (1946)
Stagecoach to Hell (1946)
The Devil Drives ’Em North (1947)
Drift, Gringo, or Die! (1947)
Gold, Grub—and Gunsmoke! (1947)
Gun-Guards for the Devil’s Drift-Fence (1947)
Hardrock Jinx (1947)
Brannigan and the Forty Thieves (1947)
One Gun Against Texas! (1947)
Steamboat to Hell (1947)
Stop-Over at Rogues’ Station (1947)
Night of the Storm (1947)
Brazos to Hell (1947)
Gun Gospel (1947)
Gun Journey to Hell (1947)
The Man Who Tamed Texas (1947)
The Range that Law Forgot (1947)
Yoke Creek Loses a Tenderfoot (1947)
A Town Named Linda (1947)
Blizzard Boomerang (1947)
Dead Man’s Town (1947)
They Grow ’Em Tough on the Brazos! (1947)
When Terror Rode the Border (1947)
Trail for Two (1947)
Never Bait a Texan! (1947)
Panhandle Burn-Out! (1947)
That Gun-Lucky Brannigan! (1947)
Hell for a Yankee Cowman (1947)
Ramrod of Hangtree Range (1947)
Trail Town Boss (1947)
Bullet Bargain (1947)
The Grave That Raised Hell! (1947)
Tough-Town Showdown (1947)
A Grave for Rowdy Jim (1947)
The Indian Ring (1947)
Six Shots for Empire (1947)
Hell on the River! (1947)
A Man for .45 Range (1947)
Mingaloe Hide-Out (1947)
Thirty Days Has Sam Reber (1947)
Last Chance for a Tinhorn (1947)
Ride the Devil’s Death-Watch (1947)
Treachery at Smugglers’ Crossing (1947)
Mystery of Magruder’s Cache (1947)
Send One Ranger (1947)
The Stubborn Fool (1947)
When Guns Turned West (1948)
Hell and High Water (1948)
The Bonanza King (1948)
Hell for Free-Staters! (1948)
Leave Him for the Hangman! (1948)
Trouble for Two (1948)
Bonanza Trail (1948)
Bait for the Hang-Rope Crowd (1948)
The Blizzard and the Banker (1948)
Bonanza Bait (1948)
Boomtown Buster (1948)
Red Runs the Pecos (1948)
Beyond Hell’s Frontier (1948)
Texican’s Deadfall Doom (1948)
Ranger Bait (1948)
Manhunt—to Hell! (1948)
The Mucker - Bonanza Boss! (1948)
Renegades Corral the Iron Horse (1948)
Steel Sabers—Iron Guts! (1948)
Rogue River Pilgrim (1948)
Cherokee Strip Deadline (1948)
Death Valley King-Buster (1948)
Wet Cattle-Red Grass (1948)
Phantom .45’s Talk Loud (1948)
Rangers Keep Out! (1948)
Trail Pirates of the Santa Fe Trace (1948)
Renegade’s Roost (1948)
Rustlers Pay in Colt Coin (1948)
You Can’t Kill a Texan Twice! (1948)
The Dude Hangs High (1948)
Riders of Purgatory Range (1948)
Death Rides the White Buffalo (1949)
Tally the Texas Turncoat! (1949)
No Range for a Cowhand (1949)
Trouble at Jubilee Town (1949)
Renegades from Texas (1949)
When Blood Brought the Ballots! (1949)
Gun-Wolves of Frozen Hell (1949)
Hell-Bent for Frisco! (1949)
Seven Rode Out (1949)
Slow Draw—Quick Corpse! (1949)
.45’s Rule Rustlers’ Paradise (1949)
Land of Broken Men (1949)
Judge Lynch Presidin’! (1949)
Vengeance Guns (1949)
Home Is the Drifter (1949)
Riders of No-Law Range (1949)
Greenhorn’s Gun (1949)
Ramrod of Hangrope Range (1949)
Manhunt to Frozen Hell (1949)
Wild Boss of the Wildcatter Crew! (1949)
Trouble Comes Riding (1950)
Girl Strike in Jubilee (1950)
Manhunters Ride Alone (1950)
Guns Across the Cherokee Strip (1950)
Raiders of the Iron Trail (1950)
Don’t You Die for Me! (1950)
Gun Queen ou Gun-Queen of the Spanish Grant (1950)
Claude Mesplède, Les années "Série noire" bibliographie critique d'une collection policière, t. 4 : 1972-1982, Amiens, Encrage, coll. « Travaux » (no 25), , 318 p. (ISBN978-2-906389-63-2).
