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Walt Longmire · Book 25

Spirit of Steamboat

by Craig Johnson
Published
1 January 2013
Pages
146
ISBN-13
9780670015788
Type
novella
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Cover of Spirit of Steamboat

About this book

Spirit of Steamboat, published in 2013 at 146 pages, is one of the optional Walt Longmire novellas, sitting between Christmas in Absaroka County and The Highwayman. Like the other novellas, it isn't required to follow the main novel-to-novel plot, but it's set in the same wintry Absaroka County that defines the series.

Key facts about Spirit of Steamboat

Craig Johnson wrote Spirit of Steamboat, a novella on our list. It has been out since 2013. The book has 146 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novella. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780670015788 to find the main one.

Spirit of Steamboat is book 25 of 30 in the Walt Longmire series. The series has 30 published books. However, the series starts with The Cold Dish (2004). Have Courage: Longmire Stories is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 3 November 2026.

That series sits on our mystery shelf. Meanwhile, Have Courage: Longmire Stories is the latest published Craig Johnson book on file, from 3 November 2026.

About Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson is an American novelist best known for the Longmire series, following Walt Longmire, the sheriff of a sparsely populated fictional Wyoming county, as he investigates crimes against the vivid, weathered backdrop of the high plains. See every Craig Johnson book in order.

Its place in Walt Longmire

Spirit of Steamboat is book 25 in the Walt Longmire series. It follows Christmas in Absaroka County. It is followed by The Highwayman. See the full Walt Longmire reading order.

Walt Longmire is the longtime sheriff of fictional Absaroka County, Wyoming — a wry, weathered widower closer to retirement than he'd like to admit, working a sprawling, sparsely populated jurisdiction that borders the Cheyenne reservation. Craig Johnson builds each novel around a specific case (a murder, a missing person, a decades-old grudge resurfacing) but the real draw is Walt himself: a lawman who reads Steinbeck and quotes literature between fistfights, navigates Wyoming's brutal winters and moral gray…

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