Ralph Compton
Author
Series
Trail drive ; 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
An extraordinary saga of the trailblazing cowboys who made their fortune driving cattle from Texas to the great Frontier.
Author
Series
Trail drive ; 7
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Through a thousand miles of dust, fists, and guns, they found the courage to keep on driving.
The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-making trail drives.
The Virginia City Trail
With a dream of building...
Author
Series
Trail drive ; 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Ten Chisholm, having left New Orleans with a price on his head and a vow to return to claim Priscilla for his wife, must first round up a herd of wild longhorns and drive them north on a quest to open a new trail to Kansas. --
Author
Series
Trail drive ; 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Driving two thousand head of cattle north from Texas, Cajun cowboy Long John Coons must brave stampedes, cattle rustlers, renegade Indians, and the love of a beautiful woman with a sordid past to get his longhorns to the Kansas railroad.
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The Goodnight Trail: Benton McCaleb, Will Elliott and Brazos Gifford served with Charles Goodnight as Texas Rangers, and when they learned he is planning a cattle drive to Colorado, they waste no time joining him.
The Western Trail: Leaving Goodnight, Colorado, Texans Benton McCaleb, Brazos Gifford and Will Elliot drive their herd north, settling along Wyoming's Sweetwater River. But when gold is discovered along the Sweetwater, all hell breaks loose.
The...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the Civil War, cash-starved Texans turned to the only resource they possessed in abundance: longhorn cows. Despite the hazards of trailing longhorns across some three hundred miles of Indian Territory, this was the only way to access the railroad…THE WESTERN TRAIL Benton McCaleb and his band of bold-spirited cowboys traveled long and hard to drive thousands of ornery cattle into Wyoming's Sweetwater Valley. They're in the midst...
Author
Series
Trail drive ; 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
The nephews of Steve Austin, the founder of Texas, must ride into a hostile Mexico to aid a longtime friend in a cattle and horse drive.
Author
Series
Trail drive ; 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Former Texas Rangers Benton McCaleb, Will Elliot, and Brazos Gifford ride with Charles Goodnight as he rounds up thousands of ornery, unbranded cattle for the long drive to Colorado. From the Trinity River brakes to Denver, they'll battle endless miles of flooded rivers, parched desert, and whiskey-crazed Comanches. And come face-to-face with Judge Roy Bean and legendary gunslingers like Clay Allison. For McCaleb and his hard-riding crew, the drive...
Author
Publisher
Signet Book
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Willis Lander was once the T-Bar ranch's best bronc buster. Then came the day when a stallion as black as pitch and as mean as a rattler shattered his knee. Unable to perform the duties required of a cowboy, Willis took the only job he felt capable of handling-minding the line shack forty miles from the ranch-and secluded himself from the pity of his peers in the Wyoming wilderness. Now, the T-Bar is being sold, leaving Willis to wonder whether the...
Author
Publisher
Signet, an imprint of New American Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"If things are quiet in the little town of Sweetwater, Marshal Fred Hitch sees no reason to make waves. But when Tyree Johnson shows up, Fred's relaxed nature is put to the test. At fifteen years old, Tyree is a tough-as-nails bounty hunter with no patience for anyone calling him "boy." He's come to apprehend a killer who escaped from Cheyenne and has been hiding in plain sight in Sweetwater. To save face and his town's good name, Fred must ride with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Riding into the town of Smoky River on a mangy mule, Dane looks as broken down as his old mount. His Stetson is ragged, his boots are tied together with leather thongs, and he wears a Colt Army revolver with exactly three bullets. He wouldn't know what to say if you asked him where he got the gun, or how he learned to shoot it so well. He doesn't know if Dane is his first name or his last. Something happened that cost him his memory. For three years...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A former Confederate Army officer, Ben McCullough is now a rancher in the Texas hill country, hoping to earn enough money to settle down and marry. With eight hundred head of cattle to drive north, Ben is relying on his ex-sergeant, Hap, and a bunch of greenhorns he's recruited to help. But the stampedes and raging rivers are nothing compared to the gang of outlaws waiting to rustle the herd.
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"When the Apache surrounded the settlement of Alma, New Mexico, the 'respectable' townsfolk began hanging those who weren't. Town drunk Eddie Oates was lucky to be banished from the town, left for the Apaches to kill. Oates never thought he was a survivor. But now, he's discovered a reason to go on--and he's about to unleash a raging fury upon those who would prey on the helpless, the hopeless, and those who others think aren't worth fighting for"...