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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...
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In this Ralph Compton western, the Strange twins find themselves in double trouble... Young Jed and Tim Strange lost their father to an outlaw's bullet, and now their mother has succumbed to a fatal illness. Unable to farm their land due to a lack of funds, the twins set out to find their sister-who left home to avenge their father's death over a year ago. Farm life hasn't prepared the twins for the rough-and-tumble cow towns west of Missouri. And...
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Trail drive series volume 9
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They Risked Their Lives To Bring Cattle to Missouri. Now They Faced A Journey Twics As Dangerous... 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 Oregon Trail… Lou Spencer, Dill Summer,...
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Border empire volume 1
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Nathan Stone, The Gunfighter, lies dead in the street, a victim of the ruthless Sandlin gang. Behind him he leaves his guns and the son he had hardly known--a former lawman named Wes is about to teach these killers just what it means to be his father's son. Swearing vengeance, he takes up his father's guns. But little does he know that the odds are even more against him than he thinks--and that to get revenge for a dead man, he might have to die himself....
5) Do Or Die
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Sundown Riders volume 9
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To do or die in Denver . . . Charley Pickett is cleaning up the Westworking on a farm shoveling you-know-what. Then he teams up with Tony Fabrizio, pickpocket extraordinaire. In need of more money and more respect, the declare themselves bounty hunters - but the job is easier said than done. Going after one of the most wanted outlaws in the Westwith a dollar value on his head bigger than they've ever seen - they'll have to learn the tricks of the...
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Armageddon in Arizona . . . .Buck Fletcher is facing a twenty-year sentence for a murder he didn't commit, but Senator Falcon Stark needs a man of Buck's notoriety and gunfighting skills to travel to the Arizona Territory and locate his missing daughter, Estelle. It's an offer that may stave Buck's sentence and give him another shot at the freedom he rightly deserves. To find Estelle, Buck must elude a band of apaches on the warpath before descending...
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And then there were more . . . Disguised as Danny Duggin, Danielle Strange hunted down the merciless cutthroats who murdered her father. Now the feared gunslick has hung up her trademark twin Colts - and given up her secret identity - to make something out of her Texas ranch. But then a passel of hardcases rides into town and all hell breaks loose. And when the vicious gunmen kill one of Danielle's old saddle pals, she knows it's time for Danny Duggin...
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The USA Today best-selling Ralph Compton novels embody the rugged terrain and never-say-die spirit of the Old West. In North to the Salt Fork, Dusty Richards pens a gripping tale of one man's fight for the life he's earned. Captain Jack Starr, a veteran Confederate soldier, looks to Lost Dog Creek as the place he'll find some measure of peace. But there are those who won't leave a man be, and Jack will once again have to test his mettle staring down...
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In this brand-new Ralph Compton Western, a hard-bitten gambler and a hard-luck kid begin a treacherous journey to new lives. In Omaha, Tom Calvert boards a riverboat to play high-stakes poker, but accusations of cheating cause some serious trouble, and a deadly gun battle ensues. Tom is injured and knows that his enemies will be looking for him, so he reluctantly accepts a bargain from young stowaway Asher. In exchange for Calvert teaching him gunslinging...
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With tales of rugged heroes and gun-barrel justice, Ralph Compton became a beacon for aspiring Western authors. Marcus Galloway maintains this legacy with Rusted Tin. Sheriff of Keith County, Nebraska, Zeke Wolpert wears a tarnished badge - taking bribes from criminals and turning a blind eye to their misdeeds. But with a shipment from Wells Fargo on its way into town, Zeke is torn between visions of setting himself up for life or finally living up...
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Spur Award winner Jory Sherman takes the reins for the next installment of Ralph Compton's long-running Trail Drive series. Doc Blaine has agreed to drive 3,000 head of cattle from Texas to Kansas, and the only help around are his sons Jared and Miles. But the boys are in love with the same woman, and their vow to kill each other on sight threatens to derail Doc's cattle drive faster than a speeding locomotive.
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A gunman without a gun wakes up in Death Valley. He has no recollection of how he got there, or even his own name. He's a dead man walking until his luck turns. He stumbles upon the homestead of a widow and her young son who nurse him back to health. But in the desert good deeds come at a cost. The amnesiac is being trailed by hard men who want answers he doesn't have. First a group of gunslingers, then a troop of soldiers threaten the innocent family....
13) Vengeance Rider
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A race against time . . . Buck Fletcher plans to ride his horse for a $10,000 prize, money he needs to send his sick daughter to a faraway clinic. Then some outlaws steal his steed - and with it, his daughter's last hope. Doc Holliday, a legend of loyalty and ferocity, rides beside him, eager to help on a mission of vengeance - and a quest to save a little girl's life.
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Popular author Marcus Galloway continues the tradition of the legendary Ralph Compton with Outlaw's Reckoning-a classic Western tale with an intriguing twist. Outlaws Gus McCord and Doyle Hill aren't exactly model citizens, so when they happen upon the kidnapping of a shipping mogul's daughter, every instinct in their thievin' bones says to walk away. But this time is different, and the ruthless duo vow to do whatever it takes to save the girl.
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Mississippi charmer Abner Mason is a professional gambler and a regular on the Delta Jack, a luxurious riverboat. But luck hasn't exactly been going Mason's way. After a disastrous loss at the tables, he owes an impossible debt to the most powerful man on the ship: mysterious, ruthless Cam Greeley. And Greeley's willingness to do whatever it takes to get his fortune back, even threaten Mason's life. Now Mason has a single night to raise all the funds...
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Trail drive series volume 17
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The long and winding trail . . . Ben McCullough was once an officer in the Confederate Army. Now he's 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 McCullough is relying on the help of his ex-sergeant, Hap. These young cowboys have their work cut out for them as they confront the dangers of cattle driving. But stampedes, raging rivers, and nature's worst...
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Outlaw Wes Cavanaugh knows that crime doesn't always pay, at least not much. That's why he and his partner, Mose, are willing to pay Jimmy Stock for information on a job that's guaranteed to pay off big. Jimmy's made a career of selling tips to bandits, but the job he sells Wes, a payroll train about to leave Omaha, requires more than information. It requires a straight shooter who can hit targets from a long distance away, and in the outlaw business,...
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When an ex-lawman is released from prison, he hopes to put his past behind him; but that might not be an easy task in this fast-paced new entry in bestseller Ralph Compton’s Gunfighter series. Matt Wheeler was a legend in the West. His fast gun and dedication to justice made him a sought-after lawman for hire, but all of that promise vanished one sunny day when his wife was shot down in cold blood by a heartless bank robber. The thirst for vengeance...
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An icon in the Western genre, Ralph Compton's legacy continues with his USA Today best-selling novels. Solomon Brakefield has been wronged one too many times after doing the right thing. He's so fed up with leading a noble life that he seeks out legendary killer and train robber Nestor Quarles to learn the ways of the outlaw. Nestor is willing to oblige, but the price may be more than Solomon cares to pay.
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Big Charlie Chilton knows better than to lose his temper, but when a loudmouth threatens to expose his long-buried secrets, he can't help but teach the man a lesson about being quiet. Unfortunately, it turns out the man was about to make an important supply run for the town's marshal, and Marshal Watt knows just enough about Shotgun Charlie's past to draft him into service in his stead. The trek north would be treacherous enough with the snow and...