Ralph Compton Big Jakes Last Drive, Ralph Compton
Ralph Compton Big Jakes Last Drive, Ralph Compton
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Ralph Compton Big Jake's Last Drive

Author: Ralph Compton, Robert J. Randisi

Narrator: Lewis Arlt

Unabridged: 7 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/02/2020

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

Two old ranch hands lead one last trail drive but they can't escape death along the way in a brand new thrilling western in Ralph Compton's trail drive series.

Big Jake Motley had been running the Big M spread in Texas for over 30 years. In that time, he's driven thousands of head of cattle to market in Kansas. Now, while both the Nineteenth century and the era of trail drive are coming to an end, Big Jake is determined to make one last drive to Kansas. The only thing is, he doesn't have the cowhands to move that much beef. He drafts his old friend, Chance McCandles, into service, and together, the two aging cowboys put together a crew.

The trail to Kansas is fraught with dangers both natural and man made, but when Chance is killed by rustlers, Big Jake has one more task in before him, extract vengeance for his old friend.

About Ralph Compton

Ralph Compton stood six-foot-eight without his boots. His first novel in the Trail Drive series, The Goodnight Trail, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series. A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist before turning to writing westerns. He died in Nashville, Tennessee in 1998.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David

Big Jake once owned the big successful ranch named the Big M after his wife passed away things slowly started going downhill. Jake stays to himself loses all of his friends including his foreman and then has to sell the ranch. He decides to do one last drive and that is where this story actually sta......more

Goodreads review by Joe

Good old western that’s an easy read. Enjoyed Big Jakes character and western values.......more

Goodreads review by Shortie

I thought this was one of his better books......more

Goodreads review by Ray

Great book about revenge in the old west.......more