Ralph Compton Red Trail, Ralph Compton
Ralph Compton Red Trail, Ralph Compton
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Ralph Compton Red Trail

Author: Ralph Compton, John Shirley

Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/15/2020

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

A cattle drive faces long odds in this exciting new installment in Ralph Compton’s Trail Drive series.

An outbreak of hostilities with Comanches has disrupted the usual trail routes. But Mase Durst must get his cows from his Texas ranch to the railway up in Wichita, Kansas, or face losing his land, which the bank is fixing to foreclose on. He's forced to take his herd on a little-used route called the Red Trail—little used for good reasons. It’s a tough trek: dangerous, narrow, and fraught with banditry.

Along the way, Durst and his men face numerous obstacles thrown up by Mother Nature, cattle rustlers and crooked lawmen. But even their safe arrival in Wichita will offer no relief if he can’t make it home in time to save his ranch from the bank—and his wife from the predations of their rapacious neighbor. . .

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 Nolan on June 02, 2021

Another cattle drive story. While Mase Durst and his crew are off taking 2,400 longhorns from Texas to Kansas his wife Katie, their son and some of the ranch hands are continuing to work the ranch. Lots of problems at the home ranch as a bigger rancher (Harning) wants their ranch for himself. By usi......more

Goodreads review by David on May 29, 2024

This might be the best one in the series. Mase Durst is forced to take the Red Trail on the drive to Wichita, Kansas. He faces many obstacles on the way ranging from a hired killer, who is on the drive, a crooked town, Indians, weather, and rustlers. Mase also reunites with his brother, whom he has......more

Goodreads review by Snowcover6 on December 26, 2024

could not put it down another masterpiece. This book helped me get back to daily reading habit. Great storyline. The story flows so well. I highly recommend it......more