The Chisholm Trail, Ralph Compton
The Chisholm Trail, Ralph Compton
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The Chisholm Trail
The Trail Drive, Book 3

Author: Ralph Compton

Narrator: Scott Sowers

Abridged: 3 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/19/2011

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

Armed with only a Colt rifle, a Bowie knife, and courage as big as the West, Ten Chisholm—the bold, illegitimate son of frontier scout and plains ambassador Jesse Chisholm and a Cherokee woman—arrives in the heart of Comanche country with a price on his head. His only crime: loving the beautiful daughter of a powerful New Orleans gambler who has promised her to a wealthy man she hates.

Now that Ten has returned to the harsh Texas brakes with a team of battle-toughened cowboys and ex-soldiers—and a vow to return to Priscilla and make her his wife—he must round up wild longhorns, ward off angry Comanches, and survive treacherous outlaw attacks as he crosses the Red River and sets off on a brazen quest to open a new trail to Kansas on the savage frontier.

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.

About Scott Sowers

Scott Sowers has narrated numerous audiobooks, including books by Douglas Preston, Robert Ludlum, John Hart, and Nicholas Sparks. He was named the 2008 Best Voice in Mystery & Suspense by AudioFile magazine. AudioFile also awarded Sowers an Earphones Award for his narration of John Hart’s Down River, writing, “[providing] a bewitching rhythm and pace, expertly capturing and elevating this story of redemption. The combination of Hart and Sowers provides the perfect marriage of prose and voice. Together they enable the book to transcend genre fiction and become something exceptional.”  Sowers is also an accomplished actor of both stage and screen. His theater credits include roles in Inherit the Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire, Bus Stop, and A Few Good Men. His many television credits include guest roles on Law & Order, The Black Donnellys, Six Degrees, All My Children, and the Hallmark Channel’s Season for Miracles. He has also appeared in the films Trust the Man, The Village and The Ten.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sequoyah on September 26, 2019

I have listened to the audiobook of the first two books in this series as I did this one. I struggled with the fact the characters are not the same as the first two, but the plot soon got me to keep reading. While this plot has enough to keep me reading please don’t include it in a trail drive serie......more

Goodreads review by Steve on June 23, 2018

average western I have read better......more

Goodreads review by Naoisa on July 05, 2024

Boskie Czytajcie......more

Goodreads review by Peter on January 16, 2017

Relaxing reading adventure in the old west.......more

Goodreads review by Mark on February 24, 2014

Great to listen to on that long drive to Gettysburg.........more


Quotes

“Lovers of Louis L'Amour type westerns will welcome a new paperback series written by Ralph Compton.” —Nashville Banner