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The Oregon Trail - (Trail Drive) by  Ralph Compton (Paperback) - 1 of 1

The Oregon Trail - (Trail Drive) by Ralph Compton (Paperback)

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  • They Risked Their Lives To Bring Cattle to Missouri.
  • About the Author: Ralph Compton stood six-foot-eight without his boots.
  • 336 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Westerns
  • Series Name: Trail Drive

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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, and their fourteen Texas cowboys briught a herd up to Independence, Missouri, and sold half to a wagon train heading West. Then the Texans hired on, leading the battling greenhorn pioneers across the Missouri River, across Nebraska Territory, and into the wilds past Forts Laramie and Bridger. With winter closing in, Spencer's men were running out of time to reach the wide-open land of Oregon. And with a fortune in gold hidden in one of the pilgrims' wooden wagons-and outlaws circling like wolves-there were miles of shooting and dying still ahead.



About the Author



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.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .76 Inches (D)
Weight: .81 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 336
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Westerns
Series Title: Trail Drive
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Ralph Compton
Language: English
Street Date: June 15, 1995
TCIN: 1009810064
UPC: 9781250126214
Item Number (DPCI): 247-49-2578
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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  • A: The book explores the dangerous journey of cattle drives and the challenges faced by cowboys in the post-Civil War era.

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Q: Who are the main characters in the story?

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Q: Who is the author of this book?

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  • A: The author of the book is Ralph Compton, known for his Western novels.

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