The Goodnight Trail (Trail Drive, No.1) - Softcover

Compton, Ralph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312928157 ISBN 13: 9780312928155

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1992

Synopsis

Former Texas Rangers Benton McCaleb, Will Elliot, and Brazos Gifford ride with Charles Goodnight as he rounds up thousands of ornery, unbranded cattle for the long drive to Colorado. From the Trinity River brakes to Denver, they'll battle endless miles of flooded rivers, parched desert, and whiskey-crazed Comanches. And come face-to-face with Judge Roy Bean and legendary gunslingers like Clay Allison. For McCaleb and his hard-riding crew, the drive is a fierce struggle against the perils of an untamed land. A fight to the finish where the brave reach glory―or die hard.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Ralph Compton , a member of the prestigious Western Writers of America, a story-teller in the best traditions of the Old West. Beginning with the "Trail Drive Series," specializing in Historical Westerns, the author now has more than two million novels in print, throughout the world.

Western Writers of America judged "The Goodnight Trail" a finalist for the Medicine Pipe award for Best First Novel.

From the Back Cover:

From bestselling author Ralph Compton―an extraordinary saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune driving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier.

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...

THE GOODNIGHT TRAIL

Former Texas Rangers Benton McCaleb, Will Elliot, and Brazos Gifford ride with Charles Goodnight as he rounds up thousands of ornery, unbranded cattle for the long drive to Colorado. From the Trinity River brakes to Denver, they'll battle endless miles of flooded rivers, parched desert, and whiskey-crazed Comanches. And come face-to-face with Judge Roy Bean and legendary gunslingers like Clay Allison. For McCaleb and his hard-riding crew, the drive is a fierce struggle against the perils of an untamed land. A fight to the finish where the brave reach glory―or die hard.

"A sweeping, historically accurate [series] that makes America's trail drives come alive."―Artesia Daily Press (New Mexico)

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0312928157
• ISBN 13: 9780312928155
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 384