Synopsis
'Any reader who enjoys action-filled western adventure dreads the day Compton runs out of western trails to write about...' ROUNDUP MAGAZINE An extraordinary saga of trail-blazing cowboys. Armed only with a Colt rifle, a Bowie knife, and courage as big as the West, Ten Chisholm, the half-breed son of an Indian scout, leaves New Orleans with a price on his head. His only crime - loving the beautiful daughter of a powerful gambler, who has promised her to a man she hates. With a team of cowboys and ex-soldiers, and a vow to return to Priscilla and make her his wife, Ten rides into the heart of Comanche country. Now, he must round up wild longhorns and set off through a thousand miles of swollen rivers, angry Comanches and outlaw attacks - to open a new trail to Kansas.
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From the Back Cover
From bestselling author Ralph Compton―a compelling tale about the man who blazed a trail that became Western history...
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.
THE CHISHOLM TRAIL
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.
"Very seldom in literature have the legends of the Old West been so vividly painted."―Tombstone Epitaph
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.
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