Blood and Gold: A Ralph Compton Novel by Joseph A. West

Compton, Ralph; West, Joseph A.

ISBN 10: 1565119150 ISBN 13: 9781565119154

Publisher: HighBridge Audio, 2004

Synopsis

An eighteen-year-old cowpuncher finds himself inheriting $30,000 in gold from his boss, an old Dodge City cattle rancher paralyzed from a drive, with the edict that he must return the money back home to the boy's mother, who lives just over the Red River in Texas. The problem is, word about such an obscene amount of money tends to draw hardcases like honey draws flies.

It doesn't help that he also must travel through the Gypsum Hills in Oklahoma and the Indian Territory, site of the biggest and most bloody Apache uprising ever seen this side of the Rio Bravo.

Saddled with the gold, desperados gunning for him on every side, and having to protect a young woman trapped with her father in the middle of the uprising, the young man gets a hard and fast education on life . . . and death . . . dealt in quick draws, fleet feet, and level aim.

About this title

About the Author

RALPH COMPTON stood six foot eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel, 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.

Review

"Thrilling stories of Western legend."
-- The Huntsville Times (AL) (UNKNOWN )

About this edition

• Publisher: HighBridge Audio
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1565119150
• ISBN 13: 9781565119154
• Binding: Audio CD