Ralph Compton
81) Rawhide flat
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Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
The bustling town of Rawhide Flat is bursting at the seams with hard men and their hard-earned cash from working the nearby Comstock Lode. So when the bank is robbed and two civilians cut down, a posse delivers its own justice—leaving only Judah Walsh alive.
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Wheeler Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Capturing and breaking wild horses is a tough way to make a living. But Montana ranch owner, Ethan Miller's problems are just getting started. First the buyer he has for his herd falls through. The only other outlet he can find is the US cavalry. That means driving 200 horses all the way from Bozeman, Montana to Fort Davis, Texas. No sooner has he made the dangerous trek than one more obstacle presents itself. The fort's commander needs Ethan's help....
84) Outlaw town
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
There's trouble on the trail drive in this Ralph Compton western... Chancy Gantry and Ollie Teal are honest cowpunchers, riding herd on fifteen hundred longhorns from Texas to Kansas. Their trail boss, Lucas Stout, is tough but fair. He's never lost a hand on a drive and doesn't aim to start now. So when a cowhand needs a sawbones bad, Stout sends Chancy and Ollie to escort the man to a town called Prosperity, which none of them has ever heard of....
Author
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Brian Middleton left his father's ranch long ago to make his own way. But now, he's returned to claim the land his late father left him--and learns the hard way that if he wants to keep something in the Wild West, he has to fight for it. With local lowlifes and shady con-men after the Driving D ranch, Middleton has no choice but to make a stand.
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In a lawless, godless territory known as No Man's Land, Black Jack Shelton and his gang have the run of the new town of Nowhere, until Chick Storm and his riders are called in to take a stand. Chick knows right from wrong well enough to understand that sometimes a man has to let his guns speak for themselves.
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2017
Description
LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD. Rancher Ty Farraday's hunt for stray cattle takes a turn for the worse when he discovers a shallow grave and the body of wealthy Alton Winstead, the owner of the Double-Cross Ranch. Ty's first frantic thoughts are of Winstead's widow, Sue-Ellen, who picked Alton over him. Unfortunately, she chose poorly. Alton masterminded a crime and left his helpers to swing for it. Hungry for revenge, the murderous headcases have overrun...
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2011
Description
Western. Deputy Marshal Logan Kane is in for one tough ride. He's got six ruthless convicts caged in a prison wagon, and it's his job alone to transport them safely across treacherous, unforgiving terrain. Holding off rustlers, outlaw gangs, lynch mobs, and the criminals' free-riding cohorts will keep Kane--and his trusty Colt--plenty busy.
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Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Dane Kramer looks forward to the day when his sprawling Oklahoma cattle ranch will truly be his. With only one more bank payment to make, and a buyer in Omaha ready to pay top dollar for a herd of Herefords, he should finally have banker Earl Throckmorton off his back. But Earl has a plan to keep the ranch for himself. If he has his way, Dane's herd will never make it across the Omaha Trail -- and Dane won't make it home alive.
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"A woman seeks revenge for her father's murder in this tense installment of bestselling author Ralph Compton's Gunfighter series. Eight years ago, vicious bandits killed Marshall Tobias Cassidy and left his daughter for dead. They thought they got away clean. Now a contest to determine the top shootist in the Wild West is set to take place in Fortune's Cross and lady gunslinger Hope Cassidy has come to town...only it's not for glory, it's for vengeance....
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2008
Description
The literary legacy of best-selling author and Medicine Pipe Bearer Award nominee Ralph Compton lives on in Ride the Hard Trail. Hiding from the law, brothers Lin and Chancy Bryce hire on as cowpunchers at a widow's ranch. But soon they're embroiled in a range war with a nefarious cattle baron who has a small army of hired guns protecting his interests.