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Ralph Compton

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born

April 11, 1934 in St. Clair County, Alabama, The United States

died

September 16, 1998

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Ralph Compton (April 11, 1934—September 16, 1998) was an American writer of western fiction.

A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton began his writing career with a notable work, The Goodnight Trail, which was chosen as a finalist for the Western Writers of America "Medicine Pipe Bearer Award" bestowed upon the "Best Debut Novel". He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series. In the last decade of his life, he authored more than two dozen novels, some of which made it onto the USA Today bestseller list for fiction.

Ralph Compton died in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 64. Since his passing, Signet Books has continued the author's legacy, releasing new novels, written by authors such as Joseph A. We...more

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Books by Ralph Compton

Average rating: 3.83 · 818 ratings · 69 reviews · 147 distinct works

	Death Rides a Chestnut Mare (Danny Duggin, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Dawn of Fury (Trail of the Gunfighter, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Autumn of the Gun (Trail of the Gunfighter #3) 3.98 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Killing Season (Trail of the Gunfighter, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Goodnight Trail 3.98 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Border Empire (Border Empire, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Six guns and Double Eagles (Border Empire, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Western Trail (Trail Drive, #02) 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Riders of Judgement (Danny Duggin, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Chisholm Trail (Trail Drive, #03) 3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	My rating:

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Series by Ralph Compton

Trail Drive (22 books)
by Ralph Compton

3.80 avg rating — 260 ratings

Trail Drive (13 books)
by Ralph Compton

3.81 avg rating — 237 ratings

Border Empire (3 books)
by Ralph Compton

3.96 avg rating — 74 ratings

Sundown Riders (11 books)
by Ralph Compton (Series Creator), David Lawrence Robbins, David Robbins

3.43 avg rating — 35 ratings

Quotes by Ralph Compton

“A comfortable rut and a grave are very much alike. The only real difference is the dimensions.”
― Ralph Compton, The Winchester Run

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