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The Goodnight Trail (Trail Drive #1)
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 g...more
ebook, 384 pages
Published
August 15th 1992
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Western, anyone? Oh yeah, this is my first!
Not counting Annie Proloux’s short story, Brokeback Mountain, this is the first Western novel that I read from cover to cover. Western is the genre that I find the least interesting. I think the reason is that there are no cowboys here in Manila and horses are being used either to bring tourists around some historical sites or to race with other top breed horses for some kind of equestrian sport where the rich and famous bet and win a lot of money.
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Not counting Annie Proloux’s short story, Brokeback Mountain, this is the first Western novel that I read from cover to cover. Western is the genre that I find the least interesting. I think the reason is that there are no cowboys here in Manila and horses are being used either to bring tourists around some historical sites or to race with other top breed horses for some kind of equestrian sport where the rich and famous bet and win a lot of money.
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Good audio book to listen to on the trip to Gettysburg. This was Book I in the "Trail Drive Series." I'll have to try some of these stories in print and see if they read as good as Elmer Kelton. My favorite character was "Goose", a Lipan Apache scout saved by the drovers from the Comanche. He carries a big knife!
This is one in a series of semi historical fiction about establishing the cattle drive trails. Everyone should read a cowboy story now and then
Great western based on historical events.
Yet another action packed trail drive wester. However, I question Compton's use of language in some parts. What on earth is a ".53 caliber Schroeder" (p. 168) that is then refered to as a "needle gun" in any further mention? The only reference I can find to this is in this novel. If anyone else writing a review has an answer, I would love to know.
First real Western I have ever read, and it had its good and bad moments. Book's first half dragged, then picked up. The latter half of the book was better, but skipped around in time too much, losing its flow. Altogether, not a bad book.
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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 Bo...more
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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 Bo...more
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