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Train to Durango
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Train to Durango Mass market paperbound - 1998

by Ralph Compton

Wes Stone, son of The Gunfighter, has pursued his father's murderers, the Sandlin Gang, throughout the Sierra Nevadas. But in his quest for revenge, he has now uncovered their nefarious plan to loot four United States mints. The odds are long and the stakes are high as Stone must hunt down and face a mercenary army guarding a mysterious train, which is already 700 miles ahead of him and headed straight for the Denver mint.


Summary

An outlaw cavalry that can’t be stopped—and one man with the courage to take a stand.
 
In Mexico, Wes Stone picked up his father’s gun, rode his father’s horse, and took on his father’s enemies. In California, he planted a band of savage criminals in the ground. Now Stone is heading up to the plains of Colorado, where a new kind of war has begun.
 
A dangerous band of mercenaries is going for the gold—enough to bankrupt the entire country. Their scheme: to raid four U.S. mints. Their weapon: an armored train tearing through the West like a fire-powered battle-ax on wheels.
 
From Durango to Dodge City, across a rugged land stained with blood, gold, and treachery, Stone follows a violent trail of honor. All that stands between victory and death is a quick-draw reflex—and the kind of .44-caliber justice that could tame the West and turn Stone into a legend.
 
More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books in Print
 
“Compton writes in the style of popular Western novelists like Louis L’Amour and Zane Grey…thrilling stories of Western legend.”—The Huntsville Times (AL)

From the publisher

In this Ralph Compton western, a man with the courage to take a stand goes up against an outlaw cavalry that can't be stopped.... In Mexico, Wes Stone picked up his father's gun, rode his father's horse, and took on his father's enemies. In California, he planted a band of savage criminals in the ground. Now Stone is heading up to the plains of Colorado, where a new kind of war has begun. A dangerous band of mercenaries is going for the gold--enough to bankrupt the entire country. Their scheme: to raid four U.S. mints. Their weapon: an armored train tearing through the West like a fire-powered battle-ax on wheels. From Durango to Dodge City, across a rugged land stained with blood, gold, and treachery, Stone follows a violent trail of honor. All that stands between victory and death is a quick-draw reflex--and the kind of .44-caliber justice that could tame the West and turn Stone into a legend. More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books in Print!

First line

"I'll find the outlaws' camp," Silver said.

Details

  • Title Train to Durango
  • Author Ralph Compton
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition September
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley Books, Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date September 1, 1998
  • ISBN 9780451192370 / 0451192370
  • Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.8 x 4.24 x 0.88 in (17.27 x 10.77 x 2.24 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Topical: Country/Cowboy
  • Library of Congress subjects Outlaws, Colorado
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99611367
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Praise for Ralph Compton

“If you like Louis L’Amour, you’ll love Ralph Compton.”—Quanah Tribune Chief (TX)

“Compton writes in the style of popular Western novelists like Louis L’Amour and Zane Grey…thrilling stories of Western legend.”—The Huntsville Times (AL)

 “Compton may very well turn out to be the greatest Western writer of them all....Very seldom in literature have the legends of the Old West been so vividly painted.”—The Tombstone Epitaph
 

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 the USA Today bestselling author of the Trail of the Gunfighter series, the Border Empire series, the Sundown Rider series, and the Trail Drive series, among others.
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