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The Chisholm Trail: The Trail Drive, Book 3 Paperback - 1993

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Author: Ralph Compton
ISBN: 9781250099389

by Ralph Compton

The third book in St. Martin's exciting new Western series The Trail Drive--a sweeping, historically accurate epic set against the backdrop of the great cattle drives of the Old West. The illegitimate son of Jesse Chisholm and a young Cherokee woman, Ten Chisholm leaves New Orleans with a price on his head. Vowing to return for the one he loves, Ten rides into the harsh Texas brakes to round up longhorn cattle for a treacherous thousand-mile drive.

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From the rear cover

From bestselling author Ralph Compton--a compelling tale about the man who blazed a trail that became Western history...

Armed with only a Colt rifle, a Bowie knife, and courage as big as the West, Ten Chisholm--the bold, illegitimate son of frontier scout and plains ambassador Jesse Chisholm and a Cherokee woman--arrives in the heart of Comanche country with a price on his head. His only crime: loving the beautiful daughter of a powerful New Orleans gambler who has promised her to a wealthy man she hates.

THE CHISHOLM TRAIL

Now that Ten has returned to the harsh Texas brakes with a team of battle-toughened cowboys and ex-soldiers--and a vow to return to Priscilla and make her his wife--he must round up wild longhorns, ward off angry Comanches, and survive treacherous outlaw attacks as he crosses the Red River and sets off on a brazen quest to open a new trail to Kansas on the savage frontier.

Very seldom in literature have the legends of the Old West been so vividly painted.--Tombstone Epitaph

Details

Title The Chisholm Trail: The Trail Drive, Book 3
Author Ralph Compton
Binding Paperback
Pages 384
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher St. Martin's Press
Date 1993-04-15
Features Maps
ISBN 9781250099389 / 1250099382
Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.86 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 2.18 cm)
Themes
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Topical: Country/Cowboy
Library of Congress subjects Western stories, Cowboys
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Ralph Compton stood six-foot-eight without his boots. His first novel in the Trail Drive series, 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. A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist before turning to writing westerns. He died in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1998.