Book cover for Ralph Compton The Abilene Trail by Dusty Richards and Ralph Compton

Ralph Compton The Abilene Trail

2003 Released
288 Pages
3-4 Hours
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BerkleyISBN 9781101177464

There's no such thing as safe passage in this western in Ralph Compton's USA Today bestselling series.

Ben McCullough was once an officer in the Confederate Army. Now, he’s a rancher in the Texas hill country, hoping to earn enough money to settle down and marry. With eight hundred head of cattle to drive north, Ben is relying on his ex-sergeant, Hap, to watch over the bunch of greenhorns he’s recruited to help.
 
These young cowboys have their work cut out for them as they confront the dangers of cattle driving. But stampedes, raging rivers, and nature’s worst elements are nothing compared to the threat that awaits them—a gang of outlaws determined to rustle the herd…

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Dusty Richards

Dusty Richards, author of more than eighty-five novels, is the only author to win two Spur awards in one year, 2007, one for his novel The Horse Creek Incident and another for his short story "Comanche Moon." He won the 2010 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western Fiction for his novel Texas Blood Feud and was honored by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2009. He is a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and the International Professional Rodeo Association, and he serves on the local PRCA rodeo board. He is also an inductee in the Arkansas Writers Hall of Fame.

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