The Goodnight Trail

By Ralph Compton

Deal Ends: Fri 24th July

A rancher and three ex-Texas Rangers embark on a dangerous cattle drive through the wilderness in this action-packed Western adventure."Lovers of Louis L'Amour-type Westerns will welcome [this] series." —Nashville BannerThe only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-blazing trail drives . . .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 gunslingers like Clay Allison.For big, brawling McCaleb and his hard-riding crew, the drive is a fierce struggle against the perils of an untamed land. A fight to the finish the brave reach glory . . . or die hard. Review “Lovers of Louis L'Amour–type Westerns will welcome [this] series.” ―Nashville Banner“A sweeping, historically accurate [series] that makes America's trail drives come alive.” ―Artesia Daily Press (New Mexico) From the Publisher Ralph Compton , a member of the prestigious Western Writers of America, a story-teller in the best traditions of the Old West. Beginning with the "Trail Drive Series," specializing in Historical Westerns, the author now has more than two million novels in print, throughout the world. Western Writers of America judged "The Goodnight Trail" a finalist for the Medicine Pipe award for Best First Novel. From the Back Cover From bestselling author Ralph Compton―an extraordinary saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune driving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier.The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn, and boldness to drive them north to where the money was…THE GOODNIGHT TRAILFormer 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 gunslingers like Clay Allison. For McCaleb and his hard-riding crew, the drive is a fierce struggle against the perils of an untamed land. A fight to the finish where the brave reach glory―or die hard."A sweeping, historically accurate [series] that makes America's trail drives come alive."―Artesia Daily Press (New Mexico) About the Author Ralph Compton stood six-foot-eight without his boots. The Goodnight Trail was his first novel in the Trail Drive series and 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.