The Chisholm Trail - (Trail Drive) by Ralph Compton (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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. (July)<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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. <p/>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><b>From bestselling author Ralph Compton--a compelling tale about the man who blazed a trail that became Western history...</b> <p/>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. <p/><b>THE CHISHOLM TRAIL</b> <p/>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. <p/><b>Very seldom in literature have the legends of the Old West been so vividly painted.</b><b>--<i>Tombstone</i><i> Epitaph</i></b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Lovers of Louis L'Amour type westerns will welcome a new paperback series written by Ralph Compton." --<i>Nashville Banner</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Ralph Compton</b> stood six-foot-eight without his boots. His first novel in the Trail Drive series, <i>The Goodnight Trail</i>, 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.</p>
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