
The Goodnight Trail: The Trail Drive, Book 1
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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 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.
©1992 Ralph Compton (P)2011 Macmillan Audio
- Listening Length3 hours and 31 minutes
- Audible release dateMay 24 2011
- LanguageEnglish
- ASINB071W9M3BQ
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- Program TypeAudiobook
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Listening Length | 3 hours and 31 minutes |
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Author | Ralph Compton |
Narrator | Scott Sowers |
Audible.ca Release Date | May 24 2011 |
Publisher | Macmillan Audio |
Program Type | Audiobook |
Version | Abridged |
Language | English |
ASIN | B071W9M3BQ |
Best Sellers Rank | #176,411 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #12,610 in Westerns (Books) #22,357 in Genre Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) |
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Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 29, 2000
This book is one of the best westerns that I have found and though no equal to Lamour it is close. Except for the langauge I would not change a thing. Goose makes me want to write a book about him alone.
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Bluecashmere.
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A gripping story from an underrated western novelist.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 8, 2017Verified Purchase
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, the first in the Trail Drive Series. Against the background of the long cattle drive from Texas to Colorado, a wealth of exciting incidents give Compton the chance to develop a subtle plot and a variety of interesting characters. The landscape itself is, perhaps, the most arresting of all the characters. The addition of real-life characters such as Judge Roy Bean and the notorious gunslinger, Clay Allison – given more sympathetic presentation here – are knitted into the story unobtrusively, but the author’s own inventions: McCaleb, Elliot, Gifford and Goodnight are the most dynamic of all. Compton is an underrated western writer; I look forward to reading further novels in this series.
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Ian Pearson
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The Goodnight Trail.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 19, 2013Verified Purchase
One of the first "Trail" series that I've read, but it was an enjoyable read to begin with! (Preferred the second one-the one that started me off collecting these books-"The Western Trail"). I would be happy to recommend this seller to anyone!