Compton, Ralph

The ghost of Apache creek : a Ralph Compton novel by Joseph A West ( Book )
12 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in English and held by 918 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Keeping the peace is no trouble at all in a town of one. The only folks left behind in Requiem are ghosts--and after three years of solitude, Marshal Sam Pace has turned into a phantom of sorts. Sam is sure that actual people--rather than the ghosts he sees in his mind - will return and bring the town to life again. But when a woman on the run stumbles into town, Sam turns his attention to what he must do as caretaker of the town, and dons the mantle of Town Marshal. The girl is bringing a pile of trouble with her, and though it's fair to say that Sam has the skills to best a man in a gunfight, they're just a little rusty

Death rides a chestnut mare by Ralph Compton ( Book )
8 editions published between 1999 and 2010 in English and held by 882 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The pistol-packin' daughter of a man brutally murdered by outlaws rides the range exacting a savage revenge

The burning range : a Ralph Compton novel by Joseph A West ( Book )
14 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 849 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For a gambler locked in a claims war, the stakes are life or death! A plague of killings has descended on Green Meadow, Oklahoma. A villain called the Fat Man wants the town -- and the black gold beneath it. And Fat Man is willing to wipe out every man, woman, and child to get it. Only two underdogs stand in his way: seedy gambler Chauncey Drake and scrappy Pinkerton agent Reuben Withers. The pair will have to work hard and work together to force-feed the Fat Man a steady diet of hot lead -- or Green Meadow will run red

The Abilene Trail : a Ralph Compton novel by Dusty Richards ( Book )
14 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 830 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
While driving cattle up north, former Confederate Army officer-turned-rancher Ben McCullough and his ex-sergeant Hap encounter such perils as stampedes, raging waters, nature's fury, and a gang of vicious rustlers. Original

The Western Trail by Ralph Compton ( Book )
17 editions published between 1992 and 2013 in English and held by 821 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Benton McCaleb and his band of cowboys have braved over a thousand miles to drive a herd of longhorns from Texas to Wyoming, but they discover that their struggles are not over when a ruthless railroad baron tries to force them off the land

Blood and gold : a Ralph Compton novel by Joseph A West ( Book )
11 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 775 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A young cowhand-entrusted with $30,000 of his employer's money-must traverse hostile Indian territory while avoiding bandits who are pursuing the fortune

The last manhunt : a Ralph Compton novel by Joseph A West ( Book )
6 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 774 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Newspaper reporter Lester T. Booker sets out to interview legendary lawman, ex-gunfighter Ransom March. But the dime novel hero turns out to be little more than an old ex-lawman of questionable moral fiber who doled out death to unsuspecting-- and sometimes unarmed-- enemies. One criminal who escaped Rance's brand of justice is the man known as the Gravedigger-- a man who earned his moniker for buryng his victims alive. Rance comes out of retirement so he can put that murdering desperado six feet under once and for all. For Booker, it's the story of a lifetime-- and an education in learning just how the West was really won--Jacket

The Chisholm Trail by Ralph Compton ( Book )
18 editions published between 1993 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 762 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ten Chisholm, having left New Orleans with a price on his head and a vow to return to claim Priscilla for his wife, must first round up a herd of wild longhorns and drive them north on a quest to open a new trail to Kansas

Ralph Compton : By the horns : a Ralph Compton novel by David Robbins ( Book )
11 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in English and held by 752 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Owen and three of the Bar 40's toughest cowhands must escort a British cattle rancher on a cattle drive from Texas to Wyoming, a dangerous adventure that pits them against Luke Deal and his murderous gang, who are looking for revenge

West of Pecos : a Ralph Compton novel by David Robbins ( Book )
10 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in English and held by 750 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two Civil War veterans-from opposite sides of the conflict-settle on the same land. They must put aside their differences not only for the sake of their families, but in order to fend off a gang of rustlers who want the land for themselves