Compton, Ralph

Overview

Works:	370 works in 1,351 publications in 1 language and 67,456 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Western stories History
Roles:	Author, Composer
Classifications:	PS3573.E8224, 813.54

Publication Timeline

1990 |

|2020

Key

Publications about Ralph Compton

Publications by Ralph Compton

Publications by Ralph Compton, published posthumously.

Most widely held works by Ralph Compton

Death rides a chestnut mare by Ralph Compton ( Book )
11 editions published between 1999 and 2010 in English and held by 1,381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The pistol-packin' daughter of a man brutally murdered by outlaws rides the range exacting a savage revenge

The ghost of Apache creek : a Ralph Compton novel by Joseph A West ( Book )
13 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in English and held by 971 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

The burning range : a Ralph Compton novel by Joseph A West ( Book )
15 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 890 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 Goodnight Trail by Ralph Compton ( Book )
12 editions published between 1992 and 2013 in English and held by 847 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rounding up unbranded cattle with Charles Goodnight, former Texas Rangers Benton McCaleb, Will Elliot, and Brazos Gifford battle flooded rivers, parched desert, and Comanches

The Western Trail by Ralph Compton ( Book )
18 editions published between 1992 and 2013 in English and held by 843 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Benton McCaleb and his band of bold-spirited cowboys brave over a thousand treacherous miles to drive 2,400 head of ornery cattle into Wyoming's Sweetwater Valley. They're setting up a ranch just north of Cheyenne when a ruthless railroad baron and his hired killers try to force them off the land. With the help of a Shoshoni Indian tribe and Buffalo Bill Cody, McCaleb and his men vow to stand and fight. Outgunned and outmanned, they'll wage the most ferocious battle of their lives - to win the right to call the land their own

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 821 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 last manhunt : a Ralph Compton novel by Joseph A West ( Book )
6 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 812 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Reporter Lester Booker joins legendary gunfighter Rance March on the trail of a dangerous outlaw to learn how the West was really won

Ralph Compton's The shadow of a noose : a novel by Ralph Compton ( Book )
8 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 785 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A year after their sister rode off seeking revenge for their father's death, Tim and Jed Strange head out to look for their sister and find a heap of their own trouble instead. Original

The Chisholm Trail by Ralph Compton ( Book )
18 editions published between 1993 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 766 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

Blood and gold : a Ralph Compton novel by Joseph A West ( Book )
11 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 764 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

Slaughter canyon : a Ralph Compton novel by Joseph A West ( Book )
8 editions published between 2010 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 763 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Deputy U.S. Marshal Matt Battles is being blackmailed by President Chester A. Arthur. The commander in chief needs someone to discover why Hatfield J. Warful is gathering every notorious gunslinger in the West at his home in Slaughter Canyon. Thanks to a falsified news report planted by the Secret Service, Battles is wanted for robbery and murder, leaving him no choice but to infiltrate Warful's gang by posing as an outlaw on the run"-- Cover verso

Ralph Compton : By the horns : a Ralph Compton novel by David Robbins ( Book )
12 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in English and held by 755 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

Down on Gila River : a Ralph Compton novel by Joseph A West ( Book )
3 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in English and held by 752 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
At fifty, cattle driver Sam Sawyer thinks he can finally dust off and retire, maybe open an eating house. But after a pack of Apache ambushes him and leaves him to die in Gila River country, he barely makes it to a remote ranch. The owner, Hanna Stewart, has worked the desert spread with her young daughter ever since her husband went for a ride and never returned. For years, she's been victimized by the corrupt sheriff of Lost Mine, Vic Moseley. Turns out, Moseley's evil intentions don't stop with Hannah Stewart. And things are fixing to get downright bloody. After a lifetime in the saddle, Sam is about to ride not only the hardest trail of his life, but possibly the last

The Shawnee trail by Ralph Compton ( Book )
17 editions published between 1993 and 2013 in English and held by 745 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Driving two thousand head of cattle north from Texas, Cajun cowboy Long John Coons must brave stampedes, cattle rustlers, renegade Indians, and the love of a beautiful woman with a sordid past to get his longhorns to the Kansas railroad

The border empire by Ralph Compton ( Book )
5 editions published between 1997 and 2009 in English and held by 745 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Taking up the custom-made Colts of his late father, who was murdered in the streets of El Paso by Mexico's notorious Sandlin gang, Wes Stone trades his aspirations of becoming a lawman for his thirst for vengeance

The bloody trail : a Ralph Compton novel by Marcus Galloway ( Book )
12 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 738 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When bounty hunters take not only unassuming Emmett Natham, the man they claim to be a fugitive, but the entire wagon train to hold for ransom, Jeremiah Correy must find a way to stop the murderous crew--and his greatest ally may be the mysterious fugitive, Emmett Natham

The stranger from Abilene by Joseph A West ( Book )
10 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 719 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Rancher Cage Clayton was hired to track down a man who years ago had left a trail of destruction in his wake. Though he doesn't know who his target is or what he looks like, Clayton does know that he's is in Bighorn Point. Finding him shouldn't be too hard."--Provided by publisher

West of Pecos : a Ralph Compton novel by David Robbins ( Book )
5 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 719 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

Sixguns and double eagles by Ralph Compton ( Book )
9 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in English and held by 718 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Young Wes Stone rides out onto the frontier with guns ablaze in a quest to revenge the murder of his father, a legendary gunfighter, by the men behind a counterfeiting ring stretching from New Orleans to California

The Oregon trail by Ralph Compton ( Book )
15 editions published between 1994 and 2013 in English and held by 706 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lou Spencer, Dill Summer, and their fourteen Texas cowboys briught a herd up to Independence, Missouri, and sold half to a wagon train heading West. Then the Texans hired on, leading the battling greenhorn pioneers across the Missouri River, across Nebraska Territory, and into the wilds past Forts Laramie and Bridger. With winter closing in, Spencer's men were running out of time to reach the wide-open land of Oregon. And with a fortune in gold hidden in one of the pilgrims' wooden wagons-and outlaws circling like wolves-there were miles of shooting and dying still ahead