Ralph Compton

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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1992
  • Latest Book:
    March 2000
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Full Series List in Order

Strange Family

1 - Death Rides a Chestnut Mare (May-1999)
2 - The Shadow of a Noose (Mar-2000)

The Sundown Riders

1 - North to the Bitterroot (Oct-1996)
2 - Across the Rio Colorado (Mar-1997)
3 - Skeleton Lode (Nov-1999)
4 - Devil's Canyon (May-1998)
5 - The Winchester Run (Sep-1997)
6 - Whiskey River (Jan-1999)

Trail Drive

1 - The Goodnight Trail (Aug-1992)
2 - The Western Trail (Dec-1992)
3 - The Chisholm Trail (Apr-1993)
4 - The Bandera Trail (Sep-1993)
5 - The California Trail (Jan-1994)
6 - The Shawnee Trail (Jun-1994)
7 - The Virginia City Trail (Sep-1994)
8 - The Dodge City Trail (Jan-1995)
9 - The Oregon Trail (Jun-1995)
10 - The Santa Fe Trail (Apr-1997)
11 - The Old Spanish Trail (Jan-1998)
12 - The Green River Trail (Jan-1999)
13 - The Deadwood Trail (Jan-1999)

Trail of the Gunfighter

1 - The Dawn of Fury (Dec-1995)
2 - The Killing Season (Jun-1996)
3 - Autumn of the Gun (Dec-1996)
4 - The Border Empire (Jul-1997)
5 - Sixguns and Double Eagles (Jan-1998)
6 - Train to Durango (Sep-1998)

Multi-Author Series List

A Ralph Compton Novel

The Shadow of a Noose (Mar-2000)

Book List in Order: 28 titles

  • The Goodnight Trail

    Trail Drive - 1

    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 longho...

  • The Western Trail

    Trail Drive - 2

    A STUBBORN BAND OF HARD-DRIVING TEXANS LOCK HORNS WITH A RUTHLESS RAILROAD BARON IN A BLOODY BATTLE FOR AN UNTAMED LAND. The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn, and boldness...

  • The Chisholm Trail

    Trail Drive - 3

    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 pri...

  • The Bandera Trail

    Trail Drive - 4

    The only riches Texans has 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 extraord...

  • The California Trail

    Trail Drive - 5

    From bestselling author Ralph Compton -- the bold saga of a trail-blazing cattle drive in the blistering heat of the California gold rush. The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains and br...

  • The Shawnee Trail

    Trail Drive - 6

    Stampedes, rustlers, and hostile Indians wouldn't slow them down. They were bound for Kansas, and a Texas-sized fight! The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maerick longhorns and the brains, brown and boldness to dr...

  • The Virginia City Trail

    Trail Drive - 7

    Through a thousand miles of dust, fists, and guns, they found the courage to keep on driving. 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 Dodge City Trail

    Trail Drive - 8

    From bestselling author Ralph Compton comes the spectacular saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune driving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier... For a brave band of Texas pioneers, new enemies awaited on the thundering trail. ...

  • The Oregon Trail

    Trail Drive - 9

    THEY RISKED THEIR LIVES TO BRING CATTLE TO MISSOURI. NOW, THEY FACED A JOURNEY TWICE AS DANGEROUS... 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 w...



  • The Dawn of Fury

    Trail of the Gunfighter - 1

    BLOOD DEBT AND BLOODY PAYBACK Nathan Stone experienced the horror of Civil War battlefields. But the worst lies ahead. When he returns to Virginia, to the ruins of what was his home, his father has been butchered and his mother and sister stripped, r...

  • The Killing Season

    Trail of the Gunfighter - 2

    FAST GUN IN WILD TIMES It was the 1870s--and the West was at its wildest. Jesse and Frank James led their gang on daring raids on banks and trains. Doc Holliday's name struck dread in the hearts of men, and Wild Bill Hickok played poker with bulle...

  • North to the Bitterroot

    The Sundown Riders - 1

    Between Kansas City and Montana Territory were a thousand ways to die-and a few bold men who would never turn back.Miners dug for fortunes. Soldiers died on open plains. And a few brave men drove the wooden freight wagons into the wild land. Now, mas...

  • Autumn of the Gun

    Trail of the Gunfighter - 3

    BLOOD TIE IN A BLOODY LAND Nathan Stone was a living legend in the West as a lawman, as an outlaw, as a gambler, as a wanderer through the wildest towns and terrain. He blazed a vengeance trail, giving no quarter and asking for none. Fearlessly, h...

  • Across the Rio Colorado

    The Sundown Riders - 2

    Across rivers of blood and plains of tears, he led a wagon train toward a country fighting to be born. . .Miners dug for fortunes. Soldiers died on open plains. And a few brave men drove the wooden freight wagons into the wild land. Now, master Weste...

  • The Santa Fe Trail

    Trail Drive - 10

    An extraordinary saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune driving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier.They left Missouri and were headed to Santa Fe. Standing in their way was a parched desert, a land of outlaws and enemies-and on...

  • The Border Empire

    Trail of the Gunfighter - 4

    THEY KILLED THE GUNFIGHTER. BUT THEY DIDN'T KILL HIS SON. Nathan Stone, the man they called The Gunfighter, lay dead in the dust of an El Paso street. The Sandlin gang kicked up that dust as they rode back laughing into Mexico, where the U.S. law c...

  • The Winchester Run

    The Sundown Riders - 5

    On a frontier torn by war and renegades, they carried a cargo more valuable than gold...Miners dug for fortunes. Soldiers died on open plains. And a few brave men drove the wooden freight wagons into the wild land. Now, master Western novelist Ralph ...

  • The Old Spanish Trail

    Trail Drive - 11

    An extraordinary saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune driving cattle from Texas to the great frontier. Hard-riding Texans were braving mountains, desert and Indian war-- for the promise of a golden land called California...Over on...

  • Sixguns and Double Eagles

    Trail of the Gunfighter - 5

    HE WAS THE BOLD SON OF A FIGHTING MAN--RIDING FOR ONE PERFECT MOMENT OF REVENGE Nathan Stone was a legendary gunfighter who did everything he could to be a father -- while still following his own violent trail of honor. Now Wes Stone, barely eight...



  • Devil's Canyon

    The Sundown Riders - 4

    A crew of gunslingers take on a deadly challenge in this Ralph Compton western. They are four hired guns who haul freight for a price into the treacherous, untamed wilderness. Having already risked their lives for the Confederacy, now they’re ...

  • Train to Durango

    Trail of the Gunfighter - 6

    AN OUTLAW CAVALRY THAT CAN’T BE STOPPED. AND ONE MAN WITH THE COURAGE TO TAKE A STAND. In Mexico, Wes Stone picked up his gun, rode his father's horse, and took on his father's enemies. In California, he planted a band of savage criminals in the...

  • The Deadwood Trail

    Trail Drive - 13

    They had beaten the harsh odds of the frontier. But for the two powerful ranchers, the most formidable trail lay ahead. There had never been a trail drive like this before...The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maveri...

  • The Green River Trail

    Trail Drive - 12

    Bestselling author Ralph Compton brings the Old West back to life in this epic saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who paved the way toward the Great Frontier. The horses came from California. The cattle came from Texas. And the men were coming Nort...

  • Whiskey River

    The Sundown Riders - 6

    THE SUNDOWN RIDERS They were desperate times ... and the Sundown Riders were desperate men. Mercenaries who rode the high boxes of freight wagons across a treacherous wilderness. The Civil War was over, but the fight was just beginning for these fea...

  • Death Rides a Chestnut Mare

    Strange Family - 1

    WHERE THE LIVING IS HARD AND THE KILLING IS EASY... It's in the lawless Indian Territory that Daniel Strange meets his demise. Riding his chestnut mare to Texas to buy himself some cattle, the best gunsmith in St. Joseph, Missouri, gets waylaid by a...

  • Skeleton Lode

    The Sundown Riders - 3

    THE SUNDOWN RIDERS They're ex-cowpunchers looking to strike it rich -- and not having much success. When they deliver a wagon of scotch to a shantytown saloon, the bartender drops dead before paying. No sooner do they take over the bar as payment tha...

  • The Shadow of a Noose

    Strange Family - 2
    A Ralph Compton Novel

    THEY LOST THEIR PARENTS... Young twins Jed and Tim Strange lost their father to an outlaw's bullet, and now their mother has succumbed to a fatal illness. Unable to farm their land due to a lack of funds, the twins set out to find their sister -- who...

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ralph Compton has published 28 books.

Ralph Compton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Shadow of a Noose, was published in March 2000.

The first book by Ralph Compton, The Goodnight Trail, was published in August 1992.

Yes. Ralph Compton has 4 series.
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