Ralph Compton Trail to Cottonwood Falls

The Goodnight Trail - Abridged

By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: Yes

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... Read more »

The Western Trail - Abridged

By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: Yes

In the aftermath of the Civil War, cash-starved Texans turned to the only resource they possessed in abundance: longhorn cows. Despite the hazards of trailing longhorns across some three hundred miles of Indian Territory, this was the only way to access the railroad…
THE WESTERN TRAIL
Benton McCaleb and his band of bold-spirited cowboys traveled... Read more »

The Chisholm Trail - Abridged

By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: Yes

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... Read more »

The Bandera Trail - Abridged

By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: Yes

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 extraordinary epic series based on the history-blazing trail drives.

Set on rescuing their old friend Clay... Read more »

The California Trail - Abridged

By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: Yes

An extraordinary saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune
driving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier.

Across the Pecos, the Rio Colorado and La Panza mountains, the Texans and their longhorns kept charging-all the way to California gold!

Between The Bandera Range And California, They Faced All The Challenges Of Man And God,... Read more »

The Shawnee Trail - Abridged

By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes

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 drive them north where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to... Read more »

The Virginia City Trail - Abridged

By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: Yes

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 money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an... Read more »

The Dodge City Trail - Abridged

By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes

For a brave band of Texas pioneers, new enemies awaited on the thundering trail. But old enemies were the deadliest of all.

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 money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent... Read more »

The Oregon Trail - Abridged

By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: Yes

They Risked Their Lives To Bring Cattle to Missouri. Now They Faced A Journey Twics 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 where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an... Read more »

Trail To Fort Smith

By: Ralph Compton & Dusty Richards
Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
Length: 5 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No

Hamp comes to the aid of his hot-tempered friend, Clint, after he is jailed for killing a cheating gambler, bribing the guards to let him go. But no sooner is Clint free than he kills a local rancher with vengeful friends who will do anything to see Clint hanged. Read more »

Ralph Compton The Tenderfoot Trail

By: Ralph Compton & Joseph A. West
Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No

Popular Western author Joseph A. West continues the great Ralph Compton's Trail Driver series with The Tenderfoot Trail. Framed for murder and pursued by bloodthirsty killers, Luke Garrett's landed himself in a real fix this time. Read more »

Ralph Compton Trail to Cottonwood Falls

By: Ralph Compton & Dusty Richards
Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No

With over four million Ralph Compton books in print, the grand Western tradition is not being put out to pasture any time soon. After years of driving cattle and wearing a ranger's badge, disaffected Texan Ed Wright retires-intent on drowning his sorrows with whiskey. But widowed rancher Unita Nance has one last job for him, and she won't take... Read more »

Ralph Compton The Amarillo Trail

By: Ralph Compton & Jory Sherman
Narrated by: Graham Winton
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: No

Spur Award winner Jory Sherman takes the reins for the next installment of Ralph Compton's long-running Trail Drive series. Doc Blaine has agreed to drive 3,000 head of cattle from Texas to Kansas, and the only help around are his sons Jared and Miles. But the boys are in love with the same woman, and their vow to kill each other on sight... Read more »

Ralph Compton The Omaha Trail

By: Ralph Compton & Jory Sherman
Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
Length: 7 hours
Abridged: No

BLOOD AND BANKERS Dane Kramer looks forward to the day when his sprawling Oklahoma cattle ranch will truly be his-- no strings attached. With only one more bank payment to make, and a buyer in Omaha ready to pay top dollar for a herd of Herefords, he should finally have the banker Earl Throckmorton off his back. But Earl has a plan to keep the... Read more »

Ralph Compton Big Jake's Last Drive

By: Ralph Compton & Robert J. Randisi
Narrated by: Lewis Arlt
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No

Two old ranch hands lead one last trail drive but they can't escape death along the way in a brand new thrilling western in Ralph Compton's trail drive series. Big Jake Motley had been running the Big M spread in Texas for over 30 years. In that time, he's driven thousands of head of cattle to market in Kansas. Now, while both the Nineteenth... Read more »

Ralph Compton's Trail Drive: The First Three Adventures - Abridged

By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length:
Abridged: Yes

The first three books in the Trail Drive series are now together in a special collection.

The Goodnight Trail

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... Read more »

Ralph Compton Red Trail

By: Ralph Compton & John Shirley
Narrated by: Chris Henry Coffey
Length: 8 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No

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The Kelly Trail

By: Ralph Compton & Terrence McCauley
Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No

In this new Ralph Compton Western, William "Bull" Kelly brings his five sons onto the cattle drive, but when rustlers stampede the herd and injure them, he'll do anything to protect his own. Over the past twenty years, William "Bull" Kelly acquired a reputation as one of the best ramrods in Texas. He has led legendary cattle drives to almost... Read more »

Ralph Compton Drive for Independence

By: Ralph Compton & Lyle Brandt
Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
Length: 8 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No

In this brand-new Ralph Compton Western, the drovers of the Bar X ranch will face sandstorms, renegades, and outlaws along the historic Cimarron trail. After a child is accidentally killed in a shootout, Art Catlin decides to give up his life of bounty hunting and finds a new career as a drover, working for the Bar X ranch. The trail is 770... Read more »