The California Trail (The Trail Drive) by Ralph Compton Paperback Book

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Author: Ralph Compton

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Publisher: St Martins Pr

Published: Dec 1969

Genre: Fiction - General

Retail Price: $7.99

Pages: 384

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divAn extraordinary saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune /bdriving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier. /br /Across the Pecos, the Rio Colorado and La Panza mountains, the Texans and their longhorns kept charging-all the way to California gold!br /br /Between The Bandera Range And California, They Faced All The Challenges Of Man And God, But Nothing Could Ever Make Them Quit.br /br /The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five millionbr /maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive thembr /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-making trail drives.br /br The California Trailbr /br /Gold fever had hit California, and suddenly, the land was full of hungry pioneers. For Gil and Van Austin, two Texas brothers, it meant the chance to sell well-grazed longhorns after years of hard ranching and a treacherous cattle drive up through Mexico. The only trouble was that California was on the other side of a searing desert, swollen rivers, a barrage of Indian attacks, and a whole passel of outlaw trouble. And while the Texans and their men were ready and willing to take it all on, there was one thing they weren't prepared for: the ultimate act of treachery and deceit in a land of schemers, dreamers and gold!br /

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