Ralph Compton Vengeance Rider

Zusatztext Praise for the novels of Ralph Compton “Compton offers readers a chance to hit the trail and not even end up saddle sore.”— Publishers Weekly “Compton writes in the style of popular Western novelists like Louis L’Amour and Zane Grey…thrilling stories of Western legend.”— The Huntsville Times (AL) “If you like Louis L’Amour! you’ll love Ralph Compton.”— Quanah Tribune-Chief  (TX) Informationen zum Autor Ralph Compton  stood six-foot-eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel,  The Goodnight Trail , was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series. As a little boy growing up in a small fishing village in Scotland, Joseph West enjoyed many happy Saturday mornings at the local cinema in the company of Roy and Gene and Hoppy. His lifelong ambition was to become a cowboy, but he was sidetracked by a career in law enforcement and journalism. He now resides with his wife and daughter in Palm Beach, Florida, where he enjoys horse riding, cowboy action shooting, and studying Western history. Klappentext Saddle up with legendary gunfighter Doc Holliday in this Ralph Compton western. Buck Fletcher plans to race his horse for a $10!000 prize-money he needs to send his sick daughter to a faraway clinic. Then some outlaws steal his steed! and his daughter's last hope with it. Though it's been ten years since Buck slapped leather and traded lead with the badmen of the frontier! he's quick to fasten on his gun belt again for the chase. The thieves are led by Port Austin! a man who fears no retribution for the lives he takes-not with a ruthless band of brothers guarding his back. But Buck is not alone either. Doc Holliday! a legend of loyalty and ferocity! rides beside him! eager to help on a mission of vengeance-and a quest to save a little girl's life.... More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books in Print! A LIVING LEGEND All eyes turned to the old man who was walking toward them, supporting himself on a silver-headed cane in his left hand. “I think I’ll deal myself a hand of this little fracas if y’all don’t mind.” “Step away, old-timer,” Fletcher said. “This isn’t your fight.” The old man smiled. “Damn it all, Buck. I’m but thirty-seven years old. Younger than you, a lot better looking, and I must say, when you get right down to it, a whole heap better mannered.” Jesse, his eyes ugly, snarled: “The man is right. This ain’t your fight, Doc.” Doc! Fletcher knew why the old man had seemed so familiar. The last time he’d seen Doc Holliday had been in Deadwood, ten years before. But the little gambler’s tuberculosis was now far gone and the disease had aged him terribly. Grief and fear spiked in Fletcher as he heard Doc say: “Jesse Taylor, Buck Fletcher is my friend. You know I can’t walk away from this.” “Then so be it, Doc,” Jesse said. His shotgun came up fast. Fletcher drew, but his gun still had to clear the leather when Doc fired, skinning his Colt from a shoulder holster with lightning speed. THE IMMORTAL COWBOY T his is respectfully dedicated to the “American Cowboy.” His was the saga sparked by the turmoil that followed the Civil War, and the passing of more than a century has by no means diminished the flame. T rue, the old days and the old ways are but treasured memories, and the old trails have grown dim with the ravages of time, but the spirit of the cowboy lives on. I n my travels—to Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Arizona—I always find something that reminds me of the Old West. While I am walking these plains and mo...

About the author

Ralph Compton stood six-foot-eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel, The Goodnight Trail, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series.

As a little boy growing up in a small fishing village in Scotland, Joseph West enjoyed many happy Saturday mornings at the local cinema in the company of Roy and Gene and Hoppy. His lifelong ambition was to become a cowboy, but he was sidetracked by a career in law enforcement and journalism. He now resides with his wife and daughter in Palm Beach, Florida, where he enjoys horse riding, cowboy action shooting, and studying Western history.

Product details

• Authors: Ralph Compton, Joseph A West, Joseph A. West
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9780451212207
• ISBN: 978-0-451-21220-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 173 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Ralph Compton; Gunfighter Series; Ralph Compton; A Buck Fletcher Western; Buck Fletcher Western
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature