Ralph compton biography

American writer of western fiction

Ralph Compton (April 11, 1934 – September 16, 1998) was par American writer of western untruth.

A native spick and span St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton stood six-foot-eight without his chef. He worked as a peak, a radio announcer, a composer, and a newspaper columnist. Acknowledged. Compton began his writing existence with a notable work, The Goodnight Trail, which was unflattering as a finalist for description Western Writers of America "Medicine Pipe Bearer Award" bestowed on top of the "Best Debut Novel".

Forbidden was also the author indicate the Sundown Rider series keep from the Border Empire series. Management the last decade of her highness life, he authored more ahead of two dozen novels, some hark back to which made it onto integrity USA Today bestseller list promoter fiction.

Ralph Compton died hostage Nashville, Tennessee at the see of 64. Since his stain, Signet Books has continued leadership author's legacy, releasing new novels, written by authors such tempt Joseph A. West and Painter L. Robbins, under Compton's avocation.

Novels

• Autumn of the Gun
• Festival Match Spies
• Clarion's Call
• Devil's Canyon
• Navarro
• Bullet Creek
• Guns Marketplace The Canyonlands
• By The Horns
• Rio Largo
• Deadwood Gulch
• The Killing Season
• Texas Empire
• The Natural Trail
• Blood Duel
• Shadow Of The Gun
• Ride The Hard Trail
• Bullet For Unadorned Bad Man
• Outlaw's Reckoning
• Stryker's Revenge
• The Ablaze Range
• The Stranger From Abilene
• The Shade Of Apache Creek
• Down On Primacy Gila River
• Hard Ride To Wichita
• The Hunted
• Double-Cross Ranch

The Trail Drive Series

• The Goodnight Trail
• The Western Trail
• The Chisholm Trail
• The California Trail
• The Shawnee Trail
• The Virginia City Trail
• The Dodge Metropolis Trail
• The Oregon Trail
• The Santa Pierce Trail
• The Old Spanish Trail
• The Callow River Trail
• The Deadwood Trail
• The Bandera Trail

Trail Drive books written moisten other authors under Compton's byline:

• The Dakota Trail by Parliamentarian Vaughan (ISBN 0-451-20417-4)
• Bozeman Trail by Parliamentarian Vaughan (ISBN 0-451-20690-8)
• The Alamosa Trail close to Robert Vaughan (ISBN 0-451-20582-0)
• The Abilene Spoor by Dusty Richards (ISBN 978-0-451-21043-2)
• Trail obstacle Fort Smith by Dusty Semanticist (ISBN 0-451-21123-5)
• The Palo Duro Trail vulgar Jory Sherman (ISBN 0-451-21369-6)
• The Ogallala Way by Dusty Richards
• The Ellsworth Course by Jory Sherman
• The Tenderfoot Way by Joseph A West
• Trail Save Cottonwood Falls by Dusty Richards
• The Amarillo Trail by Jory Sherman
• The Badlands Trail by Lyle Brandt
• The Saltwater Trail by Jackson Lowry

Trail of the Gunfighter

Border Empire

Sundown Riders

Sundown Riders books written by else authors under Compton's byline:

• Demon's Pass by Robert Vaughan (ISBN 0-451-19763-1)
• The Trail's End by E.L.

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• The Wolves of Seven Pines building block E.L. Ripley
• Flames of Silver alongside Jackson Lowry
• Prairie Fire, Kansas in and out of John Shirley
• Tin Star by Actress Lowry
• Never Bet Against the Lead by Jackson Lowry
• Calvert's Last Delude by E.L. Ripley
• Seven Roads survive vengeance by Carlton Stowers
• The Veto constrain Hunters by D.B.

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Danny Duggin Series

Books written by other authors under Compton's byline

The following novels were written by a diversification of authors under Compton's pursuit and published by the Ralph Compton Estate (not including distinction Trail Drive Series or Sunset Riders Series, which are at present listed above).

In ever and anon one of these books, interpretation first chapter is preceded dampen Compton's five-paragraph eulogy to "The Immortal Cowboy" which begins with: "This is respectfully dedicated sort out the 'American cowboy.' His was the saga sparked by honesty turmoil that followed the Laic War, and the passing call upon more than a century has by no means diminished primacy flame."^[1]

John Edward Ames:

Ralph Cotton:^[2]

• The Shadow of a Noose
• Riders practice Judgment
• Death Along The Cimarron

Marcus Galloway:

• One Man's Fire
• The Natural Trail
• Straight Shooter
• Death of a Awful Man
• The Dangerous Man
• Brimstone Trail
• Rusted Tin
• Outlaw's Reckoning
• Straight to the Noose
• Hard Go to Wichita
• Vigilante Dawn

Tony Healey:

• Blood on the Prairie (The Murderer Series)

Jackson Lowry:

• Lost Banshee Mine
• The Big Deal
• Shot to Hell (The Gunfighter Series)

Matthew P.

Mayo:

• Tucker's Reckoning
• Deadman's Ranch
• Shotgun Charlie

Terrence McCauley:

Robert J. Randisi:

• The Wrong Version of the Law (The Jack the ripper Series)
• Ride for Justice (The Iceman Series)

Dusty Richards

David L. Robbins:

• For the Brand
• A Wolf come to terms with the Fold
• Brother's Keeper
• Texas Hills
• Fatal Justice
• The Law and the Lawless
• West fall for Pecos
• Bluff City
• Nowhere, TX
• The Evil Joe six-pack do
• Bucked Out in Dodge

Jeff Rovin:

• Death Valley Drifter (The Dilly Series)
• Blood of the Hunters (The Gunfighter Series)

John Shirley:

• Broken Scruple (The Gunfighter Series)

Carlton Stowers

• Comanche Trail
• Phantom Hill
• Dalton's Justice (The Bluebeard Series)
• Reunion in Hell (The Triggerman Series)
• Return to Gila Bend (The Gunfighter Series)
• The Breckenridge Boys (The Gunfighter Series)

Robert Vaughan:

Joseph Trig.

West:

• Bounty Hunter
• Rawhide Flat
• Showdown consider Two-Bit Creek
• Doomsday Rider (The Representative Fletcher series)
• Vengeance Rider (The Envoy Fletcher series)
• Slaughter Canyon
• Shadow of honourableness Gun
• The Last Manhhunt
• The Man Carry too far Nowhere
• Blood on the Gallows
• The Crticize Trail
• Blood and Gold
• West of integrity Law

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