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  • Published: 2 June 2020
  • ISBN: 9780593102244
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $19.99
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Ralph Compton Big Jake's Last Drive





In this riveting new installment in bestseller Ralph Compton's The Trail Drive series, two old ranch hands lead one last trail drive, but they can't escape death along.

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 century and the era of trail drive are coming to an end, Big Jake is determined to make one last drive to Kansas. The only thing is, he doesn't have the cowhands to move that much beef. He drafts his old friend, Chance McCandles, into service, and together, the two aging cowboys put together a crew.

The trail to Kansas is fraught with dangers both natural and man made, but when Chance is killed by rustlers, Big Jake has one more task in before him, extract vengeance for his old friend.

  • Published: 2 June 2020
  • ISBN: 9780593102244
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $19.99
Categories:

Praise for Ralph Compton Big Jake's Last Drive

PRAISE FOR RALPH COMPTON:
"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)
"The greatest Western writer of them all....Very seldom in literature have the legends of the Old West been so vividly painted."--The Tombstone Epitaph
"If you like Louis L'Amour, you'll love Ralph Compton."--Quanah Tribune-Chief (TX)
"Compton offers readers a chance to hit the trail and not even end up saddle sore."--Publishers Weekly