Ralph Compton Rawhide Flat

Name: Ralph Compton Rawhide Flat
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Ralph Compton
ISBN: 9781461848165

Author: Ralph Compton, Joseph A. West

Narrator: Kevin Orton

Unabridged: 8 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/04/2011

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

The grit and glory that became a trademark of Ralph Compton's best-selling Westerns is on full display in this thrilling tale. Here Deputy U.S. Marshal Augustus Crane rides to Rawhide Flat to collect accused robber Judah Walsh for a trial in Virginia City. But Crane gets more trouble than he bargained for when the townsfolk decide Walsh can't leave unless he reveals where he hid the loot.

About Ralph Compton

Ralph Compton stood six-foot-eight without his boots. His first novel in the Trail Drive series, 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. A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist before turning to writing westerns. He died in Nashville, Tennessee in 1998.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nolan on September 22, 2021

Deputy Marshall Augustus (Gus) Crane goes to pick up a criminal and walks into a can of worms. Also has problems with some insane religious fanatic with over 500 followers. Gus meets a thirteen year old girl, Sarah who the fanatic wants to marry and have kids with. Gus tries to help her out. Interes......more