{"product_id":"the-oregon-trail-the-trail-drive-book-9-paperback","title":"The Oregon Trail: The Trail Drive, Book 9 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRalph Compton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey Risked Their Lives To Bring Cattle to Missouri. Now They Faced A Journey Twics As Dangerous... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million\u003cbr\u003emaverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them\u003cbr\u003enorth 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oregon Trail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLou Spencer, Dill Summer, and their fourteen Texas cowboys briught a herd up to Independence, Missouri, and sold half to a wagon train heading West. Then the Texans hired on, leading the battling greenhorn pioneers across the Missouri River, across Nebraska Territory, and into the wilds past Forts Laramie and Bridger. With winter closing in, Spencer's men were running out of time to reach the wide-open land of Oregon. And with a fortune in gold hidden in one of the pilgrims' wooden wagons-and outlaws circling like wolves-there were miles of shooting and dying still ahead.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRalph Compton\u003c\/b\u003e stood six-foot-eight without his boots. His first novel in the Trail Drive series, \u003ci\u003eThe Goodnight Trail\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47444786282674,"sku":"9781250126214","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9cbd33dc221aaa39bc88ea68664be848.webp?v=1778711166","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-oregon-trail-the-trail-drive-book-9-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}