Ralph Compton Down on Gila River

Authors: Compton, Ralph & West, Joseph A.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC014000, FIC002000, FIC033000
ISBN: 9781101611821, Related ISBNs: 0451238532, 1101611820, 9780451238535, 9781101611821
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 304,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: In this Ralph Compton western, a man sets out on the hardest trail of his life...
 
At fifty, cattle driver Sam Sawyer thinks he can finally dust off and retire, maybe open an eating house. But after a pack of Apache ambushes him and leaves him to die in Gila River country, he barely makes it to a remote ranch.
 
The owner, Hanna Stewart, has worked the desert spread with her young daughter ever since her husband went for a ride and never returned. For years, she’s been victimized by the corrupt sheriff of Lost Mine, Vic Moseley.

Turns out, Moseley’s evil intentions don’t stop with Hannah Stewart. And things are fixing to get downright bloody. After a lifetime in the saddle, this might be Sam’s last ride...

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