Border Dogs

by Ralph Cotton

Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack allies himself with revenge-driven bank robber Willis Durant against an army of ruthless outlaws who kidnapped Sam's partner Maria.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451198158
• ISBN13: 9780451198150
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.1" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Cotton hits a home run

Though not a huge fan of westerns, I've been getting into them lately. Border dogs is a great tale of gunslinging action you will find hard to put down. You feel as if you're really there, out there in the desert watching your own back. The descriptions are excellent, the plot is unpredictable and original, and the characters are great. I'm a fan of this book, and would recommend it for western fans, or just action fans in general. I'll be searching for other Ralph Cotton books now.

Awesome non-stop entertainment.

Shadow of the Noose was the first Ralph Cotton book I ever read. As soon as i finished it, I bought Border Dog not really thinking it could possibly be as good. Man was I ever wrong! Border Dogs is the wildest, meanest bunch of cavalry, southern rebels and just plain outlaws and saddle bums to ever plunder the old west. In their midst comes the coolest, calmist and deadliest law man and law women who are just as wild and deadly as they are! Even in the most serious situation one of these gunslingers does something so crazy that it makes you want to stop and laugh your head off, and then go back and reread it to make sure it really happened. This book is one that I know I will read more than once or twice. If all the Cotton books are this good I see why he is a best selling western writer.

Gunsmoke and dust

The way Ralph Cotton writes, you can smell the burnt gunpowder; you taste the dust in your mouth; you feel the oppressive heat of the mid-day desert and you almost gag at the stench of the dead bodies. He puts you IN the story. Border Dogs is a good read and I look forward to Ralph's next book. Keep 'em coming, Ralph. Your reputation is spreading like one of the desert fires your describe!

This new writer is one to watch!

I heard about Ralph cotton from several friends and at their urging I decided to see what all the shouting was about. This is the first western in years that I have read from start to finish, nonstop. Cotton has a way of drawing the reader in and not letting go! Now I find myself looking for his other book, and hopefully his next one.

Cotton composes another masterpiece. Couldn't put it down.

Wow! Cotton sure packs a wallop! Fast paced, action packed. Stories within stories that intertwine, branch-out and bear fruit on every vine. The heat of battle after battle, a blazing desert sun, combined with a raging inferno of emotions makes this novel a hard one to put down. Started reading it on Saturday afternoon. Finished it on Sunday. Another Cotton Classic added to my growing collection. (Hint, hint, hint to Hollywood. Eastwood as the Ranger, Michael Dorn as Durant, Jake Busey as Payton.)