The California Trail (Trail Drive, No. 5)

by Ralph Compton

Book Overview

An extraordinary saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune driving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier. Across the Pecos, the Rio Colorado and La Panza mountains, the Texans and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312951698
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.8" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Life on the road to California with 4000 Texas Long Horns with a little romance thrown-in along with

The author did such a fantastic job describing the mountains, terrains, and the rivers, I felt as though I was there. There was also some comedy not only with the love-birds, but others which kept me laughing between tragidies as they ocurred. I have read about 25 books and they keep getting better. There is one co-author whom I did not care for. One of the books was "By The Horns". I don't remember The title of the other book. All in all, I think the books can't get any better, but I know that I will be on the edge of my chair as I read the next book.

Hungry Californios

After the civil war Texans did not have much to work with except 5000 plus long horns grazing free and wild in the breaks, a tight thorny hug bush. The cattle belong to those who are brave and tough enough to get them out and then drive them through Indian nations over mountains and across deserts. The California Trail is such an adventure. A great read.