Trail's End is a Western novel written by George Washington Ogden and published in 1921. The story is set in the American West during the late 19th century and follows the journey of a young cowboy named Jack Allen. After his father is killed in a cattle rustling incident, Jack...
Trail's End is a western novel written by George Washington Ogden and published in 1921. The story follows the life of Jack Allen, a cowboy who is forced to leave his home in Texas after a dispute with a local rancher. Jack sets out on a journey to find a new home and a new life,...
Present-day traffic had broken a new trail between the old ones; it wound a dusty gray line through the early summer green of the prairie grass, endless, it seemed, to the eyes of the leg-weary traveler who bent his footsteps along it that sunny morning. This passenger, afoot...
Bones. Bones of dead buffalo, bones of dead horses, bones of dead men. The tribute exacted by the Kansas prairie: bones. A waste of bones, a sepulcher that did not hide its bones, but spread them, exulting in its treasures, to bleach and crumble under the stern sun upon its sterile...
Ascalon was the end of the trail for thirsty cowboys who gave vent to their pent-up feelings without restraint. Calvin Morgan was not concerned with its wickedness until Seth Craddock's malevolence directed itself against him. He did not emerge from the maelstrom until he had...
Seth Craddock and Calvin Morgan are pitted against each other in a lawless town with corrupt judge and evil outlaws. Who will ultimately win in this game of blood and revenge? Excerpt: "Bones of dead buffalo, bones of dead horses, bones of dead men. The tribute exacted by the...