02079cam a2200421 i 4500 1856126476 TxAuBib 20250101120000.0 240308s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023552335 9780593102442 paperback 0593102444 paperback (OCoLC)1235848218 CNEDM eng rda CNEDM JNE TDS OCLCO BDX OCLCF LMJ DEERP OCLCO OCLCQ DLC TxAuBib rda Rovin, Jeff, author. Ralph Compton [Paperback] : the Empire Trail / by Jeff Rovin. Empire Trail. First edition. New York, NY : Berkley, 2021. ©2021. 280 pages ; 17 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Trail drive series Ralph Compton western, A "Andrew Buchanan has a problem. His modest ranch in Southern California is being pressured by an unscrupulous competitor and the encroaching wave of the future--orange growers. The only chance he has to sell his cattle for real money is to take them south into Mexico. The Empire Trail is five hundred miles of misery that crosses scorching deserts and clings to treacherous cliffs--and it's Andrew's job to find the best way across. But physical barriers are not the only thing he must contend with. A group of dangerous men are trailing the herd, determined to take the cattle or die trying. But this is Andrew's livelihood that hangs in the balance, and he won't go down without a fight."--Page 4 cover. 20250101. Ranchers Fiction. Frontier and pioneer life Fiction. Cattle drives Fiction. West (U.S.) Fiction. Historical fiction. fast Compton, Ralph, creator. Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress). Trail drive series. A Ralph Compton western.