Ralph Compton the Palo Duro Trail

A thousand-mile journey begins with a single step in this Ralph Compton western...  Some think he's crazy. But Felix Dagstaff has signed on to drive 4, 000 head of wild longhorns from his ranch near Quitaque, Texas, up the Palo Duro Canyon to Cheyenne, more than a thousand miles away. Even if the passage were flat, you couldn't pay most men enough to take on such a job. But poor odds have never stopped Dag before.    He'll have to drive his cattle through blinding storms and swollen rivers.
But the setbacks of Mother Nature pale in comparison to the sedition of his own men: one drover's not who he claims to be; another tries to make off with part of the herd. With months of heat and hardship stretching before him like the treacherous but impossibly beautiful canyon, the chances of getting ahead are slim. But if he fails, Dag will lose everything he has fought for.More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!