Melanie (MELNELYNN) reviewed Ralph Compton Trail to Fort Smith (Traildrive) on + 669 more book reviews
After Clint Barton killed the cheating card shark, his partner Hamp Moser decided it was best to leave Van Buren behind them. So the two partners headed for The Nations on their way home to Texas. Their first stop was a small place run by a man named McGillacartie and his two daughters. It wasn't long before the posse caught up with Clint & Hamp. Clint was unlucky enough to be captured. With the help of McGillacartie, Clint is freed from jail and with Hamp's new wife, the three head for The Nations. Driving their cattle from Mexico through dry country on the way to their Texas ranch, Hamp & Clint come across a watering hole owned by a cattleman named Muldoone. Muldoone will charge the cowboys to water their heard. But an argument between Clint and Muldoone ends with Muldoone on the ground shot dead by Clint. Muldoone's wife Kathren swears she will see her husband's killer hung. The sheriff of Madre County come's hunting Clint. It seems now that Clint and Hamp are wanted men. A trial is held and the case thrown out of court. But Kathren Muldoone is a vindictive woman and the two partners have not heard the last of her. Finally Hamp, Clint and Hamp's wife Junie and their cowboys get their cattle started for Fort Smith. Trouble finds Hamp on the trail as Junie is kidnapped. With the aid of an old Cherokee named Ramey Horsekiller, Hamp is able to rescue Junie but when he returns to camp, he finds Clint has been missing for two days. Clint got in a gunfight over cards and was wounded by the breed Ira McKay. Again with the assistance of Horsekiller, Hamp finds Clint but he is severly wounded and in the need of medical attention. With the dangerous McKay doggin' his trail and Kathren Muldoone still seeking revenge, will Hamp be able to complete his cattle drive to Fort Smith? Can Clint survive before a doctor sees him? THE TRAIL TO FORT SMITH is AN EXCITING, FAST PACED, PAGE TURNING story you won't want to put down until your finished. Dusty Richards has done a OUTSTANDING job on THE TRAIL TO FORT SMITH!!!
