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The Bloody Trail: A Ralph Compton Novel

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First of all, I object strongly that Signet continues to publish mediocre fiction as historical. Although this particular book didn't contain much in the way of historical errors to concern me, it contained very little in the way of historical or any other facts.
I gave this book two stars, because the story line itself was pretty good - good guys win out over the bad guys, at the cost of a few innocent lives, and achieved their goal.
However, Jeremiah Correy was depicted as a leader, but he turned out to be an utter fool involved in a situation he never did comprehend. In the middle of gun battles he spent most of his time being dizzy and unaware of his situation.
It was a long stretch to have him survive and win the day. What little he accomplished was more by accident than skill, and in a real situation he would probably have been the first casualty. Although Emmett should have been the hero, he was an admitted thief and murderer who turned good to helpl the "expedition" reach its goal.
Regarding the author, Marcus Galloway, I can only conclude that he is an anti-gun liberal (my apologies for the redundancy) and can't imagine a good guy being willing to defend himself (and others) with a firearm. His editor should remind him the stories take place in the 19th century, not the late 20th century anti-gun world.