Customer Reviews

The Chisholm Trail (The Traildrive Series)

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This is definetely one of Comptons best in the trail drive series. Unlike most in the series, this is a single book(no sequel to it - last page is last page of the story). Ralph Compton combines what hes best at in this book. A lot of "town" western and "trail" western. Also, there is a rare look into Compton's writings about the east America during the western expansion. Definetely a must buy. Only Dodge, Goodnight, and Western I believe, are better than this one.

The Chisholm Trail was named after Jesse Chisholm although this fictional novel concerns his son, Tin, mostly. Not a whole lot about the trail itself but more about his romance with a New Orleans belle.

I have enjoyed this whole series so far and this was no different Exciting story based on real life scenes from the past. Book is entertaining to the end.

After having just recently finished reading the last of ALL of the Louis L'Amour books and short stories, I bought Compton's "The Goodnight Trail" and found it to be a great way to continue my reading about the Old West. While it is not in exactly the same style as Louis L'Amour, the stories are longer and, perhaps, a little better developed. So, I'm going to read Ralph Compton's books until he runs out of stories or I run out of time.

This was a gift for my father and he really enjoyed it and said it was in great shape for being used. He loves the series.