The Lonesome Chisholm Trail: A Western Story [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Johnny D. Boggs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2002

Sixteen-year-old orphan Tyrell Breen leaves South Carolina and heads west, hoping to make it to his uncle's ranch near San Antonio, Texas. It's 1874, and Ty means to become a cowboy -- although his idea of what that entails comes from half-dime novels. On the way, Ty is robbed of his money and his horse by a gambler named Rip Ford, and arrives at his uncle's ranch a sorry sight ... but not as sorry as his uncle, who has been neglecting everything but his whiskey bottle.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

" ... one of Boggs's best novels." -- Doris L. Meredith, Roundup Magazine, October 2000

"Boggs dishes up the reality of chasing cows up a long, lonesome trail." -- Candy Moulton, True West Magazine, July 2002

"For a good look into an exciting past, you can't do much better than 'The Lonesome Chisholm Trail.'" -- George Glenn, The Shootist, January/February 2001

"He writes with depth, flavor, and color ...." -- Budd Arthur, Booklist, September 15, 2000 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Author of more than 25 books, Johnny D. Boggs has won the Western Heritage Wrangler Award and the Spur Award for his fiction and is considered one of the top writers of frontier fiction today. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 329 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078388950X
• ISBN-13: 978-0783889504
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,533,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AN EXCELLENT BOOK!!!!!!, April 27, 2003

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Lester E Williams "Les" (Lincoln, Nebraska United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lonesome Chisholm Trail (Mass Market Paperback)

Being a sixteen year old greenhorn, Tyrell Breen finds himself horse less, without any money and a half canteen of water thanks to choosing the wrong trail partner. Ty eventually finds his way to his uncle Clifford D. Rydners ranch in hopes of fulfilling his dream of becoming a cowboy. Cliff had once been a top trail boss on many a cattle drive but Tyrell finds his uncle is now nothing more than a drunk. Then Douglas Simpson hires Cliff to ramrod two thousand beeves up north to Wichita and Ty's education on becoming a cowboy begins. THE LONESOME CHISHOLM TRAIL offers an insight into the comrade of cowboys on the trail and the hardships on a long drive north. AN EXCELLENT BOOK by one of the top young western writers of today.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a sobber trail, January 14, 2003

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Max Inman (holland, mi. U.S.A) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lonesome Chisholm Trail (Mass Market Paperback)

Ty a 16 yr. old boy, tired, dirty, and broke searches for his uncle. only to find him a drunk, broke and living in filth. ty shames his uncle cliff into being a trail boss and letting ty join up. i,ve read many a trail drive storys, but found this one to have many situations different than the others. 2 thousand doggies and many weeks later comes an ending i would have never guessed. you will be surprised too.