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The Shawnee Trail (The Tril Drive Series , Book 6)

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Ralph Compton continues to put you in the saddle of these untold heroes of the west. I like his style.

The small print: Abridged. The CD is not worth it! It skips complete chapters.
According to MacMillan Audio they cut out complete chapters to "reduce the cost".
However they think the little abridged on the package is enough to warn you. I think it is deceptive and Amazon should not be selling these.

This book is a formula Western, which is in itself is not a bad thing. However, the story is so implausable as to be absurd. How many stampedes can you have on one trail drive? How many shoot-outs with bandits? And an Indian attack all in the same day, just for good measure. Well-known historical characters are trotted out to lend an air of authenticity, Jesse Chisholm, William Quantrell (whom the main character wounds in a face off). Historical errors were a big distraction. The Shawnee Trail crossed the Red River at Rock Bluff just outside of Preston, TX, not at Doan's Store/Doan's Crossing 200 miles to the west. Reloading cartridges into a pistol on a galloping horse...in 1858, I think they were all muzzle loading revolvers. Who knew breech-loading Sharp's rifles were available in 1858? I guess these distractions pretty much ruined the story for me.