Ralph Compton the Man From Nowhere
By (Author) Joseph A. West
By (author) Ralph Compton
Penguin Putnam Inc
Signet
7th July 2009
United States
General
Fiction
Adventure fiction: Westerns
FIC
Paperback
304
Width 107mm, Height 173mm, Spine 19mm
159g
One man proves his worth in this Ralph Compton western... When the Apache surrounded the settlement of Alma, New Mexico, the "respectable" townsfolk began hanging those who weren't. Town drunk Eddie Oates was lucky to be banished from the town, left for the Apaches to kill. Oates never thought he was a survivor. But now, he's discovered a reason to go on-and he's about to unleash a raging fury upon those who would prey on the helpless, the hopeless, and those who others think aren't worth fighting for... More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!
Praise for the novels of Ralph Compton
Compton offers readers a chance to hit the trail and not even end up saddle sore.Publishers Weekly
Compton writes in the style of popular Western novelists like Louis LAmour and Zane Greythrilling stories of Western legend.The Huntsville Times (AL)
If you like Louis LAmour, youll love Ralph Compton.Quanah Tribune-Chief(TX)
Ralph Comptonstood six-foot-eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel,The Goodnight Trail, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series. As a little boy growing up in a small fishing village in Scotland, Joseph West enjoyed many happy Saturday mornings at the local cinema in the company of Roy and Gene and Hoppy. His lifelong ambition was to become a cowboy, but he was sidetracked by a career in law enforcement and journalism. He now resides with his wife and daughter in Palm Beach, Florida, where he enjoys horse riding, cowboy action shooting, and studying Western history.