Ralph Compton (1934-1998) was an American novelist of western novels. He created the Trail Drive and Sundown Riders series. Compton hailed from St. Clair County, Alabama and stood 6’8″ tall when he wasn’t even wearing his boots. Before becoming an author, he was a musician, songwriter, radio announcer and a newspaper columnist. Following his death, his publisher Signet made his name into a house name, and novels written by authors such as Robert Vaughn, Dusty Richards, Jory Sherman, Joseph A. West, David Robbins, Ralph W. Cotton, Peter Brandvold, Marcus Galloway, Matthew P. Mayo and more had his name on the byline.
Ralph Compton became a published author in 1973 with the novel Festival of Spies. It was the only standalone novel he wrote himself. Below is a list of Ralph Compton’s books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Gunfighter Books
Publication Order of Sundown Riders Books
Publication Order of Trail Drive Books
Publication Order of Border Empire Books
Publication Order of Buck Fletcher Books
(with Joseph A. West)
Publication Order of Danny Duggin Books
(with Ralph Cotton)
Publication Order of John McBride Books
(with Joseph A. West)
Publication Order of Tom Navarro Books
(with Peter Brandvold)
Publication Order of Trail of the Gunfighter Books
Publication Order of Ralph Compton Western Books
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Ralph Compton Synopsis: In The Dawn of Fury by Ralph Compton (book 1 of the Trail of the Gunfighter series), Nathan Stone returns home to Virginia following the Civil War only to find his family murdered. He then takes a blood oath that he will find the seven men responsible and gain his revenge.
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