Order of Ralph Compton Books
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
| The Border Empire | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Six guns and Double Eagles | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Train to Durango | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Buck Fletcher Books
(with Joseph A. West)
| Doomsday Rider | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Showdown at Two-Bit Creek | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Vengeance Rider | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Danny Duggin Books
(with Ralph Cotton)
| Death Rides a Chestnut Mare | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Shadow of a Noose | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Riders of Judgement | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death Along the Cimarron | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of John McBride Books
(with Joseph A. West)
| West Of The Law | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Shadow of the Gun | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Blood on the Gallows | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Tom Navarro Books
(with Peter Brandvold)
| Navarro | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bullet Creek | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Trail of the Gunfighter Books
| The Dawn of Fury | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Killing Season | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Autumn of the Gun | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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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