01613cam a2200277 4500 266947008 TxAuBib 20160101120000.0 010911s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002561473 9780451204172 pbk. 0451204174 pbk. TxAuBib Vaughan, Robert, 1937- The Dakota Trail: A Ralph Compton novel. Trail 14 / a Ralph Compton novel by Robert Vaughan. New York, NY : Signet, 2001. 261 p. : map ; 18 cm. Trail Drive Series, The ; 14 After the Civil War, Dick Hodson returns to his home of Windom, Texas, the lone survivor of all the men who left to fight against the Union. He finds the former little town destitute, for there were no able ranch hands to drive the herds, and now the few ranches that survived are on the edge of ruin. To save the town, Dick plans to drive the remaining cattle north with a trail party made up of raw greenhorn children. But the unforgiving trail is the least of their problems. A gang of merciless cutthroats is waiting for them - hired by the evil Bryan Phelps, whose fortune rests on the failure of the desperate cattle drive. Now, with more than his own cunning and the blind courage of his young crew, Dick is going to war... 20160101. Western stories. Historical fiction. Compton, Ralph. Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress). The Trail Drive Series ; 14.