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Name: Ralph Compton
Author: Jory Sherman

After the Civil War, former cavalrymen Chip Chippendale and Ransom Barnes, each raised a ranch in Wyoming, find themselves at odds when a Cheyenne raid devastates Ransom’s home. When Ransom kills the leader’s son, he faces retaliation. The two old friends must rely on each other to survive the high plains’ turmoil.

First publish date: 2014

Genre: Western Fiction/Historical Western

Authors: Jory Sherman

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