{"product_id":"ralph-compton-prairie-fire-kansas-paperback","title":"Ralph Compton Prairie Fire, Kansas - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Shirley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRalph Compton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this roller-coaster new installment in bestselling author Ralph Compton's Sundown Riders series, a young cowhand faces a trial by fire on his way to a new home and an old love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fresh from a successful trail drive, cattle hand Seth Coe is feeling flush, especially after a lucky streak at the poker table. But his good fortune earns him a dangerous enemy, notorious tinhorn gambler Hannibal Fisher, who is none too happy about being cleaned out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The innocent Coe starts the long ride back to Texas with big plans to buy his own ranch. All he needs now, he figures, is a wife. To his amazement, in tiny Prairie Fire, Kansas he meets the perfect woman, his childhood love Josette Dubois. But she is under the thumb of her brutal father, who will stop at nothing to prevent her happiness, including killing Coe--that is, if Fisher doesn't get there first. . .\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRalph Compton\u003c\/b\u003e stood six foot eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Goodnight Trail\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was the \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Trail of the Gunfighter series, the Border Empire series, the Sundown Riders series, and the Trail Drive series, among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Shirley\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Houston and now lives in Vancouver, Washington. He is the author of numerous novels and books of short stories, and won the Bram Stoker Award for his collection \u003ci\u003eBlack Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels include the Specialist books (under the name John Cutter), \u003ci\u003eThe Brigade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Bleak History\u003c\/i\u003e, the A Song Called Youth trilogy, and a novel of Wyatt Earp as a young lawman, \u003ci\u003eWyatt in Wichita\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written television, movies, and songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 6.7 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769217974560,"sku":"9780593102329","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e104c449cb095c3c1fba777333add2fd.webp?v=1780343838","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ralph-compton-prairie-fire-kansas-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}