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001			on1330202258
003			OCoLC
005			20230126143933.0
008			220613t20222021meu ed 000 1 eng
010			_a 2022027353
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCF _dOCLCQ _dBKL _dKSL _dLE# _dIUK _dBDX _dNFG
020			_a9798885783385 _q(large print) _q(hardcover) _q(softcover) _q(alkaline paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)1330202258
042			_apcc
043			_an-usp-- _an-us-tx
092			_aMAYO, _bMATTHEW
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMayo, Matthew P., _eauthor. _9205923
245	1	0	_aRalph Compton: _bthe too-late trail / _cMatthew P. Mayo.
246	3		_aThe too-late trail
264		1	_aWaterville, Maine : _bWheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, _c2022
264		4	_c©2021
300			_a449 pages (large print) ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
340			_nlarge print. _2rdafs
490	0		_aWheeler Publishing large print softcover western
490	0		_aA Ralph Compton western
520			_a"After struggling for years to work a raw-patch ranch in the arid flatlands of Texas, young Mitchell Newland learns that his herd of scrubby range cattle will fetch ten times their local price if they're driven to Montana. He strikes a one-sided deal with the devil, neighbouring rancher Corliss Bilks, to back his play with cattle, men, and horses. The trail brims with hellish hardship: prairie fire, stampede, flooded rivers, hailstorms, rattlers, sickness, long, broiling days and frigid nights. Halfway to Montana, range pirates and a rogue Apache war party close in. Mitch and the boys fight, grim and helpless, watching as their herd is driven westward in a cloud of dust and cackling laughter. Cut down to two bloodied men, Mitch collapses, far too late, and admits the old man has won the bet. But salvation in the form of a Basque sheepherder revives Mitch and his pal, Drover Joe, and Mitch realises he isn't done. Not by a long shot. And now he has nothing to lose"-- _cProvided by publisher
650		0	_aRanchers _zTexas _vFiction. _999165
650		0	_aCattle drives _vFiction. _957235
650		0	_aFrontier and pioneer life _zWest (U.S.) _vFiction. _941554
650		0	_aWestern stories. _91708
655		7	_aLarge print books. _2lcgft _9136572
655		7	_aWestern fiction. _2lcgft _95275
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c358969 _d358969