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The Green River Trail

by Ralph Compton · 1999

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The year was 1853. For handful of cowboys turned California Gold Rushers, it was time to go home. Then Lonnie Kilgore and his fellow Texans met Western legend and former mountain man Jim Bridger, who told them of a lush range waiting to be claimed in northern Utah. Now, the Texans have purchased land on the Green river and come to San Antonio to gather up some longhorns. But with Indian trouble, law trouble, and woman trouble along for the ride, the cowboys are finding out the truth about this paradise: to live on land you bought and paid for, you have to be willing to die...

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Themes
cowboycowboyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1850s1850sMore like thisLess of thisAmerican WestAmerican WestMore like thisLess of this
Mood
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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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