The Trail

by M.L. Dunn

In the summer of 1871, Caleb Evans and Sheriff July Ford, set off into the remote and dangerous Comancheria determined to recover Caleb’s seven year-old daughter, Mattie, after she is taken captive by Comanche from her family's Kansas farm.

An epic western, in the echelon of Lonesome Dove, True Grit, and The Searchers

Genres: Westerns, Fiction

253 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 16, 2012

Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book after reading the author's other book - The Transylvania Detective Squad. I only read this Western because I loved his other book so much, but I really enjoyed this too, even though I usually would not read a Western.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not much for Westerns, but I loved this one. I have never seen so many top-notch things said by characters in a book. I loved this enough that I bought my brother a copy and sent him it because he lives in Arizona and loves Westerns. He got back to me and said the loved it too and that if I had not sent him it, he proably would never have known about this book.

Sheriff Ford is such a tormented soul, but overalll he's just so content in life also. Nothing really gets to him and that's the mark of a man who has learned from his mistakes. He's just so damn clever in his remarks too. I pray a sequel to this novel comes out soon. I don't know who you are M L Dunn, but please right a sequel to this stroy with July Ford as the main character.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

This reminds me somewhat of Elmore Leonard's Westerns. The beauty is in the simplicity. Mr. Dunn is parsimonious but not lacking in engaging detail. The Plains are there before the reader, reachable, with their big open lines and complex characters. Well Done.

[Anne C]

to read

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very exciting Western. Lots of good dialogue. Would make for an excellent movie, maybe Tom Cruise for the part of July Ford.

[Deb · Rating 1 out of 5]

THE most boring book. It takes forever to finally get to the end and it too is boring. Tells you none of the things that could have been interesting to the story. Boring.