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The Cheyenne Trail
OLD FRIENDS
Chip Chippendale met Ransom Barnes after the War Between the States, when the two cowboys drove a herd up from Texas together. But when Chip first laid eyes on Wyoming, he knew he was home, and the two friends split off on different trails.
NEW ENEMIES
Each man went on to own his own ranch, but when Ransom’s home is attacked and burned by a marauding band of Cheyenne warriors, he is faced with ruin—and makes matters worse by gunning down the Cheyenne leader’s son. A target of the most vicious renegade on the high plains, Ransom turns to his old friend Chip. And Chip never forgets his friends—even if it means making a few enemies.
Chip Chippendale met Ransom Barnes after the War Between the States, when the two cowboys drove a herd up from Texas together. But when Chip first laid eyes on Wyoming, he knew he was home, and the two friends split off on different trails.
NEW ENEMIES
Each man went on to own his own ranch, but when Ransom’s home is attacked and burned by a marauding band of Cheyenne warriors, he is faced with ruin—and makes matters worse by gunning down the Cheyenne leader’s son. A target of the most vicious renegade on the high plains, Ransom turns to his old friend Chip. And Chip never forgets his friends—even if it means making a few enemies.
- GenresWesterns
278 pages, Paperback
First published March 4, 2014
About the author
Jory Sherman
170 books14 followersJory Sherman was born in Minnesota and grew up in West Texas, Louisiana, and Colorado. He was a magazine editor for a time and had some of his work published, including some poetry, short stories and articles. Sherman had a friend who owned a publishing company and asked him to write a novel for the company. From that offer came five more novels, all written in one year. He wrote the supernatural mystery series, "Chill," which was somewhat revolutionary for the times, but which earned him an eight book contract. He then came up with the idea for "Rivers West," a series which had each book written by a different western author. Then came the "Baron Saga," the first of which was "Grass Kingdom" which earned Sherman a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in Letters. Sherman has also won the Spur Award for his contribution to Western Literature.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
June 3, 2021
This is decent Western. You have a trail drive with the enemies in order; weather, Cheyenne Indians, Rustlers, drought, and ending with crooks. You can feel the cold of the freak winter storm. The descriptions are very good and semi-good character development. The book moved and filled a void since I had not read a decent Western in a while.
April 12, 2023
On p. 78 a jewel was found: ‘ Dawn’s egg cracked open finally and painted the sky with cream and gold.’ While not the whole story, it is an amusing bit of writing. Another good guys v. bad guys story. Killing along the way. Cattle being moved from one place to another & lots of action before, during, and after that happens. If you’re a fan of westerns, check this one out.
August 31, 2018
A lot of buildup to a final battle that was not much of a battle. The book then transitions into a short story about a rancher who discovers oil. Totally left me confused and cheated. Kind of a waste of time.
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October 25, 2021Couldn't read this one. Too upsetting.
January 6, 2016
Very little redeeming qualities to this book.
First, let's start with the fraudulent summary on the cover. Clearly, it was written for another book entirely. There is no character named Ransom Barnes, Chip has very little to do with the story, and there is no revenge factor related to the son of a Cheyenne leader being killed.
Secondly, it's also clear that the book was hastily written and edited. SPOILER ALERT: On page 151 a character named Riggs is shot through the chest, bludgeoned, has his throat cut, ...and is scalped. 10 pages later the same character is unexplainably at gunpoint and killed yet again. I read it 3 times. I'm not mistaken.
Thirdly, and most importantly…the writing is uninspired and high school level. The author randomly attempts to impart colloquial banter by randomly(and thankfully rarely) misspelling single slang words in a conversation. Characters with normal speaking abilities, suddenly become touched with a hillbilly drawl disease for one word only, and then magically return to normal for a few chapters. Similes are used excessively and excessively poorly. "…dawn broke like curtains opening on a window". That's the only one of 50 I can recall, but they all pointlessly paint dull pictures. Why bother?
The cover says "If you like Louis L'Amour, you'll love Ralph Compton". The estate of Louis L'Amour should file suit. The comparison is offensive.
Cover also says "Never before Published". There's a good reason.
Cover says "A Ralph Compton novel by Jory Sherman". So who wrote it? Compton or Sherman. If Sherman, Compton should distance himself. If Compton, he can blame Sherman for the suckfest.
All in all, a waste of time and money. In fact, based on the misrepresentation of the cover, I should write Penguin and get my money back.
Sincerely
JK by BD
First, let's start with the fraudulent summary on the cover. Clearly, it was written for another book entirely. There is no character named Ransom Barnes, Chip has very little to do with the story, and there is no revenge factor related to the son of a Cheyenne leader being killed.
Secondly, it's also clear that the book was hastily written and edited. SPOILER ALERT: On page 151 a character named Riggs is shot through the chest, bludgeoned, has his throat cut, ...and is scalped. 10 pages later the same character is unexplainably at gunpoint and killed yet again. I read it 3 times. I'm not mistaken.
Thirdly, and most importantly…the writing is uninspired and high school level. The author randomly attempts to impart colloquial banter by randomly(and thankfully rarely) misspelling single slang words in a conversation. Characters with normal speaking abilities, suddenly become touched with a hillbilly drawl disease for one word only, and then magically return to normal for a few chapters. Similes are used excessively and excessively poorly. "…dawn broke like curtains opening on a window". That's the only one of 50 I can recall, but they all pointlessly paint dull pictures. Why bother?
The cover says "If you like Louis L'Amour, you'll love Ralph Compton". The estate of Louis L'Amour should file suit. The comparison is offensive.
Cover also says "Never before Published". There's a good reason.
Cover says "A Ralph Compton novel by Jory Sherman". So who wrote it? Compton or Sherman. If Sherman, Compton should distance himself. If Compton, he can blame Sherman for the suckfest.
All in all, a waste of time and money. In fact, based on the misrepresentation of the cover, I should write Penguin and get my money back.
Sincerely
JK by BD
January 4, 2021
Jory Sherman just passed away this past weekend, so this must be one of his final books. It's an excellent trail drive novel, although the summary on Goodreads and the back of the book is clearly for another story. This one was entertaining and full of great detail.
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