The Tenderfoot Trail

by Ralph Compton and Joseph A. West

Book Overview

The Whoop-Up Trail is two hundred miles of rough terrain between Montana and Canada, littered with spiky brushwood, crawling with clawed and fanged critters of all shapes and sizes, and traversed by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451219023
• ISBN13: 9780451219022
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.1" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

THE WHOOP UP TRAIL

Doesn't anyone read good westerns anymore? Here I am again the only reviewer for this book. Though this western was issued under Ralph Compton's name it was written by Joseph West as is true of several others Mr. West has done in recent years for the Ralph Compton continuing series. Mr. West is an accomplished writer in his own right having recently written 5 westerns in the Gunsmoke series and half dozen others under his own name. I enjoy all his writings having most on my western shelves, and especially this latest book about the Whoop-up trail running from Montana to Fort Whoop Up and a little farther to Fort McCleod, both in Canada. This book not only has a good story line it also contains some historical information of the actual trail itself. Essentially a rancher, young cattleman is taking cattle to Fort Benton to sell, but becomes embroiled in taking several 'ladies' of questional reputation farther north into Canada to become brides of miners in that area. The scheme is a con with shady characters standing to profit. Along the way we meet Crow and Blackfoot Indians, bushwhackers, and a few decent folks. The journey is long and hazardous, while our hero meets up with a giant, grey wolf who saves his life a couple times. If you are looking for an enjoyable read on the western scene, especially a trail little known by most western readers, try this one. And if you want to know more of the actual trail, pick up a copy Paul F. Sharp's THE WHOOP-UP COUNTRY: The Canadian-American West published in 1973 by The University of Oklahoma Press. Good reading, pardners. Semper Fi.