. . . . . . "Western stories" . "A group of Texans pool their cattle and set out for Independence, Missouri, to sell their herd, risking hardship and danger along the way." . . . "Fiction" . . . . "Gavin McCord and his brawling cowboys came to Missouri with a problem: 3,500 longhorns and not one buyer. That's where Gladstone Pitkin came in - a man with money and a dream of ranching in New Mexico, Pitkin bought McCord's cattle and hired his Texans for a trail drive from Independence to Santa Fe. But with an ill-fated gambler on the drive, the riders were heading into a death trap. Descriptions of violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. c1997. (Trail drive series ; 10)."@en . . . . . . "The Santa Fe Trail"@en . "The Santa Fe Trail" . "Compton, Ralph" . . "Santa Fe National Historic Trail" . .