{"product_id":"9780312951696","title":"The California Trail (Trail Drive Series #5)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003edriving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the Pecos, the Rio Colorado and La Panza mountains, the Texans and their longhorns kept charging-all the way to California gold!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween The Bandera Range And California, They Faced All The Challenges Of Man And God, But Nothing Could Ever Make Them Quit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emaverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enorth to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-making trail drives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe California Trail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGold fever had hit California, and suddenly, the land was full of hungry pioneers. For Gil and Van Austin, two Texas brothers, it meant the chance to sell well-grazed longhorns after years of hard ranching and a treacherous cattle drive up through Mexico. The only trouble was that California was on the other side of a searing desert, swollen rivers, a barrage of Indian attacks, and a whole passel of outlaw trouble. And while the Texans and their men were ready and willing to take it all on, there was one thing they weren't prepared for: the ultimate act of treachery and deceit in a land of schemers, dreamers and gold!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010083897584,"sku":"9780312951696","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780312951696_p0.jpg?v=1763761386","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780312951696","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}