01907cam a2200385 i 4500 812092083 TxAuBib 20230530120000.0 221213s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022363740 9780593102329 paperback 0593102320 paperback TxAuBib rda Compton, Ralph. Prairie Fire, Kansas : a Ralph Compton western / by John Shirley. Ralph Compton. First edition. New York : Berkley, 2020. ©2020. 277 pages ; 18 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sundown riders series, The Abilene, Kansas 1871, "Fresh from a successful trail drive, cattle hand Seth Coe is feeling flush, especially after a lucky streak at the poker table. But his good fortune earns him a dangerous enemy, notorious tinhorn gambler Hannibal Fisher, who is none too happy about being cleaned out. The innocent Coe starts the long ride back to Texas with big plans to buy his own ranch. All he needs now, he figures, is a wife. To his amazement, in tiny Prairie Fire, Kansas he meets the perfect woman, his childhood love Josette Dubois. But she is under the thumb of her brutal father, who will stop at nothing to prevent her happiness, including killing Coe--that is, if Fisher doesn't get there first. . ."--Provided by publisher. 20230530. Cowboys Fiction. Gamblers Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Fathers and daughters Fiction. Western stories. Compton, Ralph, creator. Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress). The sundown riders series.