Dark Trail to Dodge

If you enjoy cattle drive adventures, this is the master handbook. Nice little story too.

Dark Trail to Dodge is full of everything that makes a western great -- horses, guns, good guys, bad guys and more horses. The story would make a good screenplay, harkening back to classic movies like Winchester '73 and Man From Laramie. In the characters of John Checker, Tyrel Bannon and Dan Mitchell, author Smith brings to life the hardship and kinship of life on a cattle drive. After reading this book, anyone who has ever dreamt of "riding the range," will long to saddle up and ride the Dark Trail to Dodge. I hope we don't have to wait long for more works from Cotton Smith.

For your first time published, I'm no literary critic, but you can have my vote for a bang-up job.It was an interesting story line and it kept my interest up, good character development. I felt that I would know Tyrel, John, Tug, Mitchell, Jackson and all the rest of the characters. If Cotton Smith has written other Westerns of this quality, I would like to read them, short or long stories. Also, is he planning to continue writing more Western novels? I certainly hope so. I'm looking forward to it. It would be interesting to have some of the characters of "Dark Trail to Dodge" in the next story.

I have just finished reading "Dark Trail to Dodge" by Cotton Smith. I have read all of Zane Grey's works, as well as most of Max Brand's, Louis L'Amour's and others.I picked up Dark Trail to Dodge and read it through in one day.I certainly hope Cotton Smith has some more books in him, because I would be anxious to read them.

I have just finished "Dark Trail to Dodge" - in essentially one sitting! It is one of the most readable and enjoyable books I have read in quite some time. Cotton Smith has done a marvelous job of crafting an entertaining, delightful story. I am waiting with bated breath for the sequel. (And the movie).