found: While angels dance, 1994: CIP t.p. (Ralph W. Cotton)
found: Ralph Compton's the shadow of a noose, 2002: CIP t.p. (Ralph Cotton)
found: His Misery express, 2000: t.p., etc. (Ralph Cotton) p. [313] (other titles: The autumn of the gun, The border empire, The dawn of fury, Devil's canyon: the Sundown Riders, The killing season, Six-guns and double eagles, Skeleton lode) p. 3 of cover (has worked as an ironworker, second mate on a commercial barge, teamster, horse trainer, and lay minister with the Lutheran church)
found: Internet, URL: www.ralphcotton.com, May 24, 2003 Novels page (first novel, While eagles dance (1994), nominated for a Pulitzer; other titles include Powder River, Price of a horse, Montana ed, Badlands, Misery express, Death rides a chestnut mare (as Ralph Compton), Hangman's choice, Webb's posse, etc.)
notfound: Cont. authors online, May 24, 2003