Book #3 in the Rocking R Ranch series. The series is built around the Rocking R Ranch and the Ridgeway family that owns and operates it. Each book has a significant event that had major impact on the ranch and it's inhabitants. In Stampede, it's the Oklahoma Land Rush. To provide incentive for more families to move west into Indian Territory, on April 22, 1889, the government gave away 160 acres on a first come, first served basis. The upheaval caused by this extended in all directions and had a serious effect on people already living around the free land, including the Ridgeways of Rocking R Ranch. The impact would resound for years as many settlers would come and go as they realized they did not have what it took to fight conditions and other settlers for their land. Washburn does an excellent job of using the land rush as the back drop for this book and advancing the history of the Ridgeways. A great western written with particular focus on insuring the accuracy of his portrayal of the era. Easy 5 star read for me.

A nice addition to the Rocking R Ranch series. A western story set in the late 1880s around the Oklahoma Land Rush. Stampede is action-packed and believable characters.

Thank you to NetGalley, Kensington Books, and Tim Washburn for the advanced reader copy of Stampede. #NetGalley #Stampede

If you are a lover of Wild West, rancher, rustler, gun-slinging sorts, you will most likely love this historical novel set around 1889, just prior to the Oklahoma Land Rush (aka "Run" as termed in this book). This is the third in the series, and you'll find lots of excitement to pulsate the blood in your viens right along with the "Boomers" and "Sooners" making mad dashes and head starts to stake their claims.

I really like the main characters which are believable. They are mostly cattle ranchers and horse breeders and family people but certainly know how to handle a gun or two. I like the teasing that goes on among the men which lends to amusing humor. No doubt one could champion these "good guys". I do take exception to the pre-marital interplay despite those engaging therein being consenting partners. The unconsentlng ones; well, that's a different matter. The rest of the story, however, was very satisfying and kept the fingers turning the pages.

Included at the end of the book is an excerpt from The Devil's Rope (set in 1883); the second book in the series.

~ Eunice C., Reviewer/Blogger ~

October 2021

Disclaimer: This is my honest opinion based on the review copy given by the publisher.

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This contains a multiple story line and characters across the frontier. They don't cross over and I thought this was hard to follow.
The Land Rush part of this story is minimal.
The writing was good and the characters well developed but far from what I had anticipated.

Thank you NetGalley and Kensington, Pinnacle for the advanced copy.

This is not the stampede you may think it is--it's people, not cattle, who are stampeding. A fun book with a message and a lot of heart, in spite of the number of bad guys killed. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to finding out what happens to the various characters in the rest of the series.

First - I liked it. Second, I'd have liked it more had it been fleshed out more. I want more of the background, not only of the characters, but of the land-rush itself. Overall, LOVED it!

The novel "Stampede" by Tim Washburn is an interesting read. If there were not so many different story lines, the novel would have been much more enjoyable. There were numerous threads that in the beginning were actually hard to follow. At one point, I almost gave up but decided to persevere.

It would have been great if somewhere in the beginning the various participants in the land-rush "stampede" into Indian Territory were identified. It is not that the individual stories were not entertaining and displayed what I perceive to have been real issues including the groups known as Sooners (those who went early) to stake out their claims.

Life and love were on display here as were many different reasons for seeking to claim land. There is also a young love story of a mixed-race young man and a lovely Comanche young woman and the differences in what might be termed White upbringing and Comanche upbringing clashing. Theirs is not the only love story that is described although the others might be thought of as more traditional.

Lots of openness to various marriages and arrangements come into focus all aiming toward claiming the 160 acres that became available. As in any Western there is frontier justice as well as compassion

Having finished the book, I am very glad I did as the connections became clear -- just wished there might have been a "cheat sheet" to help in keeping the players straight...almost like a cast of characters!!

Still enjoyable with the caveat that a piece of paper and pencil is helpful in keeping the couples and individuals straight!! Would recommend it for those interested in the era.

Excellent addition to the series as it not only entertains, but also educates. Lots of characters who are developed through alternating chapters/episodes as the story builds to the great land run, the Boomers, and the Sooners, rushing to claim land in what is now Oklahoma. The story reads well as a standalone, but the other books are well worth a reading.