Westerns

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“Brass Man” by Max Brand, DBC18417

Narrated by Traber Burns (7 hours, 50 minutes)

Lew Weldon has been a tumbleweed, rolling where the wind blew him, up to Canada and down to Mexico. Over time he has earned a reputation as a gambler and a gunfighter. Riding into San Trinidad, Weldon finds his reputation has preceded him when he receives two job offers. Roger Cunningham wants Lew to join his smuggling operation and Dr. Henry Watts wants to hire Lew to protect his patient, the beautiful Helen O'Mallock, who is dying of consumption. 

 

“Showdown on the Jubilee” by L.P. Holmes, DBC15678

Narrated by Jim Weston (5 hours)

Dave Howison found butchered meat from one of his cows in a homesteader's shed. He believes the homesteader was framed, and cattleman Ben Waltrode was ruthless enough to do it. Now he has to prove it.

 

“American Rodeo, from Buffalo Bill to Big Business” by Kristine Fredriksson, DBC24997

Narrated by Gretchen Estes (6 hours, 30 minutes)

Tracing rodeo from its roots in the range-cattle industry to its present form, the author analyzes the forces within and without that have allowed the sport to develop into the multimillion-dollar industry it is today. She explores the influence of the humane movement on rodeo, the effects of commercial sponsorship on its growth, and the tendency of the media to make the cowboy an exotic, romantic figure.

 

“The Black Hills” by William W. Johnstone, DB111640

Narrated by Al Kessel  (11 hours, 44 minutes)

"Meet Hunter Buchanon, a towering mountain of a man who learned how to track prey in Georgia, kill in the Civil War, and prospect in the Black Hills of Dakota. Now he's trying to live a peaceful gun-free life--but fate has other plans for him . . . . When Hunter Buchanon rescued a wounded coyote pup--and named him Bobby Lee--he had no idea the cute little varmint would grow up to be such a loyal companion. Coyotes aren't known to be man's best friend. Most of them are as fierce and wild as the Black Hills they roam. But Bobby Lee is different. When Hunter is ambushed on the road, Bobby Lee leaps to his defense. And when the attacker tries to shoot Bobby Lee, Hunter returns the favor by hitting the man with a rock. By the time the smoke clears, the coyote-loving ex-Confederate is covered in blood--and the other guy's got a knife in his chest. Now Hunter has to explain it all to the local sheriff. Which is going to be tough. Because the man he just killed is the sheriff's deputy."

 

“Hell with the Hide off” by Jim Miller, DBC26355

Narrated by Patrick Schmidt (6 hours, 10 minutes)

To be a man on the frontier meant living up to the badge of the Texas Rangers. That's what Will Carston taught his sons. Now Will wears the badge of a U.S. Deputy Marshal--and it's about to be put to a powerful test. Rancher Asa Wilson says his two sons are in the Hogtown jail on a trumped-up murder charge. Will and his boys head into town, knowing that freeing the Wilson brothers will take more than a tin symbol of the law. It calls for the steely guts and shooting skills of the men who once rode with the Rangers!

 

“Hangman’s Country” by Lewis B. Patten, DBC15876

Narrated by Noah Hanson   (3 hours, 57 minutes)

Stuart Post isn't much like his father, Milo, or his brother, Ernie. Stuart is a decent man, and he doesn't like the way they're starting a range war with the smaller ranchers or treating Nora Dykes and her daughter, Katie.

 

“Apache Death” by George G. Gilman, DB106643

Narrated by Shawn Hertel (4 hours, 10 minutes) 

Edge finds himself holed up in Fort Rainbow, deep in the heart of Apache territory. With Cochise and his warriors on the warpath, Edge allies himself with an Englishman, a man who considers himself to be Edge's equal and who also holds the key to the whereabouts of a million dollars worth of gold bullion. The two men make plans to retrieve the gold, but things don't always go according to plan ... especially when the Apaches attack the town and fort, inflicting their special brand of suffering to soldiers and civilians alike. As the death toll rises and the brutal onslaught comes to a head, Edge will have to put his fate in the hands of a man called ... Gatling!

 

‘Wolf Moon” by Edward Gorman, DBC15692

Narrated by Scott Harris (3 hours, 25 minutes)

Vengeance is the theme of this hard-boiled western. Schroeder double-crossed Chase and his brothers after a bank robbery. Chase's face was scarred and his brothers were mauled to death by Schroeder's wolf. Now Chase wants revenge.

 

“A Daring Man” by Leigh Greenwood, DBC26680

Narrated by Tieran Wilder, (12 hours, 4 minutes)

Zac Randolph is a gambling man. One of seven infamous brothers, he'd kicked the Texas dust off his boots and found his new home in the Little Corner of Heaven Saloon in San Francisco's notorious Barbary Coast. Running a saloon is exactly the kind of work he's best suited for, and he's happiest keeping the rough men who frequent his halls in line. Until a figure from his past comes calling and his whole world is flipped upside down. Zac has no interest in helping a woman like Lily Sterling navigate the streets of San Francisco--despite what he once promised her. But no matter how he tries, Zac can't shake the determined do-gooder. When the chips are down, this daring gambler is left with no choice but to trust his instincts and go all in to save the day, the girl ... and maybe even himself.

 

“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” by Roy Hansen, DBC16651

Narrated by Webb Segur (15 hours, 25 minutes)

This poetic and literary 1983 historical novel by American writer Ron Hansen explores the life and times of Jesse James and his gang, and his death at the hands of Robert Ford.