
Billy the Kid
The War for Lincoln County
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
3 months free
Buy for $13.97
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Roger Clark
-
By:
-
Ryan C. Coleman
About this listen
Age 14: Orphan
Age 15: Inmate
Age 16: Outlaw
Age 17: Killer
In 1870s New Mexico, the territory is at a crossroads. The indigenous population is being driven out—and driven down—by the white settlers migrating west after the Civil War. The center of power isn’t the governor but rather the Santa Fe Ring, a group of wealthy politicians, businessman, and landowners who exercise power through organized crime, theft, graft, and murder. Their main source of income is a mercantile store in Lincoln known as the House.
After escaping jail, William Bonney—a.k.a. Billy the Kid—is a seventeen-year-old orphan who’s been on the run for the better part of two years. All he wants is to belong—to find a place he can call home and people he can call family.
He’d have been better off alone.
Billy falls in with a gang of ruthless rustlers and murderers who work as muscle for the House. But when Billy crosses one of the members, the gang sets out to kill him.
Billy narrowly escapes, finding refuge under the tutelage of John Tunstall, an English immigrant new to the territory who has his sights set on opening a business in Lincoln—and he’s intent on competing directly with the House. But when Tunstall is murdered, any positive effect the mentor had on Billy is eradicated, leaving the Kid with only one thing on his mind …
Revenge.
From orphan to outlaw to killer, this is the untold story behind the legend of Billy the Kid.
©2024 Ryan C. Coleman (P)2024 Blackstone PublishingListeners also enjoyed...
-
Lobo
- The Lobo Trilogy, Book 1
- By: John Deacon
- Narrated by: A.T. Chandler
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this fast-paced Western, a gunslinger with a savage past reluctantly teams up with a young orphan girl to avenge the murder of the padre who saved them both. As Lobo hunts the seven killers, he will uncover long-buried secrets, help a good woman in a bad situation, and maybe even do something a surly loner like Lobo wouldn't have thought possible… fall in love.
-
-
No trashy verbiage,
- By Al Young on 06-18-24
By: John Deacon
-
Red Dead's History
- A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past
- By: Tore C. Olsson
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption II, set in 1911 and 1899, are the most-played American history video games since The Oregon Trail. Beloved by millions, they’ve been widely acclaimed for their realism and attention to detail. But how do they fare as re-creations of history? In this engaging audiobook, award-winning American history professor Tore Olsson takes up that question and more.
-
-
Typical liberal rewrite
- By Chris Ingram on 08-09-24
By: Tore C. Olsson
-
The Last Outlaws
- The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang
- By: Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Last Outlaws is the thrilling true story of the last of one of the greatest outlaw gang. The dreaded Dalton Gang consisted of three brothers and their rotating cast of colorful accomplices who saw themselves as descended from the legendary James brothers. They soon became legends themselves, beginning their career as common horse thieves before graduating to robbing banks and trains.
-
-
Long Way Around the Barn
- By B. Ireland on 12-12-23
By: Tom Clavin
-
Follow Me to Hell
- McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice
- By: Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In turbulent 1870s Texas, the revered and fearless Ranger Leander McNelly led his men in one dramatic campaign after another, throwing cattle thieves, desperadoes, border ruffians, and other dangerous criminals into jail or, if that's how they wanted it, six feet under. They would stop at nothing in pursuit of justice, even sending 26 Rangers across the border to retrieve stolen cattle—taking on hundreds of Mexican troops with nothing but their Sharps rifles and six-guns. The nation came to call them “McNelly’s Rangers.”
-
-
Evan's Review
- By Evan on 05-01-23
By: Tom Clavin
-
A Man Called Justice
- Silent Justice, Book 1
- By: John Deacon
- Narrated by: A.T. Chandler
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Justice is a drifter with no fear and no memory, trailed by a violent past. Nora is a beautiful widow bravely raising her young son on an isolated New Mexican ranch. When a ruthless cattle baron pushes longhorns into the valley, Justice vows to protect Nora and her boy. But how can he succeed against thirty hired guns… including the four outlaws who left him for dead?
-
-
Home run!
- By Charlie on 08-30-22
By: John Deacon
-
The Summer of 1876
- Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West
- By: Chris Wimmer
- Narrated by: Chris Wimmer, Johnny Heller
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The summer of 1876 was a key time period in the development of the mythology of the Old West. Many individuals who are considered legends by modern listeners were involved in events that began their notoriety or turned out to be the most famous—or infamous—moments of their lives. Those individuals were Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, and Jesse James. The Summer of 1876 weaves together the timelines of the events that made these men legends.
-
-
Like History? You will thoroughly enjoy this book!
- By JRC on 04-26-24
By: Chris Wimmer
-
Lobo
- The Lobo Trilogy, Book 1
- By: John Deacon
- Narrated by: A.T. Chandler
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this fast-paced Western, a gunslinger with a savage past reluctantly teams up with a young orphan girl to avenge the murder of the padre who saved them both. As Lobo hunts the seven killers, he will uncover long-buried secrets, help a good woman in a bad situation, and maybe even do something a surly loner like Lobo wouldn't have thought possible… fall in love.
-
-
No trashy verbiage,
- By Al Young on 06-18-24
By: John Deacon
-
Red Dead's History
- A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past
- By: Tore C. Olsson
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption II, set in 1911 and 1899, are the most-played American history video games since The Oregon Trail. Beloved by millions, they’ve been widely acclaimed for their realism and attention to detail. But how do they fare as re-creations of history? In this engaging audiobook, award-winning American history professor Tore Olsson takes up that question and more.
-
-
Typical liberal rewrite
- By Chris Ingram on 08-09-24
By: Tore C. Olsson
-
The Last Outlaws
- The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang
- By: Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Last Outlaws is the thrilling true story of the last of one of the greatest outlaw gang. The dreaded Dalton Gang consisted of three brothers and their rotating cast of colorful accomplices who saw themselves as descended from the legendary James brothers. They soon became legends themselves, beginning their career as common horse thieves before graduating to robbing banks and trains.
-
-
Long Way Around the Barn
- By B. Ireland on 12-12-23
By: Tom Clavin
-
Follow Me to Hell
- McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice
- By: Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In turbulent 1870s Texas, the revered and fearless Ranger Leander McNelly led his men in one dramatic campaign after another, throwing cattle thieves, desperadoes, border ruffians, and other dangerous criminals into jail or, if that's how they wanted it, six feet under. They would stop at nothing in pursuit of justice, even sending 26 Rangers across the border to retrieve stolen cattle—taking on hundreds of Mexican troops with nothing but their Sharps rifles and six-guns. The nation came to call them “McNelly’s Rangers.”
-
-
Evan's Review
- By Evan on 05-01-23
By: Tom Clavin
-
A Man Called Justice
- Silent Justice, Book 1
- By: John Deacon
- Narrated by: A.T. Chandler
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Justice is a drifter with no fear and no memory, trailed by a violent past. Nora is a beautiful widow bravely raising her young son on an isolated New Mexican ranch. When a ruthless cattle baron pushes longhorns into the valley, Justice vows to protect Nora and her boy. But how can he succeed against thirty hired guns… including the four outlaws who left him for dead?
-
-
Home run!
- By Charlie on 08-30-22
By: John Deacon
-
The Summer of 1876
- Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West
- By: Chris Wimmer
- Narrated by: Chris Wimmer, Johnny Heller
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The summer of 1876 was a key time period in the development of the mythology of the Old West. Many individuals who are considered legends by modern listeners were involved in events that began their notoriety or turned out to be the most famous—or infamous—moments of their lives. Those individuals were Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, and Jesse James. The Summer of 1876 weaves together the timelines of the events that made these men legends.
-
-
Like History? You will thoroughly enjoy this book!
- By JRC on 04-26-24
By: Chris Wimmer
-
The Pistoleer
- A Novel of John Wesley Hardin
- By: James C. Blake
- Narrated by: Cris/Rob Dukehart/Shapiro
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For his 42 years on this Earth, John Wesley Hardin’s name was synonymous with outlaw. A killer at 15, in the next few years he became skilled enough with his pistols to back down Wild Bill Hickok in the street. By the time the law caught up with Hardin when he was 25, he had killed as many as 40 men and been shot so many times that, it was said, he carried a pound of lead in his flesh. In jail he became a scholar, studying law books until he won himself freedom, and afterward he tried to lead an upright life. It was not to be.
-
-
Really bad book
- By V. Yakin on 08-18-13
By: James C. Blake
-
Montana Territory
- By: Charles G. West
- Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Raised among the Blackfoot, John Hawk is a valuable asset to the US Army. As a military scout at Fort Ellis, he is able to cross the line between two worlds - and help keep the peace. But when he disobeys a direct order from his commander, Hawk is immediately dismissed from his post. That was the army’s first mistake. The second was losing track of a small mule train en route to Helena.
-
-
Too Nicey and Unrealistic
- By Danny Slaba on 10-25-24
By: Charles G. West
-
Butch Cassidy
- The True Story of an American Outlaw
- By: Charles Leerhsen
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For more than a century the life and death of Butch Cassidy have been the subject of legend, spawning a small industry of mythmakers and a major Hollywood film. But who was Butch Cassidy, really? Charles Leerhsen, best-selling author of Ty Cobb, sorts out the facts from folklore and paints a “compelling portrait of the charming, debonair, ranch hand-turned-outlaw” (Ron Hansen, author of The Kid) of the American West.
-
-
a beautiful story beautifully told
- By Marc Marschark on 10-15-20
By: Charles Leerhsen
-
Billy the Kid
- The Endless Ride
- By: Michael Wallis
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Award-winning historian Michael Wallis has spent several years re-creating the rich, anecdotal saga of Billy the Kid (1859-1881), a deeply mythologized young man who became a legend in his own time and yet remains an enigma to this day. With the Gilded Age in full swing and the Industrial Revolution reshaping the American landscape, "the Kid", who was gunned down by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the New Mexico Territory at the age of 21, became a new breed of celebrity outlaw.
-
-
Disappointing
- By MJTCPA on 07-30-11
By: Michael Wallis
-
Dead Acre
- By: Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
James Crowley met his mortal end in a hail of gunfire. Now, he finds himself in purgatory, serving the White Throne to avoid falling to hell. Not quite undead, though not alive either, the best he can hope for is to work off his servitude and fade away. His not-so-sacred duty as a Hand of God? Use his new abilities to hunt down demonic beings that have infiltrated the mortal realm. This time, the White Throne has sent him to the middle of nowhere: a Western town called Dead Acre with a saloon, a moldy church, and little else worth talking about. There isn’t even a sheriff.
-
-
Incredible Must Read
- By Heather Stark on 11-25-20
By: Rhett C. Bruno, and others
-
Tombstone
- The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell
- By: Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times best-selling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill. On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history. Thirty bullets were exchanged in 30 seconds, killing three men and wounding three others. The fight sprang forth from a tense, hot summer.
-
-
Great fun read, western history.
- By Dennis on 06-03-20
By: Tom Clavin
-
Conn Jackson
- By: C.J. Petit
- Narrated by: Michael Alan White
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This was supposed to be a journey to find his dream of starting his own spread. As he left the Bar L just northwest of Cheyenne and rode south into Colorado, Conn already knew where he wanted to build his ranch and had enough money to buy the land and get it started. It was just a hundred mile ride through open country. What could possibly go wrong?
-
-
Another awesome story by CJ Petit
- By Tah-ni-yah💋 on 06-18-25
By: C.J. Petit
-
Bargain at Bravebank: A Western Steampunk Adventure
- The Legacy of Lucky Logan, Book 1
- By: J.R. Frontera
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A deal goes bad...and Van Delano is left to die in the desert. But most folk say he’s been cursed with a double-barreled shotgun of mulishness. So, when his first attempt at bargaining for his kidnapped sister’s freedom lands him with a dead horse, a bullet in his leg, and miles of desert between him and the nearest town, he’s not about to give up. He’ll fight and claw, cheat and steal, even kill, if he has to.
-
-
Roger Clark brings this book to life!
- By Meionnamei on 08-23-20
By: J.R. Frontera
-
Way of the Gun
- By: Charles G. West
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Even at 17 years old, Carson Ryan knows enough about cow herding to realize the crew he's with is about the worst ever. They're taking the long way around to the Montana prairies, and they're seriously undermanned. While rounding up strays, Ryan hears gunshots ring across the range. Suspecting an Indian attack, he gallops straight into a US Army raid instead. The outfit he's with is nothing but a bunch of murdering cattle rustlers, and the law thinks he's one of them. Tied up, thrown in jail, and tried by a court that's more interested in hanging a man than learning the truth, Carson has only two options: escape or die trying.
By: Charles G. West
-
Finding Bucky
- By: C.J. Petit
- Narrated by: Michael Alan White
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Captain Stan Murray was finally being mustered out of the army after all of the administrative snafus that had left him in Montana Territory long after the conclusion of the War Between the States. As he began his long journey, he wasn’t going home to Michigan. He had to cross hundreds of miles of hostile Indian Territory to reach Cheyenne City in Wyoming Territory to try and find the girl that he hadn’t seen in almost ten years. She was probably married and had three children by now, but he knew he had to at least know.
-
-
Very good read!!
- By Gene Riedinger on 01-15-25
By: C.J. Petit
-
Billy the Kid: An Autobiography
- The Story of Brushy Bill Roberts
- By: Daniel A. Edwards
- Narrated by: Barry Corbin
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In 1882, a notorious outlaw and a childhood friend of Billy the Kid was released from prison where he had been serving time for killing a Texas Ranger. His freedom finally secured, the outlaw disappeared and was never heard from again. Never, that is, until 1948, when he came out of hiding after almost 70 years. In the course of proving his identity to a court of law, the outlaw revealed that his friend Billy the Kid was not killed by Pat Garrett but was still alive even to that day.
-
-
so informative and vety detail oriented!
- By Taylor Tomberlin on 01-01-23
-
Nathan Stark, Army Scout
- By: J.A. Johnstone, William W. Johnstone
- Narrated by: Chris Henry Coffey
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
They slaughtered his family. Killed his young bride. And ever since that tragic day, Nathan Stark has devoted his life to fighting the hostile tribes who massacred those he loved. As a civilian scout for the army, he's served with such famous commanders as Custer and Crook. He's battled against such notorious war chiefs as Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Among the fiercest natives of the untamed West, Nathan Stark is a living legend - one that must be destroyed.
-
-
Do not buy... Technical problems
- By Mudpuddle1 on 12-03-21
By: J.A. Johnstone, and others
People who viewed this also viewed...
-
Billy the Kid
- The Endless Ride
- By: Michael Wallis
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Award-winning historian Michael Wallis has spent several years re-creating the rich, anecdotal saga of Billy the Kid (1859-1881), a deeply mythologized young man who became a legend in his own time and yet remains an enigma to this day. With the Gilded Age in full swing and the Industrial Revolution reshaping the American landscape, "the Kid", who was gunned down by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the New Mexico Territory at the age of 21, became a new breed of celebrity outlaw.
-
-
Disappointing
- By MJTCPA on 07-30-11
By: Michael Wallis
-
Billy the Kid: An Autobiography
- The Story of Brushy Bill Roberts
- By: Daniel A. Edwards
- Narrated by: Barry Corbin
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In 1882, a notorious outlaw and a childhood friend of Billy the Kid was released from prison where he had been serving time for killing a Texas Ranger. His freedom finally secured, the outlaw disappeared and was never heard from again. Never, that is, until 1948, when he came out of hiding after almost 70 years. In the course of proving his identity to a court of law, the outlaw revealed that his friend Billy the Kid was not killed by Pat Garrett but was still alive even to that day.
-
-
so informative and vety detail oriented!
- By Taylor Tomberlin on 01-01-23
-
To Hell on a Fast Horse
- The Untold Story of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett
- By: Mark Lee Gardner
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat, Alan Sklar
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Billy the Kid - a.k.a. Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, and William Bonney - was a horse thief, cattle rustler, charismatic rogue, and cold-blooded killer. A superb shot, the Kid gunned down four men single-handedly and five others with the help of cronies. Two of his victims were Lincoln County, New Mexico, deputies, killed during the Kid's brazen daylight escape from the courthouse jail on April 28, 1881.
-
-
Great Listen
- By Susan Stilley on 10-06-21
By: Mark Lee Gardner
-
Red Dead's History
- A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past
- By: Tore C. Olsson
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption II, set in 1911 and 1899, are the most-played American history video games since The Oregon Trail. Beloved by millions, they’ve been widely acclaimed for their realism and attention to detail. But how do they fare as re-creations of history? In this engaging audiobook, award-winning American history professor Tore Olsson takes up that question and more.
-
-
Typical liberal rewrite
- By Chris Ingram on 08-09-24
By: Tore C. Olsson
-
Billy the Kid
- El Bandido Simpático
- By: James B. Mills
- Narrated by: Chaz Allen
- Length: 22 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
James B. Mills has left no stone unturned in his 20-year quest to tell the complete story of Billy the Kid. He explores the Kid’s disputable origins, his family’s migration from New York into the Southwest, and how he became an orphan, as well as his involvement in the Lincoln County War, his outlaw exploits, and his dealings with Governor Lew Wallace. Mills illuminates the Kid’s relationships with his enemies, lovers, and numerous friends to contextualize the man’s character beyond his death and legacy.
-
-
Detailed!
- By Leslie B on 02-21-25
By: James B. Mills
-
The Kid
- By: Ron Hansen
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Born Henry McCarty, Billy the Kid was a diminutive, charming, blond-haired young man who, growing up in New York, Kansas, and later New Mexico, demonstrated a precocious dexterity at firing six-shooters with either hand - a skill that turned him into an American legend of the old West. He was smart, well spoken, attractive to both white and Mexican women, a good dancer, and a man with a nose for money, horses, and trouble. His spree of crimes and murders has been immortalized in dime Westerns, novels, and movies.
-
-
great listen
- By Travis on 10-24-16
By: Ron Hansen
-
Billy the Kid
- The Endless Ride
- By: Michael Wallis
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Award-winning historian Michael Wallis has spent several years re-creating the rich, anecdotal saga of Billy the Kid (1859-1881), a deeply mythologized young man who became a legend in his own time and yet remains an enigma to this day. With the Gilded Age in full swing and the Industrial Revolution reshaping the American landscape, "the Kid", who was gunned down by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the New Mexico Territory at the age of 21, became a new breed of celebrity outlaw.
-
-
Disappointing
- By MJTCPA on 07-30-11
By: Michael Wallis
-
Billy the Kid: An Autobiography
- The Story of Brushy Bill Roberts
- By: Daniel A. Edwards
- Narrated by: Barry Corbin
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In 1882, a notorious outlaw and a childhood friend of Billy the Kid was released from prison where he had been serving time for killing a Texas Ranger. His freedom finally secured, the outlaw disappeared and was never heard from again. Never, that is, until 1948, when he came out of hiding after almost 70 years. In the course of proving his identity to a court of law, the outlaw revealed that his friend Billy the Kid was not killed by Pat Garrett but was still alive even to that day.
-
-
so informative and vety detail oriented!
- By Taylor Tomberlin on 01-01-23
-
To Hell on a Fast Horse
- The Untold Story of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett
- By: Mark Lee Gardner
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat, Alan Sklar
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Billy the Kid - a.k.a. Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, and William Bonney - was a horse thief, cattle rustler, charismatic rogue, and cold-blooded killer. A superb shot, the Kid gunned down four men single-handedly and five others with the help of cronies. Two of his victims were Lincoln County, New Mexico, deputies, killed during the Kid's brazen daylight escape from the courthouse jail on April 28, 1881.
-
-
Great Listen
- By Susan Stilley on 10-06-21
By: Mark Lee Gardner
-
Red Dead's History
- A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past
- By: Tore C. Olsson
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption II, set in 1911 and 1899, are the most-played American history video games since The Oregon Trail. Beloved by millions, they’ve been widely acclaimed for their realism and attention to detail. But how do they fare as re-creations of history? In this engaging audiobook, award-winning American history professor Tore Olsson takes up that question and more.
-
-
Typical liberal rewrite
- By Chris Ingram on 08-09-24
By: Tore C. Olsson
-
Billy the Kid
- El Bandido Simpático
- By: James B. Mills
- Narrated by: Chaz Allen
- Length: 22 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
James B. Mills has left no stone unturned in his 20-year quest to tell the complete story of Billy the Kid. He explores the Kid’s disputable origins, his family’s migration from New York into the Southwest, and how he became an orphan, as well as his involvement in the Lincoln County War, his outlaw exploits, and his dealings with Governor Lew Wallace. Mills illuminates the Kid’s relationships with his enemies, lovers, and numerous friends to contextualize the man’s character beyond his death and legacy.
-
-
Detailed!
- By Leslie B on 02-21-25
By: James B. Mills
-
The Kid
- By: Ron Hansen
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Born Henry McCarty, Billy the Kid was a diminutive, charming, blond-haired young man who, growing up in New York, Kansas, and later New Mexico, demonstrated a precocious dexterity at firing six-shooters with either hand - a skill that turned him into an American legend of the old West. He was smart, well spoken, attractive to both white and Mexican women, a good dancer, and a man with a nose for money, horses, and trouble. His spree of crimes and murders has been immortalized in dime Westerns, novels, and movies.
-
-
great listen
- By Travis on 10-24-16
By: Ron Hansen
-
Tombstone
- The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell
- By: Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times best-selling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill. On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history. Thirty bullets were exchanged in 30 seconds, killing three men and wounding three others. The fight sprang forth from a tense, hot summer.
-
-
Great fun read, western history.
- By Dennis on 06-03-20
By: Tom Clavin
-
The Last Outlaws
- The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang
- By: Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Last Outlaws is the thrilling true story of the last of one of the greatest outlaw gang. The dreaded Dalton Gang consisted of three brothers and their rotating cast of colorful accomplices who saw themselves as descended from the legendary James brothers. They soon became legends themselves, beginning their career as common horse thieves before graduating to robbing banks and trains.
-
-
Long Way Around the Barn
- By B. Ireland on 12-12-23
By: Tom Clavin
-
Doc Holliday
- The Life and Legend
- By: Gary L. Roberts
- Narrated by: Arthur Flavell
- Length: 19 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend, the historian Gary Roberts takes aim at the most complex, perplexing, and paradoxical gunfighter of the Old West, drawing on more than 20 years of research - including new primary sources - in his quest to separate the life from the legend. Doc Holliday was a study in contrasts: the legendary gunslinger who made his living as a dentist; the emaciated consumptive whose very name struck fear in the hearts of his enemies
-
-
“Watch Tombstone?” You are an idiot
- By Richard on 05-02-20
By: Gary L. Roberts
-
Ride the Devil's Herd
- Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle Against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang
- By: John Boessenecker
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Wyatt Earp is regarded as the most famous lawman of the Old West, best known for his role in the Gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. But the story of his two-year war with a band of outlaws known as the Cowboys has never been told in full. The Cowboys were the largest outlaw gang in the history of the American West. After battles with the law in Texas and New Mexico, they shifted their operations to Arizona. There, they ruled the border, robbing, rustling, smuggling, and killing with impunity until they made the fatal mistake of tangling with the Earp brothers.
-
-
Tough Listen.
- By Nick on 05-15-20
-
The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid
- By: Pat F. Garrett
- Narrated by: Daniel Luna
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Reputed to have killed his first man at the age of 12, William Bonney went on to gun his way into Western legend as Billy the Kid. When he was finally shot himself at the age of 21, the Kid was famous throughout the country as the boy who, so he boasted, had killed a man for every year of his life. This is the story of William Bonney as told by the lawman who ended his notorious career.
-
-
well done except for the obvious patch ins.
- By Daddybomb on 08-13-18
By: Pat F. Garrett
-
Jesse James
- Last Rebel of the Civil War
- By: T. J. Stiles
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this brilliant biography T. J. Stiles offers a new understanding of the legendary outlaw Jesse James. Although he has often been portrayed as a Robin Hood of the old west, in this ground-breaking work Stiles places James within the context of the bloody conflicts of the Civil War to reveal a much more complicated and significant figure.
-
-
Borderline woke retelling of the era JJ live in
- By Rodney on 08-24-22
By: T. J. Stiles
Wonderful Story about Billy The Kid
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Excellent performance from the narrator, the story itself was well written
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.