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Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears

Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of the Wild West

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Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears

By: Matthew P. Mayo
Narrated by: James Romick
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The romance of the West is built on an endless armature of shootouts and train robberies, cowboys versus Indians, white hat versus black, and everybody versus the wilderness. From John Colter's harrowing escape from the Blackfeet to Hugh Glass' six-week crawl to civilization after a grizzly attack, from Custer's final moments to John Wesley Powell's treacherous run through the rapids of the Grand Canyon, Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears takes the top 50 wildest episodes in the region's history and presents them to the listener in one convenient, narrative-driven package.

©2009 Matthew P. Mayo (P)2020 Tantor Americas State & Local True Crime United States Exciting Native American Biographies
Captivating Historical Stories • Authentic Western Atmosphere • Great Narration • Interesting Frontier Tales
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Lots of raw grit, hangings, beevs and bears. Good stories that seem to have some historical backing.

Fast and fun

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I loved all the different stories of the old west. Many were very gruesome and disturbing but it was educational. I also liked that they were all pretty short. He just told the story and moved on. Also appreciated that it was just the story with the facts or the believed facts. No political prosletyzing that some authors like to do.

Very interesting stories. A bit gruesome.

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This was an enjoyable but somewhat shallow set of vignettes taken throughout the American frontier "wild west" period. I think if I were curating such tales I might have opted for more of gold rush California, the western campaign in the ACW, and more Native American stories, at the cost of leaving out a few bear maulings. At least five percent of this book is about grizzly bear attacks, so their prominent place in the title is not misleading.

The voice acting is decent, but the performer does often resort to a sort of diaphragm heavy "old gruff prospector" voice, that sounds like he might be stranded on the privy.

The account of the Fetterman fight is fairly inaccurate and has been widely debunked, However Bass Reeves actually gets the respect and admiration he richly deserves as an unsung hero of that time period.

A good entry level primer

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I really enjoyed this audible. It had a lot of short stories that were interesting. A nice, easy listen.

Pretty damn cool

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I’m not big on anthologies, but I have to say this was perfect bite-size stories filled with adventure and detail. I know it’s not a long review but in my “non-spoiler” style I can say each story was captivating. I grew up with the old West. My grandmother loved Louis l’Amour and love to watch country shows and movies on TV so this was a bit of homage to that. I think she would’ve really enjoyed this book.

Great Bits of History

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This is the first time I’ve felt like I needed to submit a review.
Very entertaining trip through the history of the American west, covering nearly all of the 1800’s.

The stories are quick, entertaining, and memorable. Narrator does a great job and sounds like a gruff cowboy who’d be telling these stories over a campfire along a cattle trail.

Very well done.

Entertaining trip through western history

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Short story’s so if one you don’t like give few and another will come along . I would say well did by author and the performance given by the voice actor was very good . Over all worth the time and money.

Good n fast

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This book was super fascinating hearing the lives of frontiersmen. It reminds me a lot of the red dead redemption games. If you enjoy any of those games, this is your book.

Great Stories of the Old West

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Loved the historical accuracy about very interesting stories that are not taught in school.
some were funny, some sad but all were entertaining

Very quick pace of each story.

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This is a really good listen. Very interesting story’s of mountain men and frontier Americans with out being too dry and still giving accurate information.

If you like history this is a great listen

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