
Draw Straight
A Western Sextet
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Narrated by:
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Traber Burns
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By:
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Louis L’Amour
About this listen
This collection of six exciting Western stories from early in Louis L’Amour’s career begins with “Fork Your Own Broncs”, in which Mac Marcy, who had saved for seven years to run his own small cattle ranch, sees his dream come true, only to have it threatened by Jingle Bob Kenyon.
In “Keep Travelin’, Rider”, Tack Gentry returns to Sunbonnet and his uncle’s G Bar Ranch only to find that his uncle, a Quaker, has been killed in a gunfight. A faction has moved in and run roughshod over the town and the ranches, including the G Bar.
In “McQueen of the Tumbling K”, ranch foreman Ward McQueen looks out for his boss, Ruth Kermitt. When Jim Yount shows up at the Tumbling K looking to buy cattle to stock worthless land he won in a poker game, McQueen can’t help but question his true intentions.
In “Four Card Draw”, Allen Ring wins the Red Rock Ranch in a poker game, but he soon finds that he has stepped into a hotbed of fear and danger; several years back, Sam Hazlitt was killed on the Red Rock, and his record book - which could discredit many of the ranchers - went missing.
In “Mistakes Can Kill You”, Johnny O’Day had accounted for six dead men by the time he turned 17. Close to death from pneumonia, he’s taken in by the Redlins. O’Day pays the family back by staying on and working, but now he must decide whether to leave or risk his life to save their biological son, Sam.
In “Showdown on the Tumbling T”, after two years in Mexico, Wat Bell runs into his cousin, whom he considers his best friend, only to learn he’s been blamed for the death of their uncle. Although his cousin offers to help, a series of events makes Bell suspect something much more sinister is going on.
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Bannon
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Rock Bannon, wounded in an Indian attack, is rescued by a wagon train heading to Oregon. He has fully recovered when the train pulls into a fort to stock up on supplies. It is there that the leaders of the train meet Morton Harper, a smooth-talking man who persuades them to take an easier trail that will allow them to escape an attack by Indians. Bannon knows that there will be no escape from attack on that route and that it will lead the train directly onto Hardy Bishop's vast ranching domain.
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good book
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Louis L'Amour was the most decorated author in the history of American letters and a recipient of the Medal of Freedom. Now collected here in a single book are several of Louis L'Amour's finest Western stories the way Mr. L'Amour wrote them. At the time Louis L'Amour was writing, it was common practice for editors to rewrite the manuscript to fit certain publishing criteria. The text of The Strong Land has been restored, and the stories within it appear as Mr. L'Amour intended.
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It was a big country needing big men!
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When beautiful Angelina Foley presents Tom Radigan with a Spanish grant and claims ownership of his land, he realizes he's up against a cunning and deadly opportunist. Foley wants him off Vache Creek immediately, and with 3,000 head of cattle, an outfit of hardcase gunfighters, and winter coming on, she is unwilling to take no for an answer.
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Action Packed - Exciting!
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Westward the Tide
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Never Disappointed!
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Clay Bell spent the last six years fighting Indians, rustlers, and the wilderness itself to make the B-Bar ranch the prize of the Deep Creek Range. But Jud Devitt, a ruthless speculator from the East, now threatens everything Clay has worked for. Devitt, holding a contract with the Mexican Central to deliver railroad ties, wants to harvest timber off the land where Clay grazes his cattle. Backing Devitt are shady politicians, a dishonest banker, and fifty of the toughest lumberjacks in the county.
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Great!
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The Empty Land
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For thousands of years, the lonely canyon knew only wind and rain, wild animals, and an occasional native hunter. Then a trapper found a chunk of gold, and everything changed overnight. In six days, a town called Confusion appeared... and on the seventh it could disappear, consumed by the flames of lawlessness and violence. On one side are those who understand only brute force. On the other are men who want law and order but are ready to use a noose to achieve their ends.
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One of L'Amour's best
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Fair Blows the Wind
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His father killed by the British and his home burned, young Tatton Chantry left Ireland to make his fortune and regain the land that was rightfully his. Schooled along the way in the use of arms, Chantry arrives in London a wiser and far more dangerous man. He invests in trading ventures, but on a voyage to the New World his party is attacked by Indians and he is marooned in the untamed wilderness of the Carolina coast. It is in this darkest time, when everything seems lost, that Chantry encounters a remarkable opportunity....
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A swashbuckling adventure
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The Key-Lock Man
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He had led the posse for miles through the desert, but now Matt Keelock was growing desperate. He was worried about Kristina. His trip to the town of Freedom for supplies had ended in a shootout. If caught he would hang. Even though Kris could handle a horse and rifle as well as most men, the possibility of Oskar Neerland's finding her made Matt's blood run cold. He knew the violent and obsessive Neerland, publicly embarrassed when Matt had stepped in and stolen Kris away, would try to kill them both if given half a chance.
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Hooked from the start.
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To Tame a Land
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Rye Tyler was 12 when his father was killed in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for books and an instinct for survival, Rye is schooled in the hard lessons of life in the West. But after killing a man, he is forced to leave his new home. He rides lonely mountain passes and works on dusty cattle drives until he finds a job breaking horses. Then he meets Liza Hetrick, and in her eyes he sees his future. After establishing himself as marshal of Alta, he returns, only to discover that Liza has been kidnapped.
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Always Good Listening!
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Adam Stark had found gold. In the confusion of the mesas and canyons near Rockinstraw Mountain, Stark, his wife, Consuelo, and his sister, Miriam, were quietly working a rich vein while keeping their presence a secret from raiding Apaches. Worried that his wife might leave him, Stark wanted to make enough money to take her to San Francisco, where she could enjoy the style of life she craved. But when Taggart, a stranger on the run from a vicious bounty hunter, enters their camp, tensions soon mount. Consuelo, against all good judgment, cannot resist testing Taggart.
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engaging!
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Majestically it rose from the icy waters, the gateway to the awesome wilderness of Alaska. Sitka drew all brand of adventurers, con men, criminals, and pioneers—men such as trail-tough, battle-hardened Jean LaBarge. He left the swamps of the Susquehanna behind for the rugged beauty—and deadly challenges—of this frozen frontier. But the empire-hungry Russians had already established a foothold in Sitka and they wouldn’t give it up without a fierce and treacherous struggle that stretched from San Francisco to the palaces of St. Petersburg.
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Brilliant
- By : ) on 05-12-25
By: Louis L'Amour
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Over on the Dry Side: A Novel
- Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, Oliver Wyman, Jason Culp
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The abandoned cabin seemed like a good place to settle down...except for the dead man in the front yard. But Doby Kernohan and his father had traveled a long way seeking a new start, and they were in no position to be choosy. Unfortunately, the mysterious man's violent end was an omen of darker events to come, for a cycle of violence that had begun long ago was about to reach an explosive conclusion. Caught in a tangle of murder, greed, and blood vengeance, the Kernohans have no choice but to get involved.
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Thought provoking western
- By Pedro Antonio Cartagena on 01-25-21
By: Louis L'Amour
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The Riders of High Rock
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Hopalong rode into cattle country just east of the California line looking for his old friend Red Connors. He found Red holed up in a mountain cave with a bullet in his side and a story to tell. The ranchers around Tascotal had been losing their stock, and when Red caught the rustlers in the act, they hunted him down, shot him, and left him for dead. Jack Bolt, a savage, ruthless killer, has brought in a tough band of hardcases to run his operation.
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Early Work
- By Lady M on 11-12-12
By: Louis L'Amour
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The Cherokee Trail
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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A woman ahead of her time, Mary Breydon knew how to get things done. Raised on a Virginia plantation, she learned how to care for livestock, respect her workers, and keep good books. But after her husband is killed, Mary must provide for her young daughter by running a stage coach station on the Cherokee Trail. With the help of an Irish maid and a mysterious stranger, Mary faces challenges that even the men eagerly anticipating her failure would have a difficult time overcoming.
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My wife's favorite Louis L'Amour's Story
- By Reed J. on 09-30-23
By: Louis L'Amour
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The Strong Land
- A Western Sextet
- By: Louis L’Amour, Jon Tuska - editor
- Narrated by: Traber Burns, Jim Meskimen, Mark Bramhall
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Louis L'Amour was the most decorated author in the history of American letters and a recipient of the Medal of Freedom. Now collected here in a single book are several of Louis L'Amour's finest Western stories the way Mr. L'Amour wrote them. At the time Louis L'Amour was writing, it was common practice for editors to rewrite the manuscript to fit certain publishing criteria. The text of The Strong Land has been restored, and the stories within it appear as Mr. L'Amour intended.
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It was a big country needing big men!
- By RJ on 01-17-22
By: Louis L’Amour, and others
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The Trail to Crazy Man
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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It was a land where nothing was small, nothing was simple. Everything, the lives of men and the stories they told, ran to extremes. Shanghaied into forced labor on a merchant vessel, Charles Rodney dies aboard ship from repeated beatings, but not before deeding part of his ranch to Rafe Caradec, whom he hopes will protect his family.
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NO ONCE DOES WESTERNS LIKE LOUIS LAMOUR
- By Gary on 12-05-11
By: Louis L'Amour
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The Iron Marshal
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Erik Singer
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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He was a tough enforcer for a New York gang. But when young Tom Shanaghy made one too many enemies, he skipped town on a fast-moving freight. He landed in a small Kansas town that had big dreams, no name, and the need for an honest lawman. Tom figured that a knuckle-and-skull man from Five Points would be perfect for the job. He didn't know that a high-stakes cattle drive was headed his way and that leading it was a vindictive rancher bent on settling an old score.
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A Triple Cross
- By Jean on 07-30-17
By: Louis L'Amour
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Trap of Gold & Hattan's Castle
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Dramatization
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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"Trap of Gold": Weatherton finds the dream of a lifetime, a vein richer in gold than he ever cared to imagine. He knew he had more than he needed, but he almost lost his senses - and his life - as the fever began to take control of him. "Hattan's Castle": Every plan Jim Daniels tries, including murder, fails to trick Bon Cado out of his glittering claim. Finally he sends his own lovely Cherry Creslin to tempt Cado into a false move.
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Excellent!
- By JPS on 01-10-21
By: Louis L'Amour
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Dutchman's Flat
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Chat Lock is trailed to his ranch by a posse who suspect him of shooting a man in the back in a barroom gun fight.
By: Louis L'Amour
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Bannon
- By: Louis L’Amour
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Rock Bannon, wounded in an Indian attack, is rescued by a wagon train heading to Oregon. He has fully recovered when the train pulls into a fort to stock up on supplies. It is there that the leaders of the train meet Morton Harper, a smooth-talking man who persuades them to take an easier trail that will allow them to escape an attack by Indians. Bannon knows that there will be no escape from attack on that route and that it will lead the train directly onto Hardy Bishop's vast ranching domain.
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good book
- By Anonymous User on 03-15-18
By: Louis L’Amour
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Man Riding West
- By: Jon Tuska, Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Tom Weiner
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Louis L'Amour said that the West was no place for the frightened or the mean. It was a "big country needing big men and women to live in it." This volume presents nine of L'Amour's ever-popular short stories - history that lives forever.
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Fine stories
- By Elvin C. Verett on 06-12-21
By: Jon Tuska, and others
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The Empty Land
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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For thousands of years, the lonely canyon knew only wind and rain, wild animals, and an occasional native hunter. Then a trapper found a chunk of gold, and everything changed overnight. In six days, a town called Confusion appeared... and on the seventh it could disappear, consumed by the flames of lawlessness and violence. On one side are those who understand only brute force. On the other are men who want law and order but are ready to use a noose to achieve their ends.
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One of L'Amour's best
- By Lifeisshort on 01-17-13
By: Louis L'Amour
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Fork Your Own Broncs (Dramatized)
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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When Mac Marcy got it into his head to run his own cattle ranch, he spent five long years working for Ben Tanner at the Bar 7 to save up enough money to do just that. His dream finally realized, Mac stakes his claim on a deserted ranch in a nearby valley, and rides over to say hello to his new neighbors at the Flying K. Thing is, Mac finds more than he bargained for in the owner's pretty daughter, Sally Kenyon, who seems eager to help him get started with his own place. What Mac hadn't counted on, though, was the jealous foreman at the Flying K, Vin Ricker, who had plans of his own where Sally and the Flying K were concerned.
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Anther Louis L'Amour nockoff
- By Shauna Bylund on 08-25-22
By: Louis L'Amour
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Big Medicine
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Christopher Crennen
- Length: 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Billy Dunbar is discovered and attacked by a band of Apaches while prospecting for gold with his two burros.
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Sounds like narrator is holding his nose
- By Rebecca Richardson on 05-15-25
By: Louis L'Amour
Each one is read by different readers, some better than others of course.
But all stories are excellent. Thanks
Good as usual
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Enjoyed!!
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Drawing Into A Pair
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Draw Straight
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great cowboy adventures in old west lore.
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Exciting Story Lines
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