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  • Fair Blows the Wind

  • A Novel
  • By: Louis L'Amour
  • Narrated by: John Keating
  • Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (775 ratings)

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Fair Blows the Wind

By: Louis L'Amour
Narrated by: John Keating
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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....

Suddenly all his dreams are within reach: extraordinary wealth, his family land, and the heart of a Peruvian beauty. But first he must survive Indians, pirates, and a rogue swordsman who has vowed to see him dead.

©1978 Louis L'Amour (P)2018 Random House Audio
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Wonderful Classic

Absolutely LaAmour at his finest. Keating narrates in an amazing way, building all the characters and brogues in great detail.

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1st experience

loved it great narration read the book myself but this was masterfully done. I recommend this to anyone who like a 1500s piratey adventure great narration

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one of his best

second only to book 2 of the sackett series. I hung on to every chapter

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loved it

loved it and all his books I have read. look forward to reading them all

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Awesome audio book!!

I read this book years ago so hearing the audio was great. No one can write like Louis Lamour. The narrator was really good and brought the story to life. Enjoyed it so much!!

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great book

I started it and then I got another book and I got into that but I came back to this and I really listened it's a wonderful story. kind of reminded me of my life and I was not one for getting a job and if I needed money I found a way to make it. and like this man I did all kinds of things anything I could do to make a living on the street. and do it honestly as much as honestly allows you to do. and Justice him I have wound up well in my life I fought wars I've been in real tight spots and lived through it I spent a lot of time on the sea.
and similar to him I have been with rogues. the very wealthy and just very poor people... such as John f Kennedy was at my birth I've known him all my life he built me a career in the military when it became president.
for that military career I became a mercenary soldier. and I did many things.
the man in this story was much like me. it's an excellent book and you should read it or listen to it... cuz my life was very similar to this man's life. and the people that I know this time right now. their life is much like that I'm a sailor I live on the sea but I get into land adventures. this is by far one of the better books in my life I will remember it forever and I just turned 80 years old.
the one thing to note in Ojai California which I lived for quite a while a wonderful small town of artists and very well educated people.. THE LIBRARY HAS A ROOM THAT'S ABOUT 10 FT CALLED THE LOUIE L'AMOUR ROOM AND FROM 4:00 TO CEILING ON ALL FOUR WALLS ARE BOOKS WRITTEN BY HIM AND THERE ARE COMFORTABLE THERE'S TWO COMFORTABLE CHAIRS IN THERE THAT WOULD BE IN THE FRONT ROOM OF YOUR HOUSE.. AND THERE ARE PANELS BETWEEN THE ROWS OF BOOKS WITH PICTURES AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAN. LOUIS L'AMOUR LIVED IN THE TIME OF THE BOOKS HE WROTE ABOUT SO THEY'RE NOT JUST FICTION. HE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THE TIME OF THE BOOK SAID HE WROTE AND HE EXPERIENCED WHAT HE WROTE ABOUT HE JUST DID NOT MAKE IT UP ON HIS OWN HE WROTE HIS BOOKS FROM HIS OWN EXPERIENCES.. IT'S A VERY GREAT MAN AN EXCELLENT WRITER AND EVERYTHING HE WROTE IS REALLY GREAT AND YOU CAN SPEND YOUR LIFE READING HIS BOOKS JUST LIKE HE SPENT HIS LIFE WRITING THEM

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The book is very good

I liked the book. But the narrator was hard to follow. I didn’t like his rhythm it threw me off the entire book. The transition between characters was confusing sometimes. I didn’t like the performance.although great voice and accent.

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On par with The Walking Drum

Believable high adventurer with fascinating historical details, and a nice narration. My favorite was the passage early in the book. “Am I not Irish…”

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Excellent!

John Keating is an excellent narrator! I enjoyed listening while I worked in the kitchen -- makes ordinary work an adventure!

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BEAUTIFUL!!!

Beautifully written and narrated. Truly loved it and John Keating absolutely brought it to life. Thank you!!!

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