PINTO!
Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History
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
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Buy for $14.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Brett Wilson
-
By:
-
M.J. Evans
About this listen
In 1912, four men, calling themselves the "Overland Westerners", decided fame and fortune awaited if they embarked on the longest horseback ride in history. Their goal was to visit all 48 state capitals over the course of three years and complete their journey at the San Francisco World's Fair on June 1, 1915. Facing rugged roads, raging rivers, thieves, and near starvation, the men went through seventeen horses. Only one horse completed the entire journey...Pinto, a little horse with a heart as big as the whole country! This is Pinto's account of his arduous adventure.
©2019 Dancing Horse Press (P)2021 SkyDance Mountain Audiobooks & Dancing Horse PressListeners also enjoyed...
-
Horse Brain, Human Brain
- The Neuroscience of Horsemanship
- By: Janet L. Jones
- Narrated by: Helena Harris
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this illuminating book, brain scientist and horsewoman Janet Jones describes human and equine brains working together. Using plain language, she explores the differences and similarities between equine and human ways of negotiating the world. Mental abilities—like seeing, learning, fearing, trusting, and focusing—are discussed from both human and horse perspectives. Throughout, true stories of horses and handlers attempting to understand each other—sometimes successfully, sometimes not—help to illustrate the principles.
-
-
a must read
- By likes to read on 07-06-23
By: Janet L. Jones
-
Jump
- Jump, Book 1
- By: Tiffany Noelle Chacon
- Narrated by: Shannon Vogt
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It’s been a year since college senior Mila Kozak watched her sister Anya’s tragic accident on course at a horse show. Since then, nothing has been the same. Her relationship with her sister is as shattered as Anya’s paralyzed body. Her boyfriend of two years dumped her out of the blue and, even though she’s doing everything she can to win him back, he won’t give her the time of day. And her favorite thing in the world—show jumping—is tainted by the crippling fear she’ll end up like Anya.
-
-
Highly recommend
- By Dawna C. on 06-15-24
-
Impelled
- The Impelled Series, Book 1
- By: Sarah Welk Baynum
- Narrated by: Naomi Rose-Mock
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For twenty-two year old Emma Walker, there is one thing that has been at the center of her world since the age of twelve: Horses. As Emma tries to balance a job, her last year of college, and the fallout of a bad breakup, she is thankful for the escape being at the barn around horses still brings her in adulthood. Despite torn feelings of guilt for being drawn to a new horse after the death of her first horse, Emma finds she has an undeniable connection to a chestnut mare named Valentine and begins training the mare to compete in the sport of show-jumping.
-
-
I loved this book!
- By Laura M Burkley on 09-24-23
-
Forever Home
- How We Turned Our House into a Haven for Abandoned, Abused, and Misunderstood Dogs—and Each Other
- By: Ron Danta, Danny Robertshaw, Larry Lindner
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Danny & Ron’s Dog Rescue is an organization like no other. Because an abused or neglected dog can only recover and learn to trust again when it is in a loving home, Danny and Ron decided to open their doors. Danny and Ron treat each neglected, abused, and misunderstood animal like a member of the family; the dogs eat organic food from their own bowls and are even allowed to sleep in the bed.
-
-
The most amazing story
- By Jan B. on 11-09-23
By: Ron Danta, and others
-
The Last Diving Horse in America
- Rescuing Gamal and Other Animals - Lessons in Living and Loving
- By: Cynthia A. Branigan
- Narrated by: Cynthia A. Branigan
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The rescue of the last diving horse in America and the inspiring story of how horse and animal rescuer were each profoundly transformed by the other—from the award-winning animal rescuer of retired racing greyhounds and author of the best-selling Adopting the Racing Greyhound.
-
-
All animals lovers, must read this book!
- By Jessica Kerr on 11-18-21
-
A Land Remembered
- By: Patrick D. Smith
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this best-selling novel, Patrick D. Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias MacIvey arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that the land has been exploited far beyond human need.
-
-
Excellent historical tale
- By Boysmom on 04-10-15
By: Patrick D. Smith
-
Horse Brain, Human Brain
- The Neuroscience of Horsemanship
- By: Janet L. Jones
- Narrated by: Helena Harris
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this illuminating book, brain scientist and horsewoman Janet Jones describes human and equine brains working together. Using plain language, she explores the differences and similarities between equine and human ways of negotiating the world. Mental abilities—like seeing, learning, fearing, trusting, and focusing—are discussed from both human and horse perspectives. Throughout, true stories of horses and handlers attempting to understand each other—sometimes successfully, sometimes not—help to illustrate the principles.
-
-
a must read
- By likes to read on 07-06-23
By: Janet L. Jones
-
Jump
- Jump, Book 1
- By: Tiffany Noelle Chacon
- Narrated by: Shannon Vogt
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It’s been a year since college senior Mila Kozak watched her sister Anya’s tragic accident on course at a horse show. Since then, nothing has been the same. Her relationship with her sister is as shattered as Anya’s paralyzed body. Her boyfriend of two years dumped her out of the blue and, even though she’s doing everything she can to win him back, he won’t give her the time of day. And her favorite thing in the world—show jumping—is tainted by the crippling fear she’ll end up like Anya.
-
-
Highly recommend
- By Dawna C. on 06-15-24
-
Impelled
- The Impelled Series, Book 1
- By: Sarah Welk Baynum
- Narrated by: Naomi Rose-Mock
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For twenty-two year old Emma Walker, there is one thing that has been at the center of her world since the age of twelve: Horses. As Emma tries to balance a job, her last year of college, and the fallout of a bad breakup, she is thankful for the escape being at the barn around horses still brings her in adulthood. Despite torn feelings of guilt for being drawn to a new horse after the death of her first horse, Emma finds she has an undeniable connection to a chestnut mare named Valentine and begins training the mare to compete in the sport of show-jumping.
-
-
I loved this book!
- By Laura M Burkley on 09-24-23
-
Forever Home
- How We Turned Our House into a Haven for Abandoned, Abused, and Misunderstood Dogs—and Each Other
- By: Ron Danta, Danny Robertshaw, Larry Lindner
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Danny & Ron’s Dog Rescue is an organization like no other. Because an abused or neglected dog can only recover and learn to trust again when it is in a loving home, Danny and Ron decided to open their doors. Danny and Ron treat each neglected, abused, and misunderstood animal like a member of the family; the dogs eat organic food from their own bowls and are even allowed to sleep in the bed.
-
-
The most amazing story
- By Jan B. on 11-09-23
By: Ron Danta, and others
-
The Last Diving Horse in America
- Rescuing Gamal and Other Animals - Lessons in Living and Loving
- By: Cynthia A. Branigan
- Narrated by: Cynthia A. Branigan
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The rescue of the last diving horse in America and the inspiring story of how horse and animal rescuer were each profoundly transformed by the other—from the award-winning animal rescuer of retired racing greyhounds and author of the best-selling Adopting the Racing Greyhound.
-
-
All animals lovers, must read this book!
- By Jessica Kerr on 11-18-21
-
A Land Remembered
- By: Patrick D. Smith
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this best-selling novel, Patrick D. Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias MacIvey arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that the land has been exploited far beyond human need.
-
-
Excellent historical tale
- By Boysmom on 04-10-15
By: Patrick D. Smith
-
Travels with Charley in Search of America
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Gary Sinise
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In September 1960, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America, from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases. Travels with Charley is animated by Steinbeck’s attention to the specific details of the natural world and his sense of how the lives of people are intimately connected to the rhythms of nature—to weather, geography, the cycles of the seasons. His keen ear for the transactions among people is evident, too, as he records the interests and obsessions that preoccupy the Americans he encounters along the way.
-
-
Gary Sinise is fantastic!
- By C. Wilson on 01-11-17
By: John Steinbeck
-
Father and I Were Ranchers
- Little Britches # 1
- By: Ralph Moody
- Narrated by: Cameron Beierle
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Moody family moves from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Experience the pleasures and perils of ranching in 20th Century America, through the eyes of a youngster.
-
-
Very dissappointed , too much cussing.
- By Lovelessnomore on 05-29-15
By: Ralph Moody
-
Hard Country
- A Novel
- By: Michael McGarrity
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
National best-selling author and New Mexico native Michael McGarrity takes listeners to the wild territory of the late 19th-century American Southwest for this epic tale. After the deaths of his wife and brother, John Kerney gives up his West Texas ranch and heads south in search of a new home. Soon Kerney is offered work trailing cattle to the New Mexico Territory - a job that will forever change his life.
-
-
Hard Country lives up to it's title.
- By mar on 12-14-12
-
The Women in Pants: Sidesaddle No More
- By: Stan Himes
- Narrated by: Austenne Grey
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A sheltered ranch wife and her friends trade their dresses for workpants to take on the rigors of a cattle drive - but the challenges are even greater than they imagined. Will they overcome with hearts and humor intact? Will they survive at all?
-
-
More please
- By E. on 12-13-22
By: Stan Himes
-
Calder Brand
- By: Janet Dailey
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ambition drove Joe Dollarhide across the parched plains from Fort Sam Houston to Dodge City. One day, he was determined to have a spread every bit as vast and impressive as his employer's. But when a wild stampede separates him from the cattle drive, it is survival that keeps him going when most would have given up. Survival and a burning need to settle the score with Benteen Calder, the cattle boss he used to worship, the man who left him for dead.
-
-
Captivating
- By Blake Bassett on 07-27-24
By: Janet Dailey
-
The Ride of Her Life
- The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
- By: Elizabeth Letts
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Letts, Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In 1954, 63-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins embarked on an impossible journey. She had no money and no family, she had just lost her farm, and her doctor had given her only two years to live. But Annie wanted to see the Pacific Ocean before she died. She ignored her doctor’s advice to move into the county charity home. Instead, she bought a cast-off brown gelding named Tarzan, donned men’s dungarees, and headed south in mid-November, hoping to beat the snow.
-
-
Not sure….
- By BeagleMom on 06-14-21
By: Elizabeth Letts
-
This House of Sky
- Landscapes of a Western Mind
- By: Ivan Doig
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A nominee for the National Book Award, Ivan Doig's brilliant memoir shares the experiences and culture that shaped his early years and made him fall in love with the West. From his childhood in a family of homesteaders through the death of his mother and his move to Montana to herd sheep, Doig shows his intimate connection with the American West.
-
-
Early work by a favorite author
- By Doggy Bird on 09-06-14
By: Ivan Doig
-
The Mare and the Mouse
- Stories of My Horses Vol. I
- By: Martín Prechtel
- Narrated by: Martín Prechtel
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Beautiful and hilarious, tearful and rambunctious, very real, ironic, and magic-filled, Martín Prechtel’s book The Mare and the Mouse is a series of lyrical sagas in tribute to each of the native New Mexican horses that carried him through his youth on the Reservation and then again during the difficult times following his return home after over a decade in the Mayan Highlands of Guatemala.
-
-
From the Horse’s mouth!
- By RF on 01-02-23
By: Martín Prechtel
-
A Good Horse Is Never a Bad Color
- Tales of Training Through Communication and Trust - 2nd Edition, Revised & Updated
- By: Mark Rashid
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In A Good Horse Is Never a Bad Color, Mark Rashid continues to share his talent for training horses through communication rather than force. Rashid uses humorous, feel-good stories to relate his techniques of teaching horses by examining their view of the world. This book is a must-have for compassionate horse trainers and owners. Tales of Arabs, appaloosas, and paints - mistrusted and mistreated because of their breed - will give listeners a new perspective on these breeds and others.
-
-
Open your mind and let this sink in.
- By Barbara on 03-20-16
By: Mark Rashid
-
Riding Freedom
- By: Pam Munoz Ryan
- Narrated by: Melissa Hughes
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Charlotte Parkhurst was raised in the mid-1800s and was expected to live her life without the freedoms she dreamed of. But Charlotte was smart and determined, and she figured out a way to live her life the way she wanted; Charlotte became an expert horse rider, a legendary stagecoach driver, and the first woman ever to vote—at a time when such things were outlawed for women.
-
-
Great book!
- By M. Torrero on 02-07-19
By: Pam Munoz Ryan
-
Hewey Calloway Trilogy Bundle (Dramatized Adaptation)
- By: Elmer Kelton
- Narrated by: Bobby Aselford, Catherine Aselford, Christopher Graybill, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 40 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Hewey Calloway is between a rock and a hard place: The open range and simple life of his childhood are disappearing. He can't live a cowboy life whose time has passed and he's not ready yet for the new challenges of the 20th century, like automobiles, telephones, and barbed wire fences. He and his friends, all of them good old boys, must learn that even the best choices involve some kind of sacrifice.
-
-
Dislike
- By Jimmy Reynolds on 05-11-24
By: Elmer Kelton
-
Freddy Goes to Florida
- By: Walter Brooks
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The barnyard animals are tired of being cold in the winter. Since Farmer Bean doesn't have enough money to patch the holes in the barn or heat the chicken coop, they are migrating to Florida for the winter. Travelling to the beat of Freddy the pig's funny songs, they meet with one adventure after another. They find gold treasure to take home to Farmer Bean in the spring. Florida is fun, except for the time when alligators try to eat them for lunch.
-
-
Good clean fun for kids; not bad for adults either
- By Veronica on 09-21-10
By: Walter Brooks
Critic reviews
"A forgotten piece of Americana brought to vivid life." (Kirkus Review)
"PINTO! deserves a spot on the reading lists of not only young, horse-crazy readers, but adults who like horse tales ala Black Beauty." (Diane Donovan for Midwest Book Reviews)
Related to this topic
-
Hard Country
- A Novel
- By: Michael McGarrity
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
National best-selling author and New Mexico native Michael McGarrity takes listeners to the wild territory of the late 19th-century American Southwest for this epic tale. After the deaths of his wife and brother, John Kerney gives up his West Texas ranch and heads south in search of a new home. Soon Kerney is offered work trailing cattle to the New Mexico Territory - a job that will forever change his life.
-
-
Hard Country lives up to it's title.
- By mar on 12-14-12
-
The Hearts of Horses
- A Novel
- By: Molly Gloss
- Narrated by: Renée Raudman
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The irresistible tale of 19-year-old Martha Lessen, a female horse whisperer trying to make a go of it in a man's world. It was thought that the only way to break a horse was to buck the wild out of it, and broken ribs and tough falls just went with the job. But over several long, hard winter months, many of the townsfolk in this remote county of eastern Oregon witness Martha's way of talking in low, sweet tones to horses believed beyond repair---and getting miraculous, almost immediate results.
-
-
Simple, Honest, Wonderful
- By Julie W. Capell on 11-08-09
By: Molly Gloss
-
Riding Freedom
- By: Pam Munoz Ryan
- Narrated by: Melissa Hughes
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Charlotte Parkhurst was raised in the mid-1800s and was expected to live her life without the freedoms she dreamed of. But Charlotte was smart and determined, and she figured out a way to live her life the way she wanted; Charlotte became an expert horse rider, a legendary stagecoach driver, and the first woman ever to vote—at a time when such things were outlawed for women.
-
-
Great book!
- By M. Torrero on 02-07-19
By: Pam Munoz Ryan
-
In the Middle Are the Horsemen
- By: Tik Maynard
- Narrated by: Tik Maynard
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In 2008, 26-year-old Tik Maynard faced a crossroads not unlike that of other young adults. A university graduate and modern pentathlete, he suffered both a career-ending injury and a painful breakup, leaving him suddenly adrift. The son of prominent Canadian equestrians, Maynard decided to spend the next year as a "working student." In the horse industry, working students aspire to become professional riders or trainers, and willingly trade labor for hands-on education.
-
-
All about the Journey
- By Kindle Customer on 11-28-22
By: Tik Maynard
-
Father and I Were Ranchers
- Little Britches # 1
- By: Ralph Moody
- Narrated by: Cameron Beierle
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Moody family moves from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Experience the pleasures and perils of ranching in 20th Century America, through the eyes of a youngster.
-
-
Very dissappointed , too much cussing.
- By Lovelessnomore on 05-29-15
By: Ralph Moody
-
The Virginian
- By: Owen Wister
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Owen Wister’s The Virginian pre-dates the classic novels of Zane Grey and Max Brand and is considered by many to be the original Western. Dedicated to Wister’s friend and fellow outdoorsman Theodore Roosevelt, this timeless tale almost single-handedly established the cowboy archetype in literature. A quiet, noble foreman of a Wyoming cattle ranch in the 1870s, the Virginian falls for pretty schoolteacher Molly Wood. But when a rival suitor challenges his honor, the Virginian struggles to make his beloved Molly understand the harsh justice of the West.
-
-
What a Stunning Surprise this novel is!
- By Chiwiz on 09-04-12
By: Owen Wister
-
Hard Country
- A Novel
- By: Michael McGarrity
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
National best-selling author and New Mexico native Michael McGarrity takes listeners to the wild territory of the late 19th-century American Southwest for this epic tale. After the deaths of his wife and brother, John Kerney gives up his West Texas ranch and heads south in search of a new home. Soon Kerney is offered work trailing cattle to the New Mexico Territory - a job that will forever change his life.
-
-
Hard Country lives up to it's title.
- By mar on 12-14-12
-
The Hearts of Horses
- A Novel
- By: Molly Gloss
- Narrated by: Renée Raudman
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The irresistible tale of 19-year-old Martha Lessen, a female horse whisperer trying to make a go of it in a man's world. It was thought that the only way to break a horse was to buck the wild out of it, and broken ribs and tough falls just went with the job. But over several long, hard winter months, many of the townsfolk in this remote county of eastern Oregon witness Martha's way of talking in low, sweet tones to horses believed beyond repair---and getting miraculous, almost immediate results.
-
-
Simple, Honest, Wonderful
- By Julie W. Capell on 11-08-09
By: Molly Gloss
-
Riding Freedom
- By: Pam Munoz Ryan
- Narrated by: Melissa Hughes
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Charlotte Parkhurst was raised in the mid-1800s and was expected to live her life without the freedoms she dreamed of. But Charlotte was smart and determined, and she figured out a way to live her life the way she wanted; Charlotte became an expert horse rider, a legendary stagecoach driver, and the first woman ever to vote—at a time when such things were outlawed for women.
-
-
Great book!
- By M. Torrero on 02-07-19
By: Pam Munoz Ryan
-
In the Middle Are the Horsemen
- By: Tik Maynard
- Narrated by: Tik Maynard
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In 2008, 26-year-old Tik Maynard faced a crossroads not unlike that of other young adults. A university graduate and modern pentathlete, he suffered both a career-ending injury and a painful breakup, leaving him suddenly adrift. The son of prominent Canadian equestrians, Maynard decided to spend the next year as a "working student." In the horse industry, working students aspire to become professional riders or trainers, and willingly trade labor for hands-on education.
-
-
All about the Journey
- By Kindle Customer on 11-28-22
By: Tik Maynard
-
Father and I Were Ranchers
- Little Britches # 1
- By: Ralph Moody
- Narrated by: Cameron Beierle
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Moody family moves from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Experience the pleasures and perils of ranching in 20th Century America, through the eyes of a youngster.
-
-
Very dissappointed , too much cussing.
- By Lovelessnomore on 05-29-15
By: Ralph Moody
-
The Virginian
- By: Owen Wister
- Narrated by: Jack Garrett
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Owen Wister’s The Virginian pre-dates the classic novels of Zane Grey and Max Brand and is considered by many to be the original Western. Dedicated to Wister’s friend and fellow outdoorsman Theodore Roosevelt, this timeless tale almost single-handedly established the cowboy archetype in literature. A quiet, noble foreman of a Wyoming cattle ranch in the 1870s, the Virginian falls for pretty schoolteacher Molly Wood. But when a rival suitor challenges his honor, the Virginian struggles to make his beloved Molly understand the harsh justice of the West.
-
-
What a Stunning Surprise this novel is!
- By Chiwiz on 09-04-12
By: Owen Wister
-
Shawgo
- By: Dusty Rhodes
- Narrated by: Gene Engene
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the early 1870's, the young state of Texas was struggling to survive. Its vast, undeveloped land of over 260 thousand square miles became a haven for the lawless. Murderers, rustlers and renegade bands of hostile Indians and Comanchero roamed the vast wastelands of west Texas with only a narrow river separating them from the sanctuary of Mexico. One group of dedicated lawmen stood between this element and the law-abiding citizenry - the Texas Rangers. This is the story of one of those men.
-
-
Good western
- By Jean on 06-28-12
By: Dusty Rhodes
-
Falling from Horses
- By: Molly Gloss
- Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
>In 1938, 19-year-old cowboy Bud Frazer sets his sights on becoming a stunt rider in the movies. Fantasizing about rubbing shoulders with the great screen cowboys of his youth, he leaves his home in Echol Creek, Oregon, and heads for Hollywood. On the long bus ride south, Bud meets a young woman who also harbors dreams of making it in the movies, though not as a starlet but as a writer, a real writer.
-
-
Good
- By MJ Strub on 10-26-23
By: Molly Gloss
-
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
- By: John R. Erickson
- Narrated by: John R. Erickson
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. Guts, glory, danger, and sacrifice are all in a day's work for Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security. While investigating a murder on the ranch, Hank finds himself the number-one suspect.
-
-
Hank: a timeless chuckle for families everywhere.
- By The Super-duper Amazing Silver Golem on 03-16-16
By: John R. Erickson
-
Bearstone
- By: Will Hobbs
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Growing up without parents and without schooling, 14-year-old Cloyd is trouble - trouble to himself and everyone else. Sent by his tribe to a home for Indian boys, he is alone and half-wild in remote Utah canyons. As his feeling of isolation turns to desperation, he runs away to find even more trouble. When Cloyd is found and taken to live with an old rancher, he begins to explore the countryside.
-
-
Too much swearing
- By C. M. on 05-15-23
By: Will Hobbs
-
This House of Sky
- Landscapes of a Western Mind
- By: Ivan Doig
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A nominee for the National Book Award, Ivan Doig's brilliant memoir shares the experiences and culture that shaped his early years and made him fall in love with the West. From his childhood in a family of homesteaders through the death of his mother and his move to Montana to herd sheep, Doig shows his intimate connection with the American West.
-
-
Early work by a favorite author
- By Doggy Bird on 09-06-14
By: Ivan Doig
-
Rough Magic
- Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
- By: Lara Prior-Palmer
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At the age of 19, Lara Prior-Palmer discovered a website devoted to "the world's longest, toughest horse race" - an annual competition of endurance and skill that involves dozens of riders racing a series of 25 wild ponies across 1,000 kilometers of Mongolian grassland. On a whim, she decided to enter the race. Riders often spend years preparing to compete in the Mongol Derby, and many fail to finish. Rough Magic captures the extraordinary story of one young woman who forged ahead, against all odds, to become the first female winner of this breathtaking race.
-
-
Interesting Story - Self Absorbed Author
- By Chris on 06-11-19
-
Horse People
- Scenes from the Riding Life
- By: Michael Korda
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Best-selling author Michael Korda's Horse People is the story - sometimes hilariously funny, sometimes sad and moving, always shrewdly observed - of a lifetime love affair with horses, and of the bonds that have linked humans with horses for more than 10,000 years. It is filled with intimate portraits of the kind of people, rich or poor, Eastern or Western, famous or humble, whose lives continue to revolve around the horse. Korda is a terrific storyteller, and his book is intensely personal and seductive, a joy for everyone who loves horses.
-
-
good yarn for nag lovers
- By bj bell on 03-27-21
By: Michael Korda
-
The Long Trail
- McCabes Series, Book 1
- By: Brad Dennison
- Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Long Trail is the first book in the best-selling series about the McCabes, a family building a ranch in the rugged wilderness of post-Civil War Montana, and of a young man seeking his family and his destiny.
-
-
Enjoyable but huge errors in narration
- By JG on 08-27-21
By: Brad Dennison
-
The Log of a Cowboy
- A Narrative of the Old Trail Days
- By: Andy Adams
- Narrated by: Michael Martin Murphey
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At the young age of 16, Andy Adams left his San Antonio home to follow his dream of becoming a cowboy. Going on long drives with some of the 19th century's hardiest cowboys, he learned his trade through many adventurous years of trial and error. This account of his true experiences includes dusty cattle drives, brandings, stampedes, dangerous river crossings, and remarkable encounters with the Blackfoot, Oglala, and Platte Indian tribes.
-
-
The Real West Portrayed By One Who Was There
- By Grits on 04-20-12
By: Andy Adams
-
The Legend of Bass Reeves
- Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Cowboy stories and movies about the Wild West are full of amazing characters. Yet many of the lawmen we think of as heroes were anything but - some were violent scoundrels and outlaws themselves. Among all the lawmen of the frontier, one man stands out as a true hero: Bass Reeves. In his day, Bass Reeves was the most successful federal marshal in the United States. True to the mythical code of the West, he never drew his gun first. He rounded up hundreds of outlaws and was shot at countless times but was never hit. Bass Reeves was born into slavery.
-
-
Real hero of the Wild West
- By Michael Wood on 02-11-15
By: Gary Paulsen
-
Big Bend
- A Homesteader's Story
- By: J.O. Langford
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
To the wild and fabulous country where the Rio Grande makes its big bend, J. O. Langford came in 1909 with his wife and daughter in search of health and a home. High on a bluff overlooking the spot where Tornillo Creek pours its waters into the turbulent Rio Grande, the Langfords built their home, a rude structure of adobe blocks in a land reputed to be inhabited only by bandits and rattlesnakes. Big Bend is the story of the Langfords' life in the rugged and spectacularly beautiful country which they came to call their own.
-
-
Great historical read!!
- By chaoticangel38 on 06-03-19
By: J.O. Langford
-
Shadow on the Mesa
- By: Lee Martin
- Narrated by: Gene Engene
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Wes Montana's Arapaho mother is murdered‚ the hired gun discovers his white father, Ray Eastman‚ who had abandoned them before Wes was born‚ is still alive‚ wealthy with family‚ and may have ordered her death. Swearing vengeance on his own father‚ Wes yet finds himself on his father's side in the middle of a range war fueled by Eastman's unfaithful wife.
-
-
Good Western
- By Lady M on 01-18-17
By: Lee Martin