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A Ralph Compton Novel
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Odd man out.
The prequel to The Hunted!
Big for his age, young and impressionable drifter Charlie Chilton is taken in by the gruff leader of a gang of small-time crooks and ne'er do wells who sees something of himself in kindly, wayward Charlie. But Grady Haskell, ambitious ruffian with a shady past, soon joins the gang, convincing Charlie's friends to pursue a big score.
Charlie fails to thwart the crime, and the heist turns bloody. As the only gang member caught alive, Big Charlie will soon swing for the crimes. He makes a daring escape, determined to track down Haskell and the gang and prove his innocence. Hot on Charlie's heels, a mysterious marshal and a posse of angry townsmen track him into the High Sierras, far to the north. Weaponless and with a vicious winter storm closing in, Big Charlie must find the killers and thieves before the seething posse turns vigilante and hangs him high.
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In 1848, Dooley Monahan, son of struggling Iowa pioneers, went off to to pick up a new milk cow. Young Dooley never came home. Now, nearly three decades later, Dooley Monahan has become an accidental legend, managing to plant a bullet in the chest of a dangerous outlaw. All Dooley really wants is to claim his reward at a bank in Phoenix and make his way north to a gold strike he read about in a newspaper.
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this is his worst book
- By Kindle Customer on 12-21-24
By: William W. Johnstone, and others
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The Return of the Wolf
- By: Larry D. Sweazy
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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Josiah Wolfe quits the Texas Rangers and returns home to find himself in the middle of a family feud. The Langdons and the Halversons have been fighting over land as the townfolk fled after losing out on a railroad junction. Morris Langdon has vowed revenge on Josiah and the Texas Rangers for the hanging of his older brother. The Halverson family holds a grudge against Josiah for leaving with their young grandson. The Texas Rangers are called in to end the feud after the county sheriff is murdered.
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I hope this is not the last of the Wolf series
- By Texas Rex on 08-02-23
By: Larry D. Sweazy
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Branson Hawk: United States Marshal: Wichita Connection
- Branson Hawk: United States Marshal Series, Book 1
- By: Randall Dale
- Narrated by: Scott Miller
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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This series opens with an attempt on Marshal Hawk's life by an unknown gunman, along with a mysterious telegram from Wichita, written to the would-be killer, and a second telegram with the name of Hawk's sworn enemy, Deputy James Cartwell, on it as another target for assassination. Wichita holds memories for both of the targets of the "hit," and even though they hate each other, they reluctantly join forces to hunt down the person who ordered the hit on them.
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Predictable, corny, horrible narration
- By Lee on 02-20-25
By: Randall Dale
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The Loner
- The Devil's Badland
- By: J.A. Johnstone
- Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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J. A. Johnstone - niece and former writing partner of the late Western legend William W. Johnstone - carries on her uncle’s legacy with this second book from her Loner series. After his wife is murdered, Conrad “Kid Morgan” Browning hunts down the men responsible - then visits his wife’s grave in New Mexico. There, he is shocked to discover his ex-fiancée waiting for him - along with armed backup.
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Slow, Obvious and not in the tradition of W.W.J.
- By Michael J Foley on 06-23-11
By: J.A. Johnstone
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Go West, Young Man
- By: J.A. Johnstone, William W. Johnstone
- Narrated by: Chris Henry Coffey
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
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Missouri, 1860. Rumors of war between the North and South are spreading across the land. In rural Green County, many of the farmers are already choosing sides. But not John Zachary. His loyalties lie with his family first - and his heart is telling him to go west. Hoping to build a new life in the fertile valleys of Oregon, he convinces his best friend, Emmitt Braxton, to pack up their families and join him on a wagon train across the Oregon Trail. The journey will be long and hard.
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My Favorite Johnstone Book
- By Lisa Rubio on 10-26-23
By: J.A. Johnstone, and others
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Texas 1857: Birth of a Gunman: A Western Adventure
- By: Ronnie Ashmore
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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A Western Adventure by Ronnie Ashmore "Ashmore creates fierce characters with confidence and authority. A fresh and welcome Western narrative." -Best-Selling Author Ralph Cotton Texas in the years leading up to the Civil War was a dangerous place. No one knew this better than Johnny Cole. An orphan, he came of age in the violence and upheaval that was all around him. Befriended by outcasts, he was forced to kill at a young age. Now, on the run from the law, he finds himself in gunfight after gunfight, standing up for what he believes is right, living by his own code. Is he driven by the ...
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The AI voice was awful just awful
- By Susan Snyder on 03-06-25
By: Ronnie Ashmore
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Sam Bolton Ex-Texas Ranger: Book 2: Fighting Men
- By: Ronnie Ashmore
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
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A Western Adventure by Ronnie Ashmore Sam Bolton was wanting life to return to normal on the Lightning Bolt Ranch after the ranch was destroyed. But a new marshal in the town has his own way of keeping the peace, a way that goes against everything Sam believes in. When a family of fighting men rides in from east Texas seeking revenge, Sam is soon drawn into a fight for survival with an ally he doesn’t trust. Sam Bolton enemies will soon know what a fighting man really is. Excerpt “Who’s this coming?” Billy said. Sam turned toward the direction Billy was looking. It was a horse and a...
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SAM BOLTON
- By Danny Harr on 12-21-24
By: Ronnie Ashmore
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The Brannocks
- Brannocks, Book 1
- By: Matt Braun
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Earl Brannock was a gambling man who fled the fires of the Civil War and found a boomtown called Denver - in a land being built on dreams, luck, and gold. Virgil Brannock joined him next, fresh from Lee's surrender at Appomattox, determined to rise to the top of the frontier's rough and treacherous business world. Finally, Clint came riding a trail of revenge: a fiery young Brannock who dared to wear a badge.... The three brothers were reunited once again.
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Slow western
- By Thomas E. Last on 08-05-21
By: Matt Braun
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The Lawman
- By: G. Michael Hopf
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW After being wrongly imprisoned, Isaac Grant is freed and departs from his familiar surroundings, venturing to a silver mining town in Nevada, seeking a fresh start. During his travels, he encounters a chance to reinvent himself, but it comes with a twist: he must take on the identity of a deceased sheriff. However, Isaac quickly realizes that his past troubles are not so easily left behind or forgotten.
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a struggle to listen to.
- By wrench on 01-27-25
By: G. Michael Hopf
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John Riley Bounty Hunter : The Vengeance Trail
- By: Ronnie Ashmore
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
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A Western Adventure by Ronnie Ashmore "Ashmore creates fierce characters with confidence and authority. A fresh and welcome Western narrative." -Best-Selling Author Ralph Cotton The Vengeance Trail The past year and a half have been a test of wills and hard lessons learned for the bounty hunter John Riley. Now feeling he needs to set things right by capturing the one outlaw he let get away, he rides into the town he last saw the outlaw. He soon finds he has ridden into a race war involving his friends and a dangerous group of men. He’s not the same unsure boy he was when he was last in ...
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Good Western
- By Chuck on 01-08-25
By: Ronnie Ashmore
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Noose
- A Joe Noose Western, Book 1
- By: Eric Red
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
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In the cutthroat world of bounty hunters, Joe Noose is as honest as they come. Which isn't saying much. Just look at his less-than-honest colleagues. They framed Joe for a murder they committed. They made sure Joe's face wound up on a wanted poster. Now they're gonna hunt Joe down and collect the reward money. There's just one problem: Joe Noose thinks it's his bounty. It's his reward. And it's their funeral .
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George Guidall is always an excellent narrator
- By Eric Brison on 02-11-25
By: Eric Red
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Brannigan's Land
- By: J. A. Johnstone, William W. Johnstone
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Once a respected lawman in Kansas and Oklahoma, Ty Brannigan ended his career as town marshal of Warknife while he was still young enough to marry, start a family, and raise cattle. Now nearly sixty, he’s a proud husband, father of four, and proprietor of the Powderhorn Ranch. He’s more content wrangling cows than criminals. But for every outlaw Brannigan put in jail, noosed, or left to the vultures, he made even more enemies. They’ve made the mistake of targeting his wife and children—only to discover that Ty Brannigan enforces his own law with a lightning-fast draw.
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- By bjstirland on 09-13-22
By: J. A. Johnstone, and others
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Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears
- Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of the Wild West
- By: Matthew P. Mayo
- Narrated by: James Romick
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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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.
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Old West History
- By kutzkai on 01-19-23
By: Matthew P. Mayo
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- Danny Harr
- 12-30-24
SHOTGUN CHARLIE
This book is a prequel to the Hunted. Shotgun Charlie gets caught up in an outlaw gang. They Rob a bank. They turn on Charlie. Charlie gets caught and breaks out of jail and goes after the gang. This is a good revenge hunt. Charlie is young and learning. He's a lot different than he is in the book Hunted. Pete Bradbury does a good job narrating this book. If my review is any help will you please click on the helpful link below. Thank you.
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