Beginner's Luck

By: Len Levinson

Narrated by: Fred Berman

Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

He killed before he could shoot, kissed before he could love, won before he could lose. He was too green to live, too lucky to die. He was a natural, born to be a legend. Beginner’s Luck. Bastard son of an outlaw and a whore, handsome Duane Braddock, seventeen, stumbles off the stage into lawless Titusville and gets his first look at the real world just before he’s robbed. Two weeks out of the monastery that raised him, Duane can’t ride a horse, shoot a gun, and is defenseless against the wiles of Wild West life, such as warm whiskey, wanton women, and screaming lead. But within forty-eight hours, Duane is feared by every gunman in the country as the notorious, quick-shooting, tough-riding, hard-loving Pecos Kid. Before the week is out, his victims include the town’s best and worst: the richest man, the meanest gang, the fastest gun, the prettiest woman, and the greatest friend a lucky new cowboy ever had. How it all comes to pass is how real legends are born…

©1992 Len Levinson (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Beginner's Luck

This book was fun to read! A good boy learns to be a man in the old west.

Uniquely written!!

I thoroughly enjoyed every chapter. I can’t wait to start the next book in the series.

Beginners Luck

This is a great western. Ken Levinson is new to me I will start following his books. This is book one in the series. It's interesting and holds your attention. Duane has to learn the way life is in the real world. He grew up to be a priest. If you listen to this book you will want to continue with the series. Fred Berman did a excellent job narrating this book. He gives each character there one voice and it's easy to tell who is talking. If my review is any help will you click on the helpful link below. Thank you

Monk to Gunfighter

I enjoyed this book. It kept my interest throughout. I was glad to see it had a happy ending. God was definitely on the young Dwayne's side these past two weeks.

One of the best westerns I’ve heard.

Amazing book, so well performed. Thank you, I am absolutely going to look for more titles by this author and performer.

The Pecos Kid!

Duane Braddock, seventeen years old, is an orphan, raised in a Benedictine monastery high in the Guadalupita mountains. He was forced to leave for fighting with another acolyte. Duane was on the first journey of his life. Riding on a stage for the first time, he arrived in the town of Titusville. Lester Boggs, another passenger on the stage, graciously offered to buy Duane a steak dinner and to meet him later at the Crystal Palace. Duane was fascinated by the men, the guns, and the excitement of the town. Within four hours he was robbed, beaten, insulted, and humiliated. Singer, Vanessa Fontaine fills the romance role and adds the spice that was lacking. It is a good story. I liked it and recommend it.

True Meaning of beginners luck

I loved it .Kept me cheering for the underdog the whole time. Is show that love and age doesn't matter

Awesome book as always

Better then Johnstone awesome I made the mistake of reading 134 and five then reading too I was not in any way shape or form disappointed

Too Much Sexual Focus For My Preference inWesterns

Too Much Sexual Focus For My Preference in western stories. The stretch of what's "believable" might be hard for some swallow.


Performance was good.

Human and True

Simple story line but told with a true to human quality in it's nature. a great starter to a new series.