Boulder Dam

By: Zane Grey

Narrated by: John Traven

Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Zane Grey is at his best in this story of the building of the Boulder Dam, later renamed the Hoover Dam.

Straddling the great Colorado River, a huge structure is slowly rising - a dam that will alter the course of this ravaging river and harness its awesome power. Men from all over America have flocked to the site, laboring at the dam by day and filling the nearby Las Vegas gambling houses by night.

To Lynn Weston, a rich man's son, working on the dam means independence and the chance to prove his courage. But an even greater challenge faces Lynn: he discovers a girl who has escaped her abductors in the back seat of his car and becomes her self-appointed protector. Suddenly, he finds himself threatened by a pack of ruthless gangsters with a vicious plan to blow up the dam.

©2019 Zane Grey (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Boulder Dam

This book was interesting and exciting to read. The fact that I couldn't put this book down so that I could get to sleep was really challenging, but it was worth the lost sleep!

Great story with very good narration.

This is not my favorite Grey title but everything Zane grey wrote is good. I appreciate John Traven more as a narrator with each new title I listen to.

Great Book

Loved the book . With that being said, I absolutely despised the ending! Could you have left any more things unfinished ?

Hoover dam

Good story if you want to hear about how the Hoover dam was build and what it took.

It was Duck Soup!

Dam the Colorado River to make it a tool of man. This is the foundation of the story. The author lapses into periods of an analysis of man and his quest for power; the power of all types. The progress of a race. Lynn “Biff” Weston, a college football player, was working his way up the laborer’s ladder within the jobs at the Dam. Lynn wanted to excel at all the various jobs. He wanted to build Boulder Dam. Lynn excelled at all the jobs; a driller, then attaining the label of “scaler”. And harder than anything he had ever “tackled”. Lynn’s determination and work ethic shot him to the top; at one time only a dream. Death and life seemed only a short step away, but the work on Boulder Dam went on. Six companies banded together to build the Dam. Men from all over the country were drawn to this monumental project. Immigrants as well, many Irishmen were added to the labor pool, led by engineers. With a project this huge and the government in charge, there were huge amounts of money to be made. Whitey, an old friend, and a cowboy from Texas witnessed a dastardly plot and relayed it to Lynn. It was a heck of a story and Lynn was compelled to look into it. Romance is a part of any complete story. Lynn rescued a young Ann Hargriff from a bunch of ruffians in Boulder, Az… Romance blossoms. This is a great story, composing much of the building of the Dam, including a criminal twist to add to the suspense.

My wife and both enjoyed the story

I love nearly everything Zane Gray writes. This one is no exception and my wife and I agree one of his best.
He could’ve used the exclamation “ejaculate” a little less, however.

knock out

very entertaining I recommend 100%
a real feel good story
and a trip back in history that you will enjoy

Great read!

A great read with good characters and a well thought out plot. Was a good combination of history and fiction?

Another great Zane Grey

Great story with continuous action and suspense. It definitely could use a bit tougher sounding narrator voice to match the character but even so good story.

entertaining but outdated

the story was fine, a bit outdated with the helpless 1 dimensional damsel in distress and overly hyped up macho man hero, but a fun fictional accounting of life building Hoover Dam. good performance.