Bannon

By: Louis L’Amour

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

Rock Bannon, wounded in an Indian attack, is rescued by a wagon train heading to Oregon. He has fully recovered when the train pulls into a fort to stock up on supplies. It is there that the leaders of the train meet Morton Harper, a smooth-talking man who persuades them to take an easier trail that will allow them to escape an attack by Indians. Bannon knows that there will be no escape from attack on that route and that it will lead the train directly onto Hardy Bishop's vast ranching domain. Either way, and probably both, it will mean war - a war the pioneers will undoubtedly lose.

Bannon first appeared in Giant Western (Winter 1948) under the title Showdown Trail. L'Amour subsequently reworked and expanded this story into The Tall Stranger, published as an original in 1957. The expanded story was filmed as The Tall Stranger (Allied Artists, 1957), directed by Thomas Carr and starring Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo.

©2017 Louis L'Amour (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

wonderful cowboying up story

really a love storyfully engaging through twists and turns in story. Final ending brings characters to more wholesome light.

Fun and enjoyable

Not a five but still lots of fun. It left a smile on my face!

bannon hard riding

this has been a very enjoyable book to listen to.l have most of lewis lamore paper back book i have had them for a long time. now i enjoy the audiable reading while driving around with wife or when i lay down to sleep

Love L'amour!

Perfect length for a drive. Reader's voices were done well, I could tell the difference between male characters. Also, can distinguish different female voices.

Seems familiar

Not sure how this is different from Tall Stranger. Paid for the same book twice.

Brannon

I love lamour books it’s been awhile since I listened to his stuff but I will be back regularly

Bishop Valley!

Rock Bannon is a gunfighter, a hard man who takes no guff from others and usually tends to mind his own business. He was riding along with a wagon train heading west towards California. Three strangers joined the wagon train; Morton Harper a smooth-talking well-groomed man, Zapata a well-known killer, and one other hand. Over the next couple of days, Harper had talked the pioneers into settling in a nearby valley instead of continuing to California. Bannon was very familiar with that valley that had been settled by Hardy Bishop ten years ago, ran two thousand head of cattle on the lush grassland, and would not stand settlers moving in. Bannon warned the pioneers but Harper convinced them there would be no trouble. The story continues, relating the troubles between Harper, the settlers, Bishop, and Bannon. There’s a romance of course between Sharon Crockett, daughter of one of the settlers, and Bannon. It’s a good story. The difference between the writing of L’Amour, Zane Grey, and Max Brand is noticeable. I love L’Amour’s writing. It is more descriptive and colorful than other western writers. He can capture your imagination and bring you right into the tale like no other. Enjoy!

Brannon

I really enjoy the story line of this book. I’ve read a couple of Lois lama’s books and like the plots in them he’s a wonderful story teller. I grew up watching western movies with my grandpa and now I can listen to western story like this.

Well thought out Range War

Rock Bannon, line rider and plainsman, becomes a protector and guide for a band of emigrants making their way to new homes on the frontier via covered wagon. This sparks a romance with the lovely Susan Crockett, and a rivalry with a verbally adroit villain, who manages to lead the good folk astray.

L'Amour's knowledge of history, the wilderness, firearms and horses really shines through, and anyone with experience in these areas can very easily find themselves plunged into the story. VR before VR. The give and take tension between settlers and the early cattle barons is a very well documented reality of the western frontier, and a nuanced view of the various perspectives makes this story more realistic.

Typical L'Amour, fantastic.

Great story, and the narration made it even more of a joy. Definitely worth the time. A real pleasure.