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Boone's Lick

By: Larry McMurtry
Narrated by: Will Patton
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Publisher's summary

Boone's Lick is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry's triumphant return to the kind of story that made him famous - an enthralling tale of the 19th-century West. McMurtry brings his unique blend of historical fact and sheer storytelling genius to the Cecil family's arduous journey from Boone's Lick, Missouri, to Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming. Fifteen-year-old Shay describes the journey that begins when his Ma, Mary Margaret, decides to hunt down her elusive husband, Dick, to tell him she's leaving him.

The family sets out across the plains in search of him, encountering grizzly bears, stormy weather, and hostile Indians as they go. With them are Shay's siblings G.T., Neva, and Baby Marcy, Shay's uncle Seth, his Granpa Crackenthorpe, and Mary Margaret's beautiful half-sister Rose. During their journey they pick up a bare-footed priest named Father Villy, and a Snake Indian named Charlie Seven Days, and persuade them to come along.

Boone's Lick is high adventure, a perfect Western tale and a moving love story - it is vintage McMurtry, combining his brilliant character portraits, his unerring sense of the West and his unrivalled eye for the telling detail.

©2000 Larry McMurtry, All Rights Reserved (P)2000 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Critic reviews

Nominee for Audio Publishers Association 2001 Audie Award, Solo Narration - Male

"A zany performance of a zany story." (AudioFile)

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Loved this narrator!

The bestest Narrator ever! Will Patton brought this story to life by his GREAT story telling. THANKYOU ....I enjoyed the story!

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While Lonesome Dove is my all time greatest audiobook, I thoroughly enjoyed Boone's Lick. Mcmurtry describes the old West as it truly was.

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Little Big Man and Flashman Revisited

I am surprised that McMurtry would write this silly story. The reader makes it even more corny.

Denis Wright

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Excellent Narration

This is a great story. Excellent narration keeps this story moving along. I'll definitelyisten to more books by Larry Mcmurtry.

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never a dull moment

My husband and I love this book we've listened to it before on CD from the library and when I seen that it was on audible I decided to go ahead and buy it for my husband and I we love most everything Larry McMurtry writes if you decide to get it for yourself you won't be sorry.

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good look back

fun to listen too..nice look into families in that era
Will Patton is the best.

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Absorbing and entertaining

Less than Lonesome Dove but better than the Berrybender series.

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I’ve listened a dozen times.

A great read. A hilarious story. A masterful rendition by Will Patton. We’ll done all round.

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Great story.

Exciting and we'll read right up to the last. Will Patton is an interesting narrator.

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Another excellent audio book.


Another excellent Larry McMurtry story read by an excellent narrator. I'm looking forward to more of the same.

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