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Ranger's Trail

By: Elmer Kelton
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
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Publisher's summary

Ranger's Trail takes listeners back to 1874 for a rousing tale of the legendary Texas Rangers. The Rangers are reorganizing, and they badly want Rusty Shannon to re-enlist. But Rusty has plans for a quiet, married life. Then a terrible tragedy destroys his world, and sends him down the treacherous trail of revenge.

Seven-time Spur Award winner Elmer Kelton is a brilliant chronicler of the Wild West.

©2002 Elmer Kelton (P)2006 Recorded Books LLC

Critic reviews

"A master storyteller who offers more than just blood and gunsmoke. The right blend of action, drama, romance, humor, and suspense makes this a handsome addition to his ongoing saga of the Old West." (Publishers Weekly)

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Welll written and entertaining

Where does Ranger's Trail rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

IN the top 20%

Have you listened to any of Jonathan Davis’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Only in the Ranger series. The performance is comparable to the others.

If you could take any character from Ranger's Trail out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Andy Pickard.

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Ranger stories

Love the author’s knowledge and capture of Texas history and culture and geography. Great stories, narration was good.

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Good book. Narrated well.

This was a good book as are all of Elmer Kelton's books. It is a good picture of the real wild West and the trials and tribulations that are found their. The Texas Rangers are an amazing bunch and Does a good job with the tellings of ranger stories

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Great Texas Western Story

Great story about post Civil War Texas written by a native Texan. Elmer Kelton is one of the best western writers of all time.

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