• To the Far Blue Mountains

  • The Sacketts, Book 2
  • By: Louis L'Amour
  • Narrated by: Jonn Curless
  • Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,701 ratings)

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To the Far Blue Mountains

By: Louis L'Amour
Narrated by: Jonn Curless
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In To the Far Blue Mountains, Louis L’Amour weaves the unforgettable tale of a man who, after returning to his homeland, discovers that finding his way back to America may be impossible.

Barnabas Sackett was leaving England to make his fortune in the New World. But as he settled his affairs, he learned that a royal warrant had been sworn out against him and that men were searching for him in every port. At issue were some rare gold coins Sackett had sold to finance his first trip to the Americas - coins believed to be part of a great treasure lost by King John years before.

Believing that Sackett possesses the rest of the treasure, Queen Bess will stop at nothing to find him. If he’s caught, not only will his dream of a life in America be lost, but he will be brutally tortured and put to death on the gallows.

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©1976 Louis L'Amour Enterprises, Inc. (P)1999 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

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"Narrator John Curless has Barnabas' sincere, ingenuous courage down pat." (AudioFile)

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It’s not a western.

Higher brow readers often over look Louis LAmour and think of a long shelf of dusty short paperbacks with cheesy titles and stereotypical artwork owned by some rough, less educated, hard labor working older relative who one wouldn’t think would own any novels at all. But LAmour deserves more credit than he gets… it’s not all John Wayne macho masculine propaganda, I swear. This book and it’s prequel “Sacketts Land” provide insight into a period of history we rarely get to see. I would go so far as to compare them to Ken Folletts Kingsbridge books for someone interested in trying to understand humanity in the late Middle Ages. And like Folletts work found elsewhere on audible it’s performed fantastically. The narrators accent and dramatic inflection bring the characters to life. PLEASE don’t typecast all of LAMours works into the same 10 gallon hat as “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”… to do so would be truly selling oneself short.

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Sackett's are my favorites

Great story of those first settlers in the US. Before Jamestown.
I wish Louis L'Amour had finished all 40 of his Sackett, Chantry and Talan story's. He weaves them together so beautifully.
I wish they could be made into movies or a TV series like 1883.
So much wisdom to be learned, if you pay attention.

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exceptionally good yarn

this is a third of his books. I'm so glad to have discovered him. this author is great with a great yarn. I'm so appreciative has been able to digest this. yay!

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Twice Listened - So Good!

The characters are so interesting. The Sackett family and their friends are amazing. L’Amour opens a portal in time allowing us to experience life as early visitors to the Americas, meeting with indigenous societies and dealing with a variety of foes as they work to build their lives in a new land!
JN

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rereading a wonderful series.

I have read all the books by Louis L'Amour when I was in my teens in early 20s. now that I am busy 60 years of age I wish to listen to them and relive a little bit of my younger self. I started to listen do these books again a couple of days ago and again I found myself being unable to put the book down as it were. I have discovered you have the sackett series in order and that is the way I wish to listen to them. I am grateful for this and I thank you immensely. so far I have read the first three books actually listen to them and it brings back fond memories of many many hours of enjoyment when I was younger. I again am enjoying these books and I hope to read all of Louis l'amour's books again, even though it was written by his children. these books are just as good as I remember them, thank you...

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One of the best written by arguably the best.

One of the best written by arguably the best. Read this awesome epic as a teen. Totally different and wondrous experience hearing it now as a father and grandfather.

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simply amazing

this series... I'm without words... it's a masterpiece. curless brings it to life with his performance.

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one of my all time favorite books

I could read or listen to the Sackett series a hundreds times and not be tired of it

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still one of the best Sackett books ever.

Barnabus Sackett and his tales and still my favorite of all the sacketts. The way the story builds and progresses is phenomenal.

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his best

many of Louis L'Amour books are good some are great this one was his best

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