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Law of the Land
- Stories of the Old West
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
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Publisher's summary
Here are 16 stories, where good meets bad, and everything in between, from the legendary author of the West, Elmer Kelton.
Law of the Land chronicles some of his most exciting and dangerous tales of the Old West, collected together for the first time - including the exciting first publication of a never-before published Kelton story, “Biscuits for Bandit”.
Included here are:
- “The Fugitive Book”
- “Jailbreak”
- “Biscuits for a Bandit”
- “There’s Always Another Chance”
- “Born to Be Hanged”
- “O’Malley’s Wife”
- “In the Line of Duty”
- “Relics”
- “North of the Big River”
- “The Ghost of Two Forks”
- “Lonesome Ride to Pecos”
- “Apache Patrol”
- “The Last Indian Fight in Kerr County”
- “Uncle Jeff and the Gunfighter”
- “Sellout”
- “Die by the Gun”
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- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Mauled by a giant grizzly and left to die, 16 year-old Jose Olano's chances for life were remote. Then, like a guardian angel, came Robert "Gray Eagle" McAllister, one-time army scout and sometime outlaw. In his flight to escape a posse, he finds the brutalized body of Jose. Knowing his decision to help Jose may mean his own death, he stays and brings Jose back from the brink of death. Thus began one of the greatest companionships ever known to the Idaho frontier.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Story and Narration
- By Jake J2 on 11-24-17
By: Kirby Jonas
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The Law at Randado
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- Narrated by: Richard Poe
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 46
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Phil Sundeen thinks Deputy Sheriff Kirby Frye is just a green local kid with a tin badge. And when the wealthy cattle baron's men drag two prisoners from Frye's jail and hang them from a high tree, there's nothing the young lawman can do about it. But Kirby's got more grit than Sundeen and his hired muscle bargained for. They can beat the boy and humiliate him, but they can't make him forget the oath he has sworn to uphold.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Really Good Early Western Novel of Elmore Leonard
- By Frank Donnelly on 10-13-19
By: Elmore Leonard
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The Goodnight Trail
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- By: Ralph Compton
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 82
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Former Texas Rangers Benton McCaleb, Will Elliot, and Brazos Gifford ride with Charles Goodnight as he rounds up thousands of ornery, unbranded cattle for the long drive to Colorado. From the Trinity River brakes to Denver, they’ll battle endless miles of flooded rivers, parched desert, and whiskey-crazed Comanches. And come face-to-face with Judge Roy Bean and legendary gunslingers like Clay Allison. For McCaleb and his hard-riding crew, the drive is a fierce struggle against the perils of an untamed land. A fight to the finish where the brave reach glory - or die hard.
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1 out of 5 stars
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lose of key parts of the story
- By caveman on 06-04-12
By: Ralph Compton
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High Country Bride
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 690
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 615
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One ranch. Three sons. Only one will inherit...and on one condition. Tired of waiting for his sons to settle down, Arizona-territory rancher Angus McKettrick announces a competition: the first son to marry and produce a grandchild will inherit Triple M ranch. Now, three distinctly different, equally determined cowboys are searching high and low for brides.
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4 out of 5 stars
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good book but not what was in the summary:
- By Zandra Zavalza on 01-30-16
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Destry Rides Again
- By: Max Brand
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- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 86
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Story4 out of 5 stars 86
Harry Destry was a rough-and-tumble fighter who never lost a battle. But after six years in jail for a robbery he didn't commit, he comes back a changed man. The townsfolk believe he's beaten. They think all the fight's gone right out of him. And that's exactly what Destry wants them to think....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Unabridged doesn't mean unedited
- By Chris Haynes on 08-15-13
By: Max Brand
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Strong Convictions
- Emmett Strong Westerns Book 1
- By: GP Hutchinson
- Narrated by: Alex Zonn
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4 out of 5 stars 77
In 1876 the seemingly impossible happened in San Antonio, Texas - Emmett Strong, a prodigy of a pistolero, accidentally shot his own young wife in a showdown gone awry. Five years later, death again visits Emmett's family, and now - want to or not - he's going to have to overcome his reluctance to draw his six-gun if he's to catch and bring to justice the crazed gunman who murdered his brother.
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2 out of 5 stars
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lost interest.
- By neal berry on 05-15-19
By: GP Hutchinson
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This Calder Range
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- By: Janet Dailey
- Narrated by: Mil Nicholson
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Chase Benteen Calder was bound to wrest a fortune from Montana land, where the whisper of riches swept across a sea of buffalo grass. With Lorna at his side, a woman who took the tough ways of the land as her destiny, he would breathe life into his dream. Through the treacherous Texas prairie, the perils of Indian country, and a bustling Dodge City, they forged their way to Montana. With Calder strength, they would harvest their fortune from the rich earth, on the sprawling plains of This Calder Range.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining
- By Lisa M on 11-17-17
By: Janet Dailey
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Great Texas Author
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When Comanches slaughter his parents in 1855 West Texas, eight-year-old Jeff buries their scalped bodies—and the charred remains of his younger brother. Taken in by a homesteading family, Jeff ekes out an existence. But as he dons Confederate gray, he never dreams his brother is alive—or that he’s wearing Union blue.
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A story of the old west
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A Supercharged Yarn
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great book
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Joe Pepper
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Joe Pepper is a Texas badman with quite a past. In fact, there isn't much that Joe hasn't done in his 40 years of living on both sides of the Texas law - except face the hangman. Now, convicted of murder, Joe is about to get that privilege. But, before he goes, Joe has a few things he wants to say - and a few stories that he wants to set straight. With Joe Pepper, legendary western writer Elmer Kelton tells a fine and moving tale of the history of his home state of Texas.
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Wow
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When a ruthless cattle baron and his men destroy Doug Monahan's property, his old friend and mentor is gunned down. Pistol whipped and now flat broke, Monahan finds refuge on the sprawling homestead of Noah Wheeler and his virtuous daughter. But Monahan refuses to quit.
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Cloudy in the West
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In the Texas backlands in 1885, 12-year-old Joey Shipman's father dies under mysterious circumstances, and the boy is forced to live with his stepmother and Blair Meacham, a hanger-on at the farm. After the death of a black farmhand and friend, and another "accident" that almost takes Joey's life, the boy runs away and joins forces with his only kin - Beau Shipman, a drunk and a jailbird. Beau and three other characters become Joey's unlikely partners as he is trailed by their murderous Meacham, in league with Joey's stepmother in their scheme to inherit the Shipman farm.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great Elmer Kelton & George Guidall Combo
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Pumpkin Rollers
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Six-time Spur Award winner Elmer Kelton was named the greatest Western author of all time by the Western Writers of America. In this novel, 18-year-old farmer Trey McLean aspires to be a cattle rancher. He leaves East Texas with four cows and heads west, but a corrupt sheriff quickly steals the animals. Helpless and confused, Trey finds trouble with a dangerous fugitive. But he also finds comfort and opportunity with a rancher’s lovely daughter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easy listening
- By Robert on 04-11-18
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Llano River
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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When former cattle man Dundee wanders into the town of Titusville, he's broke, tired, and itching for a fight. Instead, he gets a job offer...from none other than the top man in town, John Titus. Titus recruits Dundee to find out who's rustling his extensive herd of cattle. But for Titus, it isn't enough that Dundee find the missing cattle. He wants to place the blame on a specific person...Blue Roan Hardesty, a one-time friend turned sworn enemy of the powerful Titus clan.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All around great story
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Sandhills Boy
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Voted by his peers as the best Western writer of all time and honored with a record seven Spur Awards, Elmer Kelton is the beloved author of such compelling tales as The Good Old Boys. A beautifully written and highly readable memoir, Sandhills Boy reveals the origins of a unique storytelling talent and Texas treasure.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Shockingly boring
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- MztCB
- 11-30-21
Love Elmer Kelton
I’ve only read a quarter of the stories in the collection so far but I always love Elmer Kelton and his short stories are as great as his novels.
I can only hope audible will record and release his other three collections of short stories on audio. The stories are varied in length and subject but the characters he writes about always seem so real.
Look for his other collections ‘Hard ride’ ‘Wild west’ and ‘The cowboy way’. I do hope they get recorded for audio some day. The narrator does a good job as well in all the stories here.
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Update 01/26
This is a great collection. I enjoyed every story, however two of them had similar outcomes and the overall story was similar. Biscuit for a bandit and relic had similar ideas themes and even endings. Apache patrol dragged a bit for me too. Overall a great collection by Mr Kelton.
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- John Lusk
- 02-07-23
Great western short stories!
Great western stories. Great western short stories! Great western short stories! Great western short stories! This is a goodun!
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- Walt & linda parsons
- 04-06-24
Great stories
More greatness from this author! I alway know what to expect from him: historical accuracy, good character development, great story telling.
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