• Mistakes Can Kill You

  • A Collection of Western Stories
  • By: Louis L'Amour
  • Narrated by: Lance Axt
  • Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (723 ratings)

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Mistakes Can Kill You

By: Louis L'Amour
Narrated by: Lance Axt
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Edge-of-your-seat thrillers from the greatest Western author ever.

There will never be another Western writer like Louis L’Amour. A legendary author and indisputably the greatest storyteller in his genre of all time, L’Amour captivated millions of readers and has sold well over three hundred million copies of his works, which includes nearly ninety novels and countless short stories.

Mistakes Can Kill You highlights an essential selection featuring nine of L’Amour’s earlier short stories, sometimes written under the pen name Jim Mayo, that exemplify the rugged morality of the best Western writing. In “Black Rock Coffin-Makers”, two men ready to kill over ownership of a ranch get more than they bargain for when a stranger is caught in the crossfire. And in “Four- Card Draw”, Allen Ring wins a ranch in a poker game, only to find out an unsolved murder was committed there years ago and law enforcement thinks Ring knows more about it than he’s letting on.

L’Amour made his characters come alive on the page, and his ability to capture the spirit and authenticity of the Wild West is unrivaled. Mistakes Can Kill You transports you to a world you’ll never want to leave, and proves that Louis L’Amour will always be the king of spinning a classic Western yarn.

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Great short stories

This audio is a series of short stories and each one great in its own right. Narrative is good but the narration of the ladies part was a little on the corny side - being a guy the narrator did pretty good at winging it. Great stories and a worthwhile listen. Five by five on stories with a par four on ladies parts, overall I recommend stepping back into the sage brush and stewing a pot of coffee to settle in on a great adventure.

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excellent

this is an outstanding louie lamour book. now i see mhy my garndfather loves these stories so much thank you

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Good Westerns

A very good collection of stories by Louis l'Amour. I enjoyed each story and I'm a fan of the author.

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You can’t go wrong with Louie L’Amour

Although his full books are better than his short stories, this is a good collection and well produced.

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ANOTHER NUGGET! !

What can one say about Louis L'Amour that hasn't been said countless times before? He is a story teller/writer for the ages. All of the stories I have read by him are tightly constructed, fast moving, organic tales that he weaves into superb reading. I read everything I find by Mr. L'Amour and have yet to be disappointed. After read each I feel as though I have just spent time with an old friend.
He is and will be sorely missed.

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Roan only has one syllable

I was distracted by the narrator of western stories not knowing how to pronounce ‘roan’.

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Nine Short Stories by Louis L'Amour

Only one of these stories is divided into two chapters -- The Trail to Peach Canyon -- about Mike Bastian.

Ride Tonto Raiders, is included here as well as in another audio book Duo.

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can't go wrong with louis

AWESOME book and stories I can always count on Louis Lahore to entertain and engage my mind

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Louis L'Amour could write great stories

great short stories. Louis L'Amour is the only western writer I read. simply the best.

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cool


It was awesome!
it was like wow I am going to be able to see if I am going to glacier.

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