Last of the Breed

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: David Strathairn

Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

“For sheer adventure L’Amour is in top form.” (Kirkus Reviews)

Here is the kind of authentically detailed epic novel that has become Louis L’Amour’s hallmark. It is the compelling story of US Air Force major Joe Mack, a man born out of time. When his experimental aircraft is forced down in Russia and he escapes a Soviet prison camp, he must call upon the ancient skills of his Indian forebears to survive the vast Siberian wilderness.

Only one route lies open to Mack: the path of his ancestors, overland to the Bering Strait and across the sea to America. But in pursuit is a legendary tracker, the Yakut native Alekhin, who knows every square foot of the icy frontier - and who knows that to trap his quarry he must think like a Sioux.

©1986 Louis L'Amour (P)2010 Random House Audio

A story from the past about the past.

I read this book back in the mid 80's. I love the story but it does drag at times with segments that seem to repeat in different chapters. Overall, great story of survival before it was cool to write about survival.

WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL

One of the most intriguing, descriptive and captive books of my life. I will revisit...

Excellent narrator

What did you love best about Last of the Breed?

The story is one of my favorites so I picked it for my first audible book and I wasn't disappointed, I heard more of the story this way instead of reading because you don't skip over anything. Narrator excellent smooth voice with different tones and accents for characters.

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

No this was the first

Great story! One of the best of Louis Lamour!

This is one of the best stories ever. Louis Lamour has written so many great books but this one is tops. Loved hearing it again!

Great Book, a must read

What made the experience of listening to Last of the Breed the most enjoyable?

Mr. Strathairn's telling of this great story was very good and he made the characters come alive.

What did you like best about this story?

Louis L'amour makes his characters interesting. His story is one that of a struggle to survive and man's will to survive. He speaks of the indians and yet doesn't he call them the poor indian and speaks of their strengths and weaknesses. I have always loved his writings. He also adds a history lesson into his book and makes you want to check out the people and places that he writes about.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes. As I listen to books at work it makes the time go faster and I love to listen to it on the way home from work as well.

Unbelievable story of survival

this is probably my favorite book of all time. I am on the edge of my seat from start to finish. The narrator does a lovely job with the different voices and the different accents. hard to put down even better when you don't have to hold it and can listen to the book being read to you

The start of the book is really the END

What would happen if an American Indian air force officer was force down in Russia. That is the bases of the story, about an American Indian who was also a pilot of a secret U.S.A.F. fighter aircraft is taken prisoner by the Russians and how he manages to escape the massive search for him.

How the Russin general that causes his crash tries to recapture the U.S.A.F. pilot to save his own position and all the people that become involved in the recapture effort.

The first few pages don't really make sense until the end of the book.

Keep on Driving

Loved it. Kept me awake on a long drive. Look forward to future road trips to listen to another book.

thank you l'amour for this story

have loved this story since I first read it in my teens back in the eighties.

great book the best in a while

one of the Best Buy Louie LaMore but also the longest narrator was a bit slow