• North to the Rails

  • A Novel (Talon and Chantry, Book 6)
  • By: Louis L'Amour
  • Narrated by: Michael Crouch
  • Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (418 ratings)

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North to the Rails

By: Louis L'Amour
Narrated by: Michael Crouch
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Publisher's summary

When Tom Chantry comes west to buy cattle, he quickly runs into trouble. During a drunken scuffle in a bar, Dutch Akin challenges Chantry to a gunfight. Leaving town rather than face Akin, Chantry is quickly branded a coward.

Later, when hiring men to take his herd to the railroad, Chantry faces a dilemma: No one wants to make the long, dangerous ride with a leader of questionable courage. So when French Williams, a shrewd and ruthless cattleman, makes Chantry an offer, Tom reluctantly accepts his unusual terms: Tom must remain with the drive from start to finish. If he fails to do so, the entire herd will belong to French.

Tom quickly learns that life is not going to be made easy for him. The first man French hires is Dutch Akin.

©1971 Louis & Katherine L'Amour Trust (P)2019 Random House Audio

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Another great one.

Enjoyed the storyline and Michael Crouch does a great job. Sorry to see it end.

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Loved it!

Fun story to follow along to. Michael Crouch does an amazing job as a narrator.

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It was excellent and it made me interested in how you can make it work in your head

I’m not going to get it done till after my birthday but I want you guys to be able to get your
Stuff done before one goes nuts

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Excellent!

This book was surprisingly good. Very good! The story and the narrator were excellent! This book is definitely a keeper.

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Good listen

Typical Louis Lamour great story telling I have read most of his books but really enjoy listening to a good narrator

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cattle drive from hell

The lead character is quite a man as usual but in the story he uses his mind and his fists he’s not to be taken lightly. We got the bad guys are unseen and hard to pin down lotta twists and turns what a great book

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Good Story

Lagged in the middle but by the end, I loved the book. What a great storyteller.

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Not a True Chantry

I love Louis Lamore books. I have about 45 in my library. This one is awful. Tom Chantry disgraces the name Chantry at every turn. He's a yellow coward who won't carry a gun during a time in which it's necessary. Worse, that means he has other men do his heavy lifting. I got halfway through and couldn't bear to listen any longer as I was waiting for him to become a man. An eventuality that apparently would never come to pass.

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interesting premise, mediocre delivery

This book features a character type that Lamour uses occasionally, but never till now for the protagonist: the easterner who's offended by the wildness of the West. Interesting to see how he learns to embrace the roughness the country demands, but a bit irritating in the process, maybe less well written than usual. Glad I listened, but it's one of the few LL's I probably won't re-read.

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ok but least favorite lamour book

story about a dumbo that lets murderers live and get away on purpose. ugh yuck

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