Three-Ten to Yuma

By: Elmore Leonard

Narrated by: Henry Rollins, David Strathairn, Tom Wopat, William Atherton

From Elmore Leonard, the author who has influenced more writers than any other, comes a thrilling story of law in the Old West, upheld by the barrel of a six-gun.

Deputy Paul Scallen will earn his one hundred fifty dollars if he can get his prisoner Jim Kidd on the train to Yuma Prison. But the members of Kidd's gang have determined that Scallen won't live long enough to make the Three-Ten to Yuma.

Performed by Henry Rollins, this classic of bullets and bad men demonstrate the superb talent for language and gripping narrative that made Elmore Leonard one of the most acclaimed writers of our time.

©1954 Elmore Leonard; (P)2004 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Saddle up to hear this great Western

3:10 to Yuma is a short story packed with drama which sees a deputy marshall waiting with a dangerous prisoner to make the train which will take the prisoner to jail and earn the deputy marshall a $150 bounty. It's a classic Western and made a fantastic film - but note that this is NOT the same story as the film, it just inspired the film.

Henry Rollins is a perfect choice to read this story - his voice is subtle enough to convey everything the story and its characters need and has the toughness required to narrate a gun-toting Western and keep the listener engrossed.

Gripping western

It kind of reminds me of high noon. it was exciting and gripping throughout the whole thing

Quick western fix.

Just a quick, tight little vignette of western adventure. Surprised me with its brevity but packed with a solid tale of morals.

More Henry Rollins please

This was a thirty minute skit. They did a good job getting the complex situation and the thrill of the story. I loved it

Good Story

Good short story and the reading is well done. Nice, succinct modern writing, in sort of a noir style. Wonderful to have this short story available. I had just seen the 2007 version of the movie and the original back to back, and it was really great to hear what the screen writer and director had started with from Elmore Leonard. They came a long way from the short story. I would say that EL's story went other places altogether than either movie did. Very different protagonist.