Off the Mangrove Coast

De: Louis L'Amour

Narrado por: Stephen Lang

For the first time ever in large print comes this brand new collection from Louis L'Amour, the legendary New York Times bestselling master of the short story.

These unique tales from Louis L'Amour, one of America's greatest treasures, were originally published in magazines of his time. Revered throughout the world for his novels of the frontier experience, L'Amour's critical and popular reputation has soared to new heights as the power and excitement of his short fiction has been revealed in collections like Monument Rock and Beyond the Great Snow Mountains.

Here in Off the Mangrove Coast are fast-moving, historically detailed stories of the travails of extraordinary men and women struggling to break free, to capture fortune and fame, or find love. Here are the characters and the great tales that have made Louis L'Amour one of the world's most popular authors. Here are the works of a master craftsman which will live forever in the reader's imaginations.©2000 by Louis and Katherine L'Amour Trust; (P)2000 Random House, Inc.; Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc.; Original Cover Painting ©1999 by Gregory Manchess

Like the action stories

Adventure in many genres. Well written collection of stories. From western cowboys, to adventure aboard ship, to fighting men, Louis L'Amour makes them all come alive.

Varied tales of modern detective stories

Written in 1950 veniacular, more modern than western. This book gives way to wonderful readings about characters enriched with the same great qualities of self determination and rugged hard living as many of Louis’s western tales. Yet told in excellent voice on audio it lends itself to a time not so long ago when many a man or woman was still skilled laborers and living in growing American industry had to make some hard choices to live by. Enjoyable and spellbinding.

None of the content is organized

No way to link to or find the stories. A story just starts in the middle of a chapter. The content is unusable this way unfortunately.

Terrible audio quality

Unfortunately, I have to put strikes against what I think would otherwise be an excellent work. The audio quality was so poor that I couldn't listen to it. I'm uncertain if this is a problem with the digital transfer or the source recording. For some reason I didn't get cover art either! I downloaded the file twice to make sure that wasn't the problem.

Fighting and brutality

I usually love Louise L’Amour but couldn’t get past the first couple chapters. I wish I had realized it was a prize fighting book I would probably have chose something else. It’s brutal, base, and bloody.