The Riders of High Rock

A Novel

De: Louis L'Amour

Narrado por: Robert Petkoff

Hopalong Cassidy rode into cattle country just east of the California line looking for his old friend Red Connors. He found Red holed up in a mountain cave with a bullet in his side and a story to tell. The ranchers around Tascotal had been losing their stock, and when Red caught the rustlers in the act, they hunted him down, shot him, and left him for dead.

Jack Bolt, a savage, ruthless killer, has brought in a tough band of hard cases to run his operation. And now he’s sent them out to take care of the one man who stands in his way: Hopalong Cassidy. But Bolt’s about to learn the hard way that if you shoot down a man like Cassidy, you better make sure he never gets up again.

A LOT OF WESTERN FUN

I think these Hopalong stories are some of LL's best. This one moved well, had great characters, very good story, and surprisingly many LOL moments from colloquial asides that really brightened up the whole tale. So far these are among my favourites. Onto the next Hoppy tale.

good one

All of these get a pretty good rating, because to my knowledge, I do not think the writer has ever made a story not worth listening to

Good Stuff

You gotta like the characters and all the stuff they get up to in this book. Plenty of action, a satisfying story.

Go for it

This is a very entertaining story, and the narrator was really on the mark, making it even easier to listen to than usual. I recommend this and I think you’ll like it.

Hero at large

Louis L’Amour and the first Hopalong Cassidy book. The book starts with Hopalong riding into Tascotal to meet his friend, Red Conners. He finds Ted shot and hid out in a cave. Red was investigating cow rustlers when he ran into trouble. Hopalong sets out the crack the case and bring justice. The story of Hopalong starts with Cassidy a know gunman who brings ristlers to justice. The book read like what one would expect with lots of villains and shootouts. Cassidy gets shot but in the end brings the rustlers to justice. Then he has one last thing to complete the book, which is bringing the mastermind behind the rustling scheme to justice. Like lightening strike, Hopalong out guns the arch-villian, Bolt. The book is pretty straight forward in its approach by sticking to the main storyline and not venturing down side adventures that didn’t contribute to capturing the cow rustlers. Enjoyable read.