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Black Cowboys of the Old West
- True, Sensational, and Little-Known Stories from History
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
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Award-winning historian Michael Wallis has spent several years re-creating the rich, anecdotal saga of Billy the Kid (1859-1881), a deeply mythologized young man who became a legend in his own time and yet remains an enigma to this day. With the Gilded Age in full swing and the Industrial Revolution reshaping the American landscape, "the Kid", who was gunned down by Sheriff Pat Garrett in the New Mexico Territory at the age of 21, became a new breed of celebrity outlaw.
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Disappointing
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By: Michael Wallis
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West Like Lightning
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- Narrated by: John Pruden
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
The thrilling narrative history of one of the most enduring icons of the American West, the Pony Express, from the number-one New York Times bestselling co-author of American Sniper - an exciting tale of daring young men pushing limits to the extremes across the vast, rugged, and unsettled American West.
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A Picture of Wild West Life and the Pony
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By: Jim DeFelice
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In a powerful blend of history and contemporary reporting, New York Times reporter David Philipps traces the rich history of wild horses in America: their introduction by the Spanish conquistadors, their role in the epic battles between Native Americans and settlers, their vital place in American self-mythology. He travels through some of the most remote parts of the American West, known as Wild Horse Country, to investigate the wild horse's current dilemma, caught between the clashing ideals of ranchers, scientists, and more.
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Inaccurate Read
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Dodge City
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Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before long Dodge City's streets were lined with saloons and brothels, and its populace was thick with gunmen, horse thieves, and desperadoes of every sort. By the 1870s, Dodge City was known as the most violent and turbulent town in the West.
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By: Tom Clavin
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Aloha Rodeo
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- By: David Wolman, Julian Smith
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In the spirit of The Boys in the Boat comes the captivating true story of the Hawaiian cowboys who changed rodeo and the West forever.
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A walk in Grandpa’s Boots. Maika’i!
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By: David Wolman, and others
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The Captured
- A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier
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- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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On New Year's Day in 1870, 10-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. Traded to Comanches, he thrived in the rough nomadic existence, quickly becoming one of the tribe's fiercest warriors. Forcibly returned to his parents after three years, Korn never adjusted to life in white society. He spent his last years living in a cave, all but forgotten by his family. That is, until Scott Zesch stumbled upon his great-great-great-uncle's grave. Determined to understand how such a "good boy" could have become Indianized so completely, Zesch traveled across the West.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A taste of real life on the prairies of the west.
- By Philell72 on 10-04-12
By: Scott Zesch
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The Searchers
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In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches. She was raised by the tribe and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years after her capture, she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and restored to her white family, to die in misery and obscurity. Cynthia Ann's story has been told and re-told over generations to become a foundational American tale.
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The Log of a Cowboy
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At the young age of 16, Andy Adams left his San Antonio home to follow his dream of becoming a cowboy. Going on long drives with some of the 19th century's hardiest cowboys, he learned his trade through many adventurous years of trial and error. This account of his true experiences includes dusty cattle drives, brandings, stampedes, dangerous river crossings, and remarkable encounters with the Blackfoot, Oglala, and Platte Indian tribes.
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The Real West Portrayed By One Who Was There
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By: Andy Adams
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,327
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The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historical docudrama Legends and Lies: The Patriots, an exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leaders. The American Revolution was neither inevitable nor a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against each other as loyalists and colonial rebels faced off for their lives and futures. These were the times that tried men's souls: No one was on stable ground, and few could be trusted.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't stop listening!
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By: Bill O'Reilly, and others
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Black Elk
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 561
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Story5 out of 5 stars 560
Born in an era of rising violence, Black Elk killed his first man at Little Big Horn, witnessed the death of his second cousin Crazy Horse, and traveled to Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Upon his return, he was swept up in the traditionalist Ghost Dance movement and shaken by the massacre at Wounded Knee. But Black Elk was not a warrior, and instead chose the path of a healer and holy man, motivated by a powerful prophetic vision that haunted and inspired him.
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The Evil That Men Do
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By: Joe Jackson
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Cattle Kingdom
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- By: Christopher Knowlton
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 100
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The Open Range cattle era lasted barely a quarter-century, but it left America irrevocably changed. These few decades following the Civil War brought America its greatest boom-and-bust cycle until the Depression, the invention of the assembly line, and the dawn of the conservation movement. It inspired legends, such as that icon of rugged individualism, the cowboy. Yet this extraordinary time and its import have remained unexamined for decades. Cattle Kingdom reveals the truth of how the West rose and fell, and how its legacy defines us today.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing - Author has an Agenda
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Empire of the Summer Moon
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 14,592
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,383
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12,358
Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son, Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Difficult to endure narrator
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David Crockett: The Lion of the West
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 183
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 159
His name was David Crockett. He never signed his name any other way, but popular culture transformed his memory into "Davy Crockett", and Hollywood gave him a raccoon hat he hardly ever wore. Best-selling historian Michael Wallis casts a fresh look at the frontiersman, storyteller, and politician behind these legendary stories.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Author is very bias.
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White Hunters
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 385
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A little over 100 years ago, East Africa was terra incognita to most whites: a land largely unmapped, sparsely settled by Europeans, and teeming with wildlife. It was the hunter-adventurer's paradise, and by the early 20th century, a small, lionhearted clan of explorers and big-game hunters began leading safaris there for money.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A fascinating account ....
- By Stephen on 01-12-07
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The Man Who Listens to Horses
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 247
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 220
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Story5 out of 5 stars 218
Monty Roberts' father, a traditional horse trainer, had taught his son to dominate a horse in order to "break" it. But when he was 13, Monty made a discovery that changed his life. As he watched a mare tame a rebellious colt, Monty saw that she was speaking to it through eye and body movements. Astonished, Monty realized that he could train horses by using their language, speaking to them in ways that would form trust and understanding. Developing techniques based on what he learned from the horses around him, Monty embarked on a remarkable career - one that would bring him international fame as the real Horse Whisperer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read/listen for any horse lover
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The Horse God Built
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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In The Horse God Built, best-selling equestrian writer Lawrence Scanlan has written a tribute to an exceptional man that is also a backroads journey to a corner of the racing world rarely visited. As a young black man growing up in South Carolina, Eddie Sweat struggled at several occupations before settling on the job he was born for - groom to North America's finest racehorses. As Secretariat's groom, loyal friend, and protector, Eddie understood the horse far better than anyone else.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book and perfectly written
- By Jeffrey P. Allen on 09-01-17
By: Lawrence Scanlan
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2 out of 5 stars
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Diluted and Distracted
- By C. Howe on 09-27-15
By: Brian Murphy, and others
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The Castle on Sunset
- Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
- By: Shawn Levy
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 516
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 438
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Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second home. An apartment building-turned-hotel, the Chateau has been the backdrop for generations of gossip and folklore: where director Nicholas Ray slept with his 16-year-old Rebel Without a Cause star Natalie Wood; Jim Morrison swung from the balconies; John Belushi suffered a fatal overdose; and Lindsay Lohan got the boot after racking up nearly $50,000 in charges in less than two months. Much of what has happened inside the Chateau’s walls has eluded the public eye - until now.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Was enjoying it until...
- By leigh on 04-22-20
By: Shawn Levy
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Maeve in America
- Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else
- By: Maeve Higgins
- Narrated by: Maeve Higgins
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Story4 out of 5 stars 184
Maeve Higgins was a best-selling memoirist and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the grand old age of 31, she left the only home she’d ever known in search of something more. Like many women in their early 30s, she both was and was not the adult she wanted to be. At once smart, curious, and humane, Maeve in America is the story of how Maeve found herself, literally and figuratively, in New York City.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not as advertised
- By RolliesMom on 07-12-21
By: Maeve Higgins
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Ranger Confidential
- Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks
- By: Andrea Lankford
- Narrated by: Julia Motyka
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,223
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,091
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,088
The real stories behind the scenery of America’s national parks. For 12 years, Andrea Lankford lived in the biggest, most impressive national parks in the world, working a job she loved. She chaperoned baby sea turtles on their journey to sea. She pursued bad guys on her galloping patrol horse. She jumped into rescue helicopters bound for the heart of the Grand Canyon. She won arguments with bears. She slept with a few too many rattlesnakes. Hell yeah, it was the best job in the world! Fortunately, Andrea survived it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Depressing from Cover to Cover
- By Drew (@drewsant) on 04-13-15
By: Andrea Lankford
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Empire of Imagination
- Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons
- By: Michael Witwer
- Narrated by: Sam Witwer
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
The life story of Gary Gygax, godfather of all fantasy adventure games, has been told only in bits and pieces. Michael Witwer has crafted a dynamic, dramatized biography of Gygax from his childhood in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, to his untimely death in 2008. Gygax’s magnum opus, Dungeons & Dragons, would explode in popularity throughout the 1970s and ’80s and irreversibly alter the world of gaming. Gygax’s involvement in the industry lasted long after his dramatic and involuntary departure, and his footprint can be seen in the role-playing genre he is largely responsible for creating.
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5 out of 5 stars
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King of the Nerds
- By Chris Puckett on 12-08-23
By: Michael Witwer
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A Natural History of North American Trees
- By: Donald Culross Peattie
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 85
A Natural History of North American Trees gives us a picture of life in America from its earliest days to the middle of the last century. The information is always interesting, though often heartbreaking. While Peattie looks for the better side of man's nature, he reports sorrowfully on the greed and waste that have doomed so much of America's virgin forest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good review of NA silva
- By Euler2.71828 on 08-29-15
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- F V Alexander
- 10-24-22
Exciting History!
I was thrilled to learn so much relevant US history. I never heard about this in school…even in college with African American history courses. I sm grateful to be linformed.
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- Lamar Taitt
- 01-29-23
powerful and shocking
the information in this book is nothing short of breath taking as I am introduced to the powerful and rugged black riders of the old north American west.
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- Darren Colvin
- 03-29-24
Excellent!!
The cowboy identity, rugged individualism/ freedom, has largely been white. That's what American history taught me and thousands of other African American black men like myself. The book flips the script revealing that the cowboy fraternity was quite diverse and black cowboys were some of the best in history and setting the standard for what it means to be a true cowboy.
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- Liz Everett
- 04-21-24
Such Great Cowboy History!
I absolutely loved this read! It was so great an expanded my knowledge on cowboys I already knew about and it also introduced me to new names that I am excited to research.
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- Linda Miller
- 02-21-22
Hidden history!
I loved learning about these cowboys who were important to history. There contributions should be talked about in classrooms and homes around the world.
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