Borden Chantry

A Novel

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: Erik Singer

Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

The marshal's name was Borden Chantry. Young, lean, rugged, he's buried a few men in this two-bit cow town - every single one killed in a fair fight. Then, one dark, grim day a mysterious gunman shot a man in cold blood. Five grisly murders later, Chantey was faced with the roughest assignment of his life - find that savage, trigger-happy hard case before he blasts apart every man in town...one by bloody one.

©1995 Louis L'Amour (P)2018 Random House Audio

'Borden Chantry' vs. 'Iron Marshal'

"Iron Marshal" engaged me, whereas "Borden Chantry" felt phoned in and formulaic. Among LL's westerns, I place the "Iron Marshal" audiobook in top 25%, and "Borden Chantry" in bottom third.

First "Iron Marshal": Do not be off-put by the derby hat on the cover, nor by the strong Irish accent of the protagonist - "Iron Marshal" is a classic Western. It has its share of good action sequences, but it also contains a clear cast of characters, an elegant whodunnit, and a character's ostracism reminiscent of the movie "High Noon." We find ourselves really liking our guy. I have read practically every L'Amour. "Iron Marshal" will go down as a favorite.

"Borden Chantry" seems to be L'Amour's effort at writing a whodunnit. But the mystery in "Iron Marshal" is better drawn, and so are the other facets. And Marshal's narrator is better than Chantry's.

rambling

One of the more rambling of his stories, lacking the follow he usually displays.
not Singers best performance either.

Great Read and good story

the plot of the book is a good one in the narrator does an excellent job in reading the book and brings the book to life ... so kick back and enjoy it

Good, Not Great

A big fan of Louis L’Amour, I found this book to be more editorial and less story / action. I could easily have passed on the full listen.

Border Chantry - Louis L'Amore

Fantastic - I really enjoyed this book that is writing for those of us who can't read anymore

Classic L’amour!

As always, the book is filled with action and the description of the scenes makes you feel like you are their!

A good read & Louis L'Amour at a glance.

Borden Chantry is at it's center a classic tale of white hats vs. black hats, good vs. evil, the tried, true, and reliable reliable plot outline that ìs the foundation of the Western genre.

However, this is a Louis L'Amour story so there is always more to the story than just another well worn and plodded path of the long in the tooth and far over burdened tropes which fill the pages and plot lines of most of offerings wearing thr Western genre brand. If you know a bit about the author you know every story he writes contains a broad smattering of facts, locations, names, dates, events, and other historical and even first hand personal experience knowledge from years of travel, reasearch, and "Yondering" by the author himself. Also, as in this book, you are likely to find inclusions of the use of other genres of material for or in which the author had an interest or enjoyed and may have even written and published works in those other genres.

These details all are to be found within the pages of Borden Chantry. It includes and encompasses them all. It is a Western, a Mystery, a Thriller/Suspense, and even a light study in the nature and phsychology of mankind. It includes references to historical facts, and people, places, and events that actually existed and happened. It is not a Historical Fiction story per the definition of the genre but it is Fiction which is peppered full of fragments of true history and information. This book is Louis L'Amour giving his readers the type of Western that made him the not only the beloved and prolific author that he was but clearly demonstrates his mastery of his chosen craft. This is a Master Storyteller at work.

Honest Man Wins Again

Narrator Did A Great Job. Story was Well Written been a fan since I was 19 now I am 70. Thank You for the audible books.

Enjoyable Read!

Not one of my favorites by Louis, but I enjoyed the story and Mr. Singer’s performance. I did love the Sackett tie in! There is always a good take away with Mr. L’Amour’s stories and this one was no exception.

Good sleuth work!

Much better than Iron Marshall! I really enjoyed this book of Mr. L'Amour. Believable, engaing, here and there some loose ends, but good work!