• Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears

  • Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of the Wild West
  • By: Matthew P. Mayo
  • Narrated by: James Romick
  • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (157 ratings)

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Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears

By: Matthew P. Mayo
Narrated by: James Romick
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Publisher's summary

The romance of the West is built on an endless armature of shootouts and train robberies, cowboys versus Indians, white hat versus black, and everybody versus the wilderness. From John Colter's harrowing escape from the Blackfeet to Hugh Glass' six-week crawl to civilization after a grizzly attack, from Custer's final moments to John Wesley Powell's treacherous run through the rapids of the Grand Canyon, Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears takes the top 50 wildest episodes in the region's history and presents them to the listener in one convenient, narrative-driven package.

©2009 Matthew P. Mayo (P)2020 Tantor

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Old West History

There are some great stories here. Very Entertaining. Good descriptions on each story. This is a must for anyone who likes history. Told in a way that is easily understandable for all ages. James Romick does a fine job of narrating. Pulled from the Audible Plus catalogue.

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Good Book

This book is a large collection of short stories. The narration seems robotic but it didn’t take away from the story telling.

This book has given me some new characters to find other books on.

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Entertaining trip through western history

This is the first time I’ve felt like I needed to submit a review.
Very entertaining trip through the history of the American west, covering nearly all of the 1800’s.

The stories are quick, entertaining, and memorable. Narrator does a great job and sounds like a gruff cowboy who’d be telling these stories over a campfire along a cattle trail.

Very well done.

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Very interesting stories. A bit gruesome.

I loved all the different stories of the old west. Many were very gruesome and disturbing but it was educational. I also liked that they were all pretty short. He just told the story and moved on. Also appreciated that it was just the story with the facts or the believed facts. No political prosletyzing that some authors like to do.

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Great Stories of the Old West

This book was super fascinating hearing the lives of frontiersmen. It reminds me a lot of the red dead redemption games. If you enjoy any of those games, this is your book.

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Entertaining

Short and quick stories. You are never bored. Most stories are quite interesting and often provide unknown facts. Great change of pace read.

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If you like history this is a great listen

This is a really good listen. Very interesting story’s of mountain men and frontier Americans with out being too dry and still giving accurate information.

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Thanks

This was a very quick and interesting book to listen through while doing chores it brings back a lot of memories of other great books. Thanks John

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Fast and fun

Lots of raw grit, hangings, beevs and bears. Good stories that seem to have some historical backing.

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Pretty damn cool

I really enjoyed this audible. It had a lot of short stories that were interesting. A nice, easy listen.

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