Fork Your Own Broncs (Dramatized)

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: full cast

Length: 1 hr and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

Exciting Western adventure from America's best-loved storyteller

Louis L'Amour takes you back to the rough and tumble days of the Old West as you've never heard it before. A place with few rules - where men and women are inclined to make their own. Complete with a full cast, stirring music, and dramatic sound effects, this exclusive production of "Fork Your Own Broncs" sweeps listeners back to a time when men earned their living by the sweat of their brows, and depended on the land to do its part.

"Fork Your Own Broncs": When Mac Marcy got it into his head to run his own cattle ranch, he spent five long years working for Ben Tanner at the Bar 7 to save up enough money to do just that. His dream finally realized, Mac stakes his claim on a deserted ranch in a nearby valley, and rides over to say hello to his new neighbors at the Flying K.

Thing is, Mac finds more than he bargained for in the owner's pretty daughter, Sally Kenyon, who seems eager to help him get started with his own place. What Mac hadn't counted on, though, was the jealous foreman at the Flying K, Vin Ricker, who had plans of his own where Sally and the Flying K were concerned.

And, as the hot summer wears on and the land becomes more and more parched, the hunt for fresh water becomes a burning issue between the two ranches. So hot, in fact, that what begins as a battle of wills between Vin and Mac quickly escalates from a gently smoldering anger to a roaring fire that threatens the future of both ranches.

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Tender and loving but very trying

Mac propspers then struggles to ranch on his own only to find happiness with the neighbors daughter. Who eventually helps him decide to stay on his little ranch then fighting drought find a way to survive only to lose everything to a jealous suitor.

Quick listen and solid Louis L'Amour story

Louis L'Amour is known for his Westerns, although he wrote other books and stories as well. His stories are good to excellent, and characters from likeable to hateable. While some are straight out good or bad, most are in shades of grey. I don't want to give away this short story, but at least one character is like that.

L'Amour could have expanded on this story if he had wanted to, the mark of a good short story in my book. There is a love triangle, a typical theme in literature, except the female protagonist of the story is not one to be manipulated.

Solid story, excellent dramatization, and a well-researched and completely believable setting. Plus, it's super short if you're looking for a quick book. I do recommend it.

Anther Louis L'Amour nockoff

I hate that with the short stories that is sometimes Louis L'Amour original story or a completely
alliteration story. The only reason I still listen to them is because they're still entertaining. I love full cast and the narrators so far are excellent. But still when you listen to the first few minutes of a new title and your excitement begins because that is the real deal. There are still more alternatives than original L'Amour which confuse me.