Ol' Red

By: Don Goodman, Jack Conrad

Narrated by: Don Goodman

Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's Summary

An innocent man is thrown into the nightmare existence of heavy labor, savagery, and danger of a South Georgia prison farm. No one has ever escaped this hellhole overseen by a sadistic warden and a dog with a legendary reputation for never losing his man: Ol' Red.

©2014 Jack Conrad and Don Goodman (P)2014 Jack Conrad and Don Goodman

To Find Freedom, To Fool Ol' Red

Great story. Easy listening. Great narration. Hard to "put down" (stop listening to). My favorite part was the prison days, the leading up to the prison break, and then the actual break itself. Going to make my teenage son listen to this book, as it is set back in "simpler" times and is good for the mind, and we need to get back to that. Got lucky enough to meet the narrator and co-author, Don Goodman. He was like talking to an old friend.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Great book

Where does Ol' Red rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

top 10

What other book might you compare Ol' Red to and why?

I usually dont listen to book like this , mainly biographies

What about Don Goodman’s performance did you like?

I love the way he sounds old timey.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

not really

Any additional comments?

Good Ol' story telling

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Please make this a movie!

The narrator's southern drawl made me instinctively slow down. Initially I wanted to multi-task, listening while getting other things done that needed doing. But as I listened, I felt myself moving slower and eventually just sitting, lost in the time period and in the story. The authors painted vivid pictures of each character, as well as the settings. This story was sometimes harsh, but those moments felt tolerable and even necessary to this wimpy reader/listener. I couldn't help but make comparisons to Shawshank Redemption and Where the Red Fern Grows, two of my all-time favorites. If you loved either of those books, you will LOVE this book! Ol' Red feels like a blend of both of those timeless stories of love, heartache, friendship, and sweet justice. And like Shawshank, Ol' Red would make a GREAT movie! Can Liam Hemsworth please play Frankie???