Sackett's Land: The Sacketts

A Novel

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: John Curless

Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

After discovering six gold Roman coins buried in the mud of the Devil's Dyke, Barnabas Sackett enthusiastically invests in goods that he will offer for trade in America. But Sackett has a powerful enemy: Rupert Genester, nephew of an earl, wants him dead. A battlefield promise made to Sackett’s father threatens Genester’s inheritance. So on the eve of his departure for America, Sackett is attacked and thrown into the hold of a pirate ship. Genester's orders are for him to disappear into the waters of the Atlantic. But after managing to escape, Sackett makes his way to the Carolina coast. He sees in the raw, abundant land the promise of a bright future. But before that dream can be realized, he must first return to England and discover the secret of his father's legacy.

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©1974 Louis L'Amour (P)2010 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio

I love a good story

Ok, so don't tell anyone, but I love L'Amour stories. These stories are not intended to be literature, but they are really fun. Once in a while I need a good adventure with really good, tough, and clever good guys, and really dirty, mean, and nasty bad guys. This book delivers in spades!

Classic and still great

Good story, and a nice long series to wrap up into. This book was solid, but it was difficult to distinguish between the characters talking sometimes. Narrator could have used a tiny, little extra bit of variation between the different characters to help.

awsome

I love these novels, there is alot of books he wrote on the sacketts,, I have read almost all them,, my favorite is to the far blue mtns I wish they would make a movie on it,, everyone should read these.

A great start to a wonderful series....

I have read and re-read these books many times since I was handed one at sea when I had finished the Dune SiFi series. I had no other books to read for the remainder of our Westpac cruise on my first Navy ship out of San Diego...I told my friend that I read SiFi books and not cowboy books...He looked at me and said this is a Louis Lamore not a cowboy book...he was right and I have read these books for years...they are simple fast reads and I enjoy picking one up from time to time...If you have never read one, I suggest you do...They truly are not cowboy books, but fine adventures...

A fine romp

I recently listened to Sackett's Land written by Louis L'Amour and narrated by John Curless. 

This is the tale of Barnabas Sackett and his adventures both in England and the New world. Early on in the book he finds himself a recipient of an unexpected financial boon. Within an hour of realizing his potential profit he makes the mistake of crossing a vain nobleman named Rupert Genester. 

He only barely escapes the hue and cry set upon him by the town, primarily for defending his life against the noble who tried to take his life with a sword. Being a hunted man he resolves to find a way to the new world where he imagines opportunities abound. 

The narrator John Curless did an excellent job with the material. His accents, while likely not perfect, seem fitting to the work. He manages to underline both tension and the call of adventure in his reading of the story. 

Conclusion: I had initially believed this was a western. While it wasn't what I was expecting, I do not find myself ill used. It's actually a great story that highlights both the man as well as the lack of freedom and social mobility that a society based primarily on blood and privilege enforces. The writing seemed a bit more emotionally distant, in relation to some of the characters, than I would prefer. With that being said, I cannot deny that this was quite fun to read and I hope to read more in this series in the future. 

a wonderful saga. a good story and a good read. N

a wonderful saga , a good and very interesting story. part of a great saga. But would you expect anything less from Louis Lamour.

Great Book

It's Louis L'Amour! What's not to love? Well performed. Now I'm just trying to make it to 15 words.

Life to the Sacketts

it great to have these stories come to life in this way!! very well done!

Slacketts Beginning

Smart, adventuresome, rugged, Barnabus Sackett sets sail to America and falls in love with it. He traded with the Indians and avoids his enemy's and prepares to return to America with friends and a lady love to start his family.

Sacketts Land

With a Louis Lamour story, you are transported in time to share in the story, all the excitment and passion that is displayed from the star His characters and colorful descriptions are at the least spell binding and carry you along all the way to the end,and leave you wanting more.