The Beginning [Dramatized Adaptation]

Smoke Jensen, Book The Beginning, Book 1

By: William W. Johnstone

Narrated by: full cast, James Lewis, Terence Aselford, Lily Beacon, Mort Shelby, Christopher Graybill, Bradley Smith, Alyssa Wilmoth, Michael Glenn, Scott Graham, Scott McCormick, Elizabeth Jernigan

For the first time, an epic account of a boy born into a struggle for survival on the harsh and unforgiving American frontier, the story behind the legend of Smoke Jensen....

On the eve of the Civil War, Kirby Jensen is the youngest of three children living on a hardscrabble ranch in Southwestern Missouri. But in 1861, shots were fired in Charleston harbor, and Kirby's father and brother went to war.

Smoke Jensen: The Beginning follows the Jensen clan during these volatile years, from Civil War battles to border state raids to the kind of frontier justice achieved only by bullets and blood. William W. Johnstone chronicles the early years of Kirby Jensen - soon to be nicknamed Smoke - as he journeys from boyhood innocence into a manhood shaped by violence and a young man's thirst for justice.

Filled with actual historical events and legendary characters, the story of Smoke Jensen's early years is a powerful, brutal and amazing American saga - the crowning achievement of America's most popular living Western writer.

Performed by James Lewis, Terence Aselford, Lily Beacon, Mort Shelby, Christopher Graybill, Bradley Smith, Alyssa Wilmoth, Michael Glenn, Scott Graham, Scott McCormick, Elizabeth Jernigan, Thomas Penny, Gregory Wooddell, Thomas Keegan, Andy Brownstein, Colleen Delany, David Jourdan, Ren Kasey, Andy Clemence, Nick DePinto, Michael John Casey, Tim Carlin, Kimberly Gilbert, Maboud Ebrahimzadeh, Christopher Scheeren, Joe Brack, Eric Messner, Richard Rohan, Todd Scofield, Dylan Lynch, Tony Nam, Matthew Bassett, Laura C Harris, Nanette Savard, Casie Platt, Patrick Bussink, Katy Carkuff, Ken Jackson.

©2015 J.A. Johnstone (P)2015 Graphic Audio, LLC

Well did

Great story holds you in till the end . Great voice acting and sound effects. I would say it make for one very good movie on the big screen .

Characters

Good listening easy to follow the characters sounded believable the back ground effects were good the music could have been better

A movie in your mind

Graphic audio and W. Johnstone have created yet another action packed western adventure. Saddle up and enjoy

Super Good

This audio play by William W. Johnstone is very good, great characters and storyline with historical western fiction and non fiction all backed up by a superb full cast narration. Highly recommended for those who are into the western genre.

The Beginning

This book explains a lot about Smoke's life starting out. It's explains how Smoke and Emmett (Smoke's Father) met preacher and how Smoke got his nickname Smoke. It also explains what happened to Janie (Smoke's sister). I enjoyed this book very much. There are several narrators in this book. They all did very good. I highly recommend this book if you like the Jensen's or if you like westerns. If my review is any help will you please click on the helpful link below. Thank you