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The Californios
- Narrated by: Erik Singer
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Captain Sean Mulkerin comes home from the sea to find his family home in jeopardy. After the death of his father, Sean’s determined mother, Eileen, took it upon herself to run the sprawling Rancho Malibu - until a fire destroyed her hard-earned profits. Now, on the edge of financial ruin, Eileen hopes Sean can help them find a way out. The rumor is that her late husband found gold in the wild and haunted California hills, but the only clue to its whereabouts lies with an ancient, enigmatic Indian.
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- Nvr2old
- 07-06-17
It's not required to be Irish to believe.
L'Amour has perfectly captured that intangible whiff of the
Souls who came before the white settlers and breathed the mystique of concurrent worlds into all. My respect for him is boundless as he never allows any prejudicial slights to creep in and all races, especially the Native American, are truly equal in his tales. In the Californios, he shows his in depth of research of the territory's history and evolution from being Mexico to becoming the Golden Bear State. He does it so well it makes me wonder why my sixth grade history book was so dry and dull yet author L'Amour covers the the same era with color and action that I'll never forget this history lesson! A credit well spent and another waiting to see if we can find yet another L'Amour Mesmerizing tale!
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- Robert McCutchen
- 06-08-17
Slow to start but an avalanche ending.
I didn't think I would care for the story much, but being that it's LL, I roughed it out and pleased I did. Interesting twist.
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- Rebecca Louthan
- 04-23-17
wonderful exciting tale of western frontier .
Most enjoyable book of California area yet. Just a great tale of experience and rugged living out west with the world of southern California life depicted very well.
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- clinton
- 03-04-17
My favorite Louis lamour novel.
This story is one of my favorites, of any novel in any genre.It is a western but then it’s a treasure story and a tale of the sea . Then it’s wisdom of the ancients , giving hints of mythology, and forbidden information on early North America . Then of course it’s a love story , it’s a family story. And it would make a great mini series.
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- Mark Pitrone
- 02-17-16
Another L'amour classic story, but ...
Would you listen to The Californios again? Why?
Of course!
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The narrator was not the best with voice characterizations, though his reading was impeccable. That is my only complaint. Narrator wasn't Mel Blanc.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-27-22
Excellent
Excellent and interesting story invoking the mystery of 1840s California. Superbly told .by Eric Singer with masterful characterisation.