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Wildcat: A Novel of the West , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 383min
She fought rustlers, land thieves, murders, and her own heart!Her pa taught Allison Katherine “Kat” Crandall to ride, rope, and shoot as good as any man. That's why they called her "Wildcat"! Then her pa died in what folks called an “accident”, and when she returned from his funeral, half her ranch hands up and left. Kat knew that meant her father's death was no accident but cold-blooded murder, even if she couldn't prove it - yet! Soon her troubles really started: Rustling, stampedes, hijackings, her remaining hands attacked. If she didn't do something fast, Kat would lose everything her father had worked for.Kit was ready to strap on her gun and shoot it out with whatever hombres were behind these doin's. But first she had to know who was behind it all, and why? Right then a mysterious drifter who called himself "Laredo" and his two saddle pals, Banty and Bear, drifted into town. Laredo, big and handsome, with an easygoing sense of humor, said he wanted to help Kat out. Kat liked him right from the start. But from the things he said, she realized there was something mysterious about Laredo, something he was keeping from her. Something secret in his past.Kat's heart said she could trust him, but her head said she didn't dare.Then the attempts to drive her off the range with guns and sabotage intensified. Kat found herself riding into one of the great gun battles of the West, but was the man riding at her side true or a traitor? Wildcat wouldn't know until the last bullet had been fired.Wildcat is a thrilling romance of the frontier, brimming with action in the tradition of authors like Zane Grey, Max Brand, and Louis L'Amour and the classic Saturday-afternoon Western B-movies. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jennifer March. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/152429/bk_acx0_152429_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Cowboy Narratives of the American West Collection: Life of Tom Horn, The Chisholm Trail: A History of the World's Greatest Cattle Trail, Life and Adventures of Nat Love, Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick," & The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2254min
The cowboy is an iconic figure in American culture. With his hat, boots, and trusty horse, the cowboy rides in at a moment of crisis to intervene against the forces of evil. In the 20th century, the cowboy of the Wild West took center stage in the realm of popular literature. Cowboy Narratives of the American West Collection includes: Book one: Life of Tom Horn. Tom Horn was a range detective, a gunman, and a government scout and interpreter for Generals Wilcox, Crook, and Miles in the Apache wars. In this account of his life, he tells of the shocking events that led to his imprisonment for the murder a teenaged boy. Book two: The Chisholm Trail: A History of the World's Greatest Cattle Trail. The Chisholm Trail was approximately 800 miles long, running from San Antonio, Texas, to the shipping pens at Abilene, Kansas. This trail was an important part of the old West and part of the lives of thousands of cowboys of the 19th and into the early 20th century. Millions of cattle and horses accompanied their drivers on the two- to three-month journey; its economic importance extended across the nation to the East as the livestock moved over this trail was headed to market to feed much of the United States. The author presents a history of the trail, telling the story of the drivers, who struggled with Indian ambushes, stampedes, and cattle rustlers. Some of the colorful characters associated with the trail include Charles Goodnight, Charles Siringo, and Joseph McCoy. Book three: Life and Adventures of Nat Love, Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick". Nat Love, the son of enslaved parents, was born in 1854 on a plantation in Davidson County, Tennessee. In February 1869, Love left Tennessee and found work as a cowboy, first in the Texas panhandle, then in Arizona. Love's story was published in 1907 and is considered the only full-length autobiography by an African American cowhand. Book fou ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Museum Audiobooks cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/yurt/002247/bk_yurt_002247_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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