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Fear of the Father: Call Me Crockett
- The Crockett Series, Book 1
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 68
"Got a gun?" With those words, David Allen Crockett, a retired police officer who simply wanted to be left alone, finds his seclusion shattered by his friend, therapist Ruby LaCost. At Ruby's request, Crockett agrees to teach one of her clients, Rachael Moore, how to defend herself with a handgun. During the course of those lessons, Crockett and Rachael begin an intimate relationship. When Rachael is found dead from an apparent suicide, Crockett is devastated and tries to slink back into his self-imposed seclusion.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Improbable
- By SAL on 03-24-16
- Fear of the Father: Call Me Crockett
- The Crockett Series, Book 1
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
One of the Most Gifted Contemporary Writers
Reviewed: 08-04-17
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
For sure. Both the writing and the performance/narration are excellent--very entertaining.
What other book might you compare Fear of the Father: Call Me Crockett to and why?
If you like Robert B Parker books you will like this one.
What does David R. Lewis bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
One of the best book narrators in the business--a veteran performer. Listen to a sample.
Any additional comments?
A great crime novel with fast paced action and unpredictable turns and characters. The Crockett character has unique and effective ways of doing his work. Really interesting characters and situations.
Highly recommended!
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Killdeer Trail
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 264
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 239
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Story5 out of 5 stars 239
Thirteen people are dead from the savage poisoning of a church well at the zealous hands of a vengeful old woman. With warrants in hand for murder and flight to avoid prosecution, Ruben, Homer Poteet, and Marion Daniels take to the trail of Blanche Boggs. She has crossed the Mississippi River into the primitive wilds of Southern Illinois to return to her old home place. Back among friends and family, Blanche knows she is safe. She isn't. Nobody is on the Killdeer Trail.
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5 out of 5 stars
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IT WAS A FINE EVENING, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 03-30-17
- Killdeer Trail
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
The Great Western's Reborn
Reviewed: 06-10-15
Would you consider the audio edition of Killdeer Trail to be better than the print version?
David Lewis is as good an audio performer as any you will find. Amazing that such a great author can also narrate with an authentic dialect and pleasing tone.
Who was your favorite character and why?
A new and memorable character, Fayrow Dunlap, shows up in this episode of the Trail Series. He is a jewel like so many of Lewis' characters and I will let the story tell the rest.
Which scene was your favorite?
When Ruben first meets Fayrow.
Any additional comments?
Lewis' strong suit is his ability to confront his engaging main charters with a difficult, dangerous and complex problem and then you'll be amazed at the solutions they find using imagination, daring and determination. If you like westerns and have not read the Trail Series by David R. Lewis you owe it to yourself to download it and listen to or read it. Lewis is an amazing author and his growing list of books offers a broad spectrum of great literary entertainment.
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Calico Trail
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 321
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 290
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Story5 out of 5 stars 288
When old money and older entitlement invade Missouri, Ruben Beeler is dispatched by the Federal Marshals Service to investigate complaints from small farmers and ranchers that a wealthy Englishman is taking over an entire county. Rube leaves his wife and their baby at home, and enters into a conflict where might is right, and Sir Merrit Treadstone is prepared to do whatever is necessary to establish the Calico Cattle Company and his new American kingdom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I LOVE LITTLE BILL, AS MUCH AS I LOVE HIS MAMA
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 05-13-17
- Calico Trail
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
A Great Western Novel in a Great Western Series
Reviewed: 12-11-14
Any additional comments?
Calico Trail is a great western novel in a great western series written and performed by David Lewis. Look at the ratings given by readers to David Lewis and his Trail Series of books. These books will become classics of western literature. I have read a lot of western books and have found none that are close to Lewis' books for plot, character development, humor and action. You only have to listen to one and you will be ready for more. Lewis is as gifted a reader as he is a writer and that is saying something. These are classic westerns in the old tradition. Marshall Marion Daniels, Homer Poteet and main character Ruben Beeler take on the challenges of dealing with hardened desperadoes, crooked lawmen and wealthy land barons in the Calico Trail. Young Ruben takes what he learns from Marshall Daniels and puts on his own twists as he deals with challenging interactions with men who don't play by the rules. He uses his 12" 12 gauge shotgun as often as a club as he does as a firearm.Look at the way high percentage of folks who give these tales a 5 star rating. Listen to one and you will be doing the same.
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Payback Trail
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 304
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 276
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Story5 out of 5 stars 275
When Ruben Beeler joins Marshal Marion Daniels to investigate an incident of theft and murder, Rube is plunged into a world of dark deeds and black hearts. With the help of an abused and courageous young woman, Rube, Marion, and Marshal Addriss Tippideaux head south of the Missouri line into the hills and hollows of Northern Arkansas, and take on an entire clan to see that justice is done. Suspicion of outsiders and hate for the government abounds, and the marshals are much farther from home than the miles they've traveled.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Best Westerns!
- By John Kilgallon on 02-07-17
- Payback Trail
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
Best Western Author Writing Today!
Reviewed: 12-01-14
Where does Payback Trail rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
i have enjoyed the Trail series by David Lewis more than any audiobooks I have ever listened to and I have listened to many hundreds over the past 25 years. This is an exceptional author and a great narrator.
What does David R. Lewis bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Lewis has a unique vocal quality that is both pleasant and interesting. The dialect is s a great enhancement to the story and an entertainment in itself--uniquely strong it is a genuine throw back to another time. I know of no one who has a more pleasantly unique style.
Any additional comments?
If you like westerns you should not miss this author--he is the best there is out there writing today. Just look at all of his reviews and ratings. Everyone who tries these books comes back for more. All the friends I have referred have become committed fans of Lewis.
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The Western Trail
- The Trail Drive, Book 2
- By: Ralph Compton
- Narrated by: Scott Sowers
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4 out of 5 stars 61
Benton McCaleb and his band of bold-spirited cowboys traveled long and hard to drive thousands of ornery cattle into Wyoming's Sweetwater Valley. They're in the midst of setting up a ranch just north of Cheyenne when a ruthless railroad baron and his hired killers try to force them off the land. Now, with the help of the Shoshoni Indian tribe and a man named Buffalo Bill Cody, McCaleb and his men must vow to stand and fight. Outgunned and outmanned, they will wage the most ferocious battle of their lives—to win the right to call the land their own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Happy Ending
- By Thomas E. Last on 07-14-21
- The Western Trail
- The Trail Drive, Book 2
- By: Ralph Compton
- Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Bad job of abridging
Reviewed: 06-16-14
Any additional comments?
Bought the combined 3 books Goodnight-Western and Chisolm Trails below average westerns that are chopped up to shorten in ways that leave you asking what just happened? Reader that may be good at some books but not westerns. Not a good purchase.
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The Endless Journey Toward an Unknown Destination
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
This audiobook is the story of one man's lifetime search for his place in the cosmos and his purpose in the universe. A teacher, healer, reader, and author, David R. Lewis has spent his life moving from dogma to karma and farther in the search for answers to the questions so many of us have. David offers a wealth of his personal experience and shares some of the wisdom of his mentor, the late Doctor Henry Rucker.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Journey
- By Pat on 11-15-23
An interesting listen
Reviewed: 04-27-14
Any additional comments?
David Lewis is a great story teller and an excellent writer and narrator. His experiences with the metaphysical are interesting and a good listen. Many of hIs individual experiences are not believable in my range of experience but his ideas about who or what God is make as much or more sense than most religions and many philosophies. A lot of good sense is expressed in his ideas about how we interact with one another. Worth the time spent listening.
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Nodaway Trail
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 310
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 286
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Story5 out of 5 stars 286
Comfortable in his new life in Deer Run, young Ruben Beeler is called away by Marshal Marion Daniels to help in an investigation of murder and mutilation north of St. Joe. That begins a search for killers and leads the men northward into unfamiliar territory, pitting them against a family of outlaws who have ruled Nodaway County since before the Civil War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Gunsmith or the Mule? Gotta Love Them Both!
- By Kathy in CA on 09-07-16
- Nodaway Trail
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
As good as it gets
Reviewed: 03-20-14
Any additional comments?
David Lewis' writing will stand up with the best western books ever written. How does it get any better than this--well he reads his books with a style that makes them even better and more memorable. These are classic tales that never drag.
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Deer Run Trail
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 467
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 419
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Story5 out of 5 stars 417
The year was 1881, an' young Ruben Beeler was makin' his way along near the Missouri River, findin' work when he could an' livin' the only life he knew. When he come on ol' Arliss Hyatt, beat to hell an' near shot to death, Rube done what he could for him. He didn't know that act of kindness was gonna wind up changin' his whole life, but it did.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Turned me into a grinnin' fool!
- By Kathy in CA on 06-27-16
- Deer Run Trail
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
Great characters
Reviewed: 02-19-14
Any additional comments?
Lewis' narration, rich characters along and an uncommonly good sense of humor never seems to stall as he creates a western series that i hope has a lot more books to come. Very entertaining.
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Thief of Time
- Discworld, Book 26
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Stephen Briggs
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,747
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,388
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,385
Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. And on the Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like the underwater; how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there's never enough time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A welcome re-recording.
- By Glen Phipps on 02-01-10
- Thief of Time
- Discworld, Book 26
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Stephen Briggs
#1 out of 15
Reviewed: 05-29-10
I have heard Stephen Briggs read 14 of Pratchett's books and I liked Thief of Time best. His talent for humor is on full display as he portrays the abbot of a monastery who is a 900 year old monk in a less than 2 year old infant's body. Both ages alternately are heard from the infant with memorable results.
The monks seem to be created from David Caradine's old Kung Fu TV series and all his Egors seem to be a recreation of Marty Feldman's role in Young Frankenstein. Highly recommended for fans of Pratchett and Briggs.
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Carpe Jugulum
- Discworld, Book 23
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Nigel Planer
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 734
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 521
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 526
Mightily Oats has not picked a good time to be a priest. He thought he'd come to the mountain kingdom of Lancre for a simple little religious ceremony. Now he's caught up in a war between vampires and witches, and he's not sure there is a right side. There are the witches - young Agnes, who is really in two minds about everything, Magrat, who is trying to combine witchcraft and nappies, Nanny Ogg, who is far too knowing . . . and Granny Weatherwax, who is big trouble.
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4 out of 5 stars
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laugh til you understand
- By David on 08-12-10
- Carpe Jugulum
- Discworld, Book 23
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Nigel Planer
Where is Stephen Briggs?
Reviewed: 05-13-10
Pratchett is one of a kind. HIs story telling and Brittish wit are second to none. I always enjoy his books but this one is not nearly as interesting as Thief of Time or Nation.
NIgel Planer is an ok reader but Stephen Briggs is so much better I have a hard time buying the books not read by Briggs. Briggs is an extraordinary talent. He does it so well that I would always rather hear his rendition than read it myself.
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