Matagorda
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Ari Fliakos
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By:
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Louis L'Amour
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Tap Duvarney lost his innocence in the War Between the States and then put his skills to the test as a soldier in the frontier army. Now, leaving behind a devoted fiancée, he is trying to make his fortune on the Texas coast, working a ranch as the partner of his old friend Tom Kittery - and finding himself in the middle of a feud between Kittery and the neighboring Munson family.
Around Matagorda Island, most people are either backing the Munsons or remaining silent. But the danger from outside Kittery’s camp is nothing compared to the threat within, as Tap begins to suspect that Kittery’s woman, a Texas-born beauty who misses the glitz and glamour of city life, isn’t everything she appears to be. Tap is quickly discovering that he must go to war again. But will it be with the Munsons - or with his closest friend?
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- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 228
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Story5 out of 5 stars 228
It was the only water for miles in a vast, sun-blasted desert where water meant survival. So Logan Cates naturally headed for Papago Wells. But he wasn't the only one. Fleeing the fierce Churupati and his Apache warriors, other travelers had come there, too. And when the Apaches found them, they began a siege as relentless and unforgiving as the barren land - and just as inescapable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Most entertaining!
- By christopher on 05-25-22
By: Louis L'Amour
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Dark Canyon
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 474
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 408
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Story5 out of 5 stars 408
When Gaylord Riley walked away from the Coburn gang, he had money and a dream. He worked hard and built a cabin, gathered a herd of cattle, and fell in love with Marie Shattuck. But when he is confronted with false accusations of rustling and murder, Riley is forced to defend his new law-abiding way of life. Outnumbered and facing a lynching party, Riley is surprised when his old friends return to lend him a hand. But how can they help him and keep themselves out of jail?
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5 out of 5 stars
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wow
- By Amazon Customer on 06-12-17
By: Louis L'Amour
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The Tall Stranger
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 100
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Story5 out of 5 stars 100
Wagon trains heading west were forced to defend themselves against Indians, cope with injuries and illness, and struggle to find food. The group of easterners Rock Bannon was scouting for faced another problem. They were being deceived. When he warned them to remain on the Humboldt Trail, Sharon Crockett and the others refused to listen. Mort Harper, a stranger riding a beautiful black mare, had dazzled them with his charm and good looks. The southern route was the best way to go, Harper told them. But best for whom?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good plot well written. Great believable characters.
- By Richard D Bush on 05-16-25
By: Louis L'Amour
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Bendigo Shafter
- Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story5 out of 5 stars 53
When young Bendigo Shafter and a ragtag bunch of travelers settle in the rugged Wyoming mountains, they quickly come to depend on a toughness and wisdom many of them never knew they possessed. Led by the beautiful and resourceful widow Ruth Macken, the settlers battle harsh winters, renegade opportunists, and the destructive lure of gold. Through these brutally demanding experiences, young Bendigo is forged into a man.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The building of a man.
- By Timothy Lantz on 04-24-25
By: Louis L'Amour
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Radigan
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 575
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 504
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Story5 out of 5 stars 503
When beautiful Angelina Foley presents Tom Radigan with a Spanish grant and claims ownership of his land, he realizes he's up against a cunning and deadly opportunist. Foley wants him off Vache Creek immediately, and with 3,000 head of cattle, an outfit of hardcase gunfighters, and winter coming on, she is unwilling to take no for an answer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Action Packed - Exciting!
- By Lady M on 03-14-17
By: Louis L'Amour
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The Broken Gun
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 222
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 218
Ninety years ago the Toomey brothers, along with 25 other men and 4,000 head of cattle, vanished en route to Arizona. When writer and historian Dan Sheridan is invited to the missing brothers’ ranch by its current owner, he jumps at the chance. The visit fits right in with his plan to solve the century-old mystery - but it turns out that his host isn’t a fan of books, writers, or people who don’t mind their own business.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Good Book
- By Char on 01-29-11
By: Louis L'Amour
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Killoe
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 263
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 231
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Story5 out of 5 stars 229
Dan Killoe - over six feet of tough, raw, lightning-fast man. He had a trail heard and a mass of settlers to get across unknown territory to a new land. Then he gave shelter to a stranger being hunted by Felipe Soto, scar-faced leader of the renegade Comancheros. This time Killoe was borrowing more trouble than he wanted to handle.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Killoe
- By Anonymous User on 11-30-19
By: Louis L'Amour
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The High Graders
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 477
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 422
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 421
The story was that Eli Patterson had died in a gunfight, but Mike Shevlin knew it couldn't be true: The man who'd been like a father to him had been a Quaker. But when Shevlin rides back to Rafter Crossing to uncover the truth, he finds that the quiet ranching community has become a booming mining town. Newfound wealth has not made Rafter a peaceful place, however, and the smell of fear and greed is thick in the air.
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2 out of 5 stars
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cursing<br /><br />all of the cursing unnecessary.
- By Derek on 05-24-17
By: Louis L'Amour
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Fair Blows the Wind
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 799
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 719
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 713
His father killed by the British and his home burned, young Tatton Chantry left Ireland to make his fortune and regain the land that was rightfully his. Schooled along the way in the use of arms, Chantry arrives in London a wiser and far more dangerous man. He invests in trading ventures, but on a voyage to the New World his party is attacked by Indians and he is marooned in the untamed wilderness of the Carolina coast. It is in this darkest time, when everything seems lost, that Chantry encounters a remarkable opportunity....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A swashbuckling adventure
- By rahhenry on 01-04-20
By: Louis L'Amour
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Kiowa Trail
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 266
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 208
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Story5 out of 5 stars 207
Kate Lundy, owner of the Tumbling B, and Conn Dury, her foreman, told Tom the rules: men from the cattle drives are forbidden on the north side of town. People appreciated the money the cowboys spent but thought them too coarse to be near their homes. Enticed to come calling by Linda McDonald, daughter of one of the leading citizens, Tom Lundy broke the law and crossed the line. Later that night, he was dead. Outraged by her brother's murder, Kate vows to destroy the entire town.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Love Louis L'Amour Novels, but...
- By Lady M on 11-10-12
By: Louis L'Amour
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To Tame a Land
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 987
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 860
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Story5 out of 5 stars 853
Rye Tyler was 12 when his father was killed in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for books and an instinct for survival, Rye is schooled in the hard lessons of life in the West. But after killing a man, he is forced to leave his new home. He rides lonely mountain passes and works on dusty cattle drives until he finds a job breaking horses. Then he meets Liza Hetrick, and in her eyes he sees his future. After establishing himself as marshal of Alta, he returns, only to discover that Liza has been kidnapped.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Always Good Listening!
- By Erin on 01-10-13
By: Louis L'Amour
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The Ghost of Buckskin Run
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
For the westerner trouble came with the territory. Long grass valleys, merciless deserts, sheer rock cliffs, icy streams, hidden trails, dusty towns: These were the proving grounds of daily life. At any time violence could explode and on the frontier there was no avoiding its sudden terrible impact. In this collection of his stories Louis L’Amour guides us to some of these untamed places where men and women faced the challenge of survival. And for the first time, L’Amour also presents a selection of riveting scenes from western history that are every bit as exciting as his stories.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Imagetive plot still no horse to kiss but cowboy does hit the girl one would think if ptevioviously read and reviewed there woud
- By tim simmons on 01-30-23
By: Louis L'Amour
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Westward the Tide
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 718
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 607
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 607
Matt Bardoul was a good man to have as a friend and a bad one to make trouble with. He was also a single-minded drifter—until he met his match in an outspoken beauty named Jacquine Coyle. She was headed into the Bighorn Mountains with her father and an expedition in search of gold. After Matt signs on to join them, he discovers that there is a group of outlaws in the party—gunfighters and thieves that Matt wouldn’t trust for a minute.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Never Disappointed!
- By Lady M on 10-05-12
By: Louis L'Amour
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The First Fast Draw
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 105
East Texas wasn’t much of a home for Cullen Baker. Few liked him, and some even tried to kill him. Yet after three hard years of wandering, he’s come back to farm the land that’s rightfully his. Only Cullen’s in for an unwelcome homecoming: his neighbors have long memories, the Reconstructionists have greedy hearts, and his worst enemy has teamed up with a vicious outlaw. But Cullen isn’t about to back down.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story of a beginning..
- By Gabriel Broxton on 05-15-24
By: Louis L'Amour
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Taggart
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 351
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 319
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Story5 out of 5 stars 315
Adam Stark had found gold. In the confusion of the mesas and canyons near Rockinstraw Mountain, Stark, his wife, Consuelo, and his sister, Miriam, were quietly working a rich vein while keeping their presence a secret from raiding Apaches. Worried that his wife might leave him, Stark wanted to make enough money to take her to San Francisco, where she could enjoy the style of life she craved. But when Taggart, a stranger on the run from a vicious bounty hunter, enters their camp, tensions soon mount. Consuelo, against all good judgment, cannot resist testing Taggart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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engaging!
- By Darin &Bernice Copenhaver on 08-19-18
By: Louis L'Amour
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Hanging Woman Creek
- A Novel
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 352
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 311
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Story5 out of 5 stars 308
Barnabus Pike is no gunfighter and not much of a street fighter. Eddie Holt is a black boxer in a white man's world. They've both taken their share of hard knocks. Now they're looking to survive a brutal winter in a remote Montana line shack, collect their pay, and settle down for good. Then they cross paths with a hardworking Irish immigrant and his beautiful, spirited sister, who've been burned off their land. It's a fight Pike and Holt don't want, don't need, and don't dare turn their backs on - especially when one of the perpetrators might be one of Pike's old friends.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hanging Woman Creek
- By Kindle Customer on 09-17-16
By: Louis L'Amour
Great story was very entertaining
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One of my first ones I read
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Matagorda!
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Good read
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great book as usual
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Great story, great storyteller
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entertaining
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most enchanting cowboy story with sea and roundup
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Fun with cows and women and pistols.
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Classic L’Amour
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