Merrano of the Dry Country (Dramatization)

De: Louis L'Amour

Narrado por: uncredited

When Miguel Merrano first came to Mirror Valley, the land was green and lush...and off limits to Mexicans. Ranchers such as Tom Drake and Joe Stangle tried to drive Merrano out, to fence him out; and when he warned them that greed and overgrazing would ruin their land, they refused to listen.

Now Merrano's predictions have come true. Mirror Valley is so dry it's about to blow away. The cattle are hollow-ribbed and dying. And the ranchers are broke . . . flat broke. Only Merrano's ranch is still thriving. As the ranchers watch him pay for goods in gold and sell his cattle at a mighty profit, their hatred grows and festers . . . until they draw their guns in a desperate act that will pit daughter against father, friend against friend - an act that could tear the valley apart forever.

©2003 Louis L'Amour (P)2008 Random House Audio

Merrano of the dry County outstanding

Louis L'Amour takes you to the Old West with his books and dramatizations is like stepping trough time and actually been there. This book is weel written, authentic because of all the research the author has made trough his lifetime. I highly recommend all his books.

Thumbs up

Great story, kept my interest. Enjoyed the moral of the story! Will listen several times.

Great book

Very easy read great audio for the first timer, I enjoyed how the families were transformed some from bad to ugly others from bad to humbled I also really enjoyed the authors knowledge and the Mexican work ethnic & wisdom !

The dry country

A very good production!
I enjoyed listening to this very much. It was very well done.

Wonderful telling of Mans struggle to survive

How to ranch in the desert and how to implement disciplined life to make the right choices. Gives details on ranching.

Not a Louis Lamour

This is by Beau Lamour, not Louis. It has more inappropriate language than Louis Lamour stories. It’s a good story. The dramatization goes slow and isn’t very well done.

Realistic Western

This story incorporates the classic range war story with the not often mentioned displacement and unwelcome of the native Mexicans in New Mexico. I enjoyed the story it was more realistic than others I have heard or read.

Absolutely Ruined :/

I love the original story and I love audio books, but I hate this one. They absolutely destroyed the character of Merrano. In the real story he wasn’t only hated for being half Mexican, he was also hated because his father had married the girl everyone had their eye on. Rather than portraying him as a cool half-Mexican (what main character of L’Amour’s wasn’t cool?) who spoke flawless English and planned ahead, they turned him into some cringing, knee-jerk-reacting Mexican who always sounds desperate and constantly uses Spanish words with a strong accent. Although there’s nothing wrong with that in and of itself, I wish they had stayed accurate to L’Amour’s idea. The interactions between Merrano and Candy were also incredibly inaccurate. They also destroyed the timeline and the actual plot. Some characters were even gotten rid of entirely. Please, do yourself a favor and get the Bowdrie audiobooks instead. They’re accurate to L’Amour’s version and the characters are well played.