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George Guidall
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National best-selling author and New Mexico native Michael McGarrity takes listeners to the wild territory of the late 19th-century American Southwest for this epic tale. After the deaths of his wife and brother, John Kerney gives up his West Texas ranch and heads south in search of a new home. Soon Kerney is offered work trailing cattle to the New Mexico Territory - a job that will forever change his life.
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A Man Called Justice
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- Narrated by: A.T. Chandler
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Justice is a drifter with no fear and no memory, trailed by a violent past. Nora is a beautiful widow bravely raising her young son on an isolated New Mexican ranch. When a ruthless cattle baron pushes longhorns into the valley, Justice vows to protect Nora and her boy. But how can he succeed against thirty hired guns… including the four outlaws who left him for dead?
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Home run!
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By: John Deacon
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Taming the Nueces Strip
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- By: George Durham, Clyde Wantland
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
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Only an extraordinary Texas Ranger could have cleaned up bandit-plagued Southwest Texas, between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande, in the years following the Civil War. Thousands of raiders on horseback, some of them Anglo-Americans, regularly crossed the river from Mexico to pillage, murder, and rape. In desperation, the governor of Texas called on an extraordinary man, Captain Leander M. McNelly, to take command of a Ranger company and stop these border bandits. One of McNelly's recruits for this task was George Durham, a Georgia farmboy.
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A Narration Second Only to a Live Performance !!!
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Death Rides a Chestnut Mare
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Waylaid by a pack of murdering outlaws, Daniel Strange's lifeless body is left dangling at the end of a rope. Now, a mysterious gunslinger is on the vengeance trail, packing Strange's trademark twin Colts, and answering to the same name. With fiery green eyes and a temper to match, he won't stop until every last man who killed Strange shares the same fate. And as each bullet finds its mark, his victims will die never knowing the truth: that Daniel Strange may be dead and buried, but his daughter is alive - and killing....
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Excellent listen
- By Micah Balch on 01-22-19
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Shawgo
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In the early 1870's, the young state of Texas was struggling to survive. Its vast, undeveloped land of over 260 thousand square miles became a haven for the lawless. Murderers, rustlers and renegade bands of hostile Indians and Comanchero roamed the vast wastelands of west Texas with only a narrow river separating them from the sanctuary of Mexico. One group of dedicated lawmen stood between this element and the law-abiding citizenry - the Texas Rangers. This is the story of one of those men.
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Good western
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Busted out of prison by an outlaw friend, Flintlock joins a hunt for a fortune - a golden bell hanging in a remote monastery. But between the smouldering ruin of his former jail cell and a treasure in the Arizona mountains there will be blood at a U.S. Army fort, a horrifying brush with Apache warriors, and a dozen bloody showdowns with the schemers, shootists, madmen, and lost women who find their way to Flintlock's side.
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interesting storyline
- By RFD Northwood on 03-12-24
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This Calder Range
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Chase Benteen Calder was bound to wrest a fortune from Montana land, where the whisper of riches swept across a sea of buffalo grass. With Lorna at his side, a woman who took the tough ways of the land as her destiny, he would breathe life into his dream. Through the treacherous Texas prairie, the perils of Indian country, and a bustling Dodge City, they forged their way to Montana. With Calder strength, they would harvest their fortune from the rich earth, on the sprawling plains of This Calder Range.
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Entertaining
- By Lisa M on 11-17-17
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Epitaph
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A deeply divided nation. Vicious politics. A shamelessly partisan media. A president loathed by half the populace. Smuggling and gang warfare along the Mexican border. Armed citizens willing to stand their ground and take law into their own hands.... That was America in 1881. All those forces came to bear on the afternoon of October 26, when Doc Holliday and the Earp brothers faced off against the Clantons and the McLaurys in Tombstone, Arizona. It should have been a simple misdemeanor arrest.
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SO GOOD!
- By Cait on 06-30-15
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The irresistible tale of 19-year-old Martha Lessen, a female horse whisperer trying to make a go of it in a man's world. It was thought that the only way to break a horse was to buck the wild out of it, and broken ribs and tough falls just went with the job. But over several long, hard winter months, many of the townsfolk in this remote county of eastern Oregon witness Martha's way of talking in low, sweet tones to horses believed beyond repair---and getting miraculous, almost immediate results.
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Simple, Honest, Wonderful
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Hard Gold (I Witness)
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Early Whitcomb's family needs a miracle. Their Iowa farm has been in the family for generations, but a long drought has withered their savings and left them in debt - and in danger of foreclosure. Early's uncle, Jesse, thinks he has the solution: to head West and dig for gold. Fueled by reports of prospectors striking it rich in the Rocky Mountains, Jesse can't think about anything but gold. Early is wild to go with him, as much for the adventure as for the gold. But the journey costs money - more than the boys can afford....
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great story
- By Uki Dominque Lucas on 04-09-19
By: Avi
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- alyxsheerheart
- 03-29-17
Book lives up to name
Earlier this year, I read all 4 books in the Lonesome Dove saga. They were spectacular on a whole, but I was looking for a western that would fill the void in my reading list those books had left.
I have to admit, I was not very optimistic about Hard Country, as this was the first Michael McGarrity novel I had read. However, after only a couple chapters in, I was hooked.
Warning though, this book lives up to it's name. Throughout the entire read, you will be taken for a ride filled with ups and downs. The book lasts what feels like an eternity and thinking about it, it does span 3 generations.
I enjoyed the character development most of all. Cal being my favorite, of course. McGarrity paid close attention to all characters though, even the ones that are only around for a chapter or two. My attention was held and I thoroughly enjoyed the book. But I must admit, when certain characters died, part of me wanted to quit reading in protest. And not to give away any endings, but just don't expect this to end like a fairy tail. I constantly reminded myself when the plot took various turns that the book was indeed titled, "Hard Country."
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- william a riel
- 03-04-17
Favourite book
The very best book I have read or listened to.
Live through the lives of people in a very tough time.
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- katyreader
- 05-18-19
Wow!
Such a winding expansive tale. The characters were deep and well written. The development of Patrick’s personality was subtle, but followed the traits typical of a child who was abandoned. Emma was also created following common traits of someone who had been assaulted.
Mr. McGarrity has written using historical and psychological information that makes Hard Country a fantastic read.
And, as always, George Guidall makes the book come to life with his narrative skills.
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- CJFLA
- 09-14-18
Really good Western
Exceptionally well-written book about the a family in the American West with a great narration. Very enjoyable. Very interesting.
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- BJ Johnson
- 01-01-17
Old West adventures with person touch
This book features splendid characterizations that avoid trite stereotypes and an appreciation of the types of people it took to settle the West, particularly New Mexico territory. Anyone who enjoys history and adventure should enjoy this well told family saga.
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- Minime
- 09-18-19
I now have a new author to follow
The storyline was so good that I downloaded the next two books. And of course George Guidall brings it all to life
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- Steven C.
- 11-02-17
Wonderful story
What a wonderful surprise. Excellent story expertly told by George Guidall. I will definitely be looking out for Michael’s novels.
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- baker126
- 01-18-23
Amazing read
It was awesome to follow all of the characters through their lives. It is one of those books that leaves you craving more.
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- Matt Ashcraft
- 05-21-23
A thought provoking and realistic glimpse of American history.
McGarrity tells a gritty and fabulously descriptive story spanning several generations of American history. Fascinating undercurrents in this book, such as how Americans dealt with trauma before therapy and mental health were common. No sugar coating or holleywood glamour here, these characters and events are unapologetically realistic.
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- D Car
- 08-07-24
Absolutely excellent
Voice performance is absolutely incredible. The book is swift, accurate, deeply engaging, heart wrenching, and thought provoking. I grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico. I’ve been to literally every place in New Mexico detailed in the book… the accuracy and descriptions are so good, I felt like I was back in the incredible wilderness of NM.
It is frustrating for me that people give lower reviews bc the book is sad in many ways. It’s called Hard Country, and the settling of the Wild West was a brutal time. I think reviews should be on quality of writing, not the fate of characters. The author gets to tell the story, we get to go for the ride.
When life gets tough for me, I listen again to the trilogy and remember life is hard but beautiful and grit is important.
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