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The Magic Wagon

By: Joe R. Lansdale
Narrated by: Chet Williamson
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When the Magic Wagon comes to town, folks get a genuine medicine show that includes a wrestling ape, fancy shooting, and a peek at the petrified body of Wild Bill Hickok himself. They also get bottles of a whiskey-laced elixir to drown their aches and pains. Old Albert drives the wagon, a raw-boned youngster named Buster Fogg does the odd jobs, and "champion" trick shooter and fast talker Billy Bob Daniels owns the show.

Billy Bob claims to be the illegitimate son of Wild Bill himself. As storms hover in their wake, our intrepid trio (and one ape) make their way to a Godforsaken hole named Mud Creek, an East Texas town where the dark cloud of fate hovers and violence looms in the shadows....

©1986 Joe R. Lansdale (P)2012 David N. Wilson Fiction Genre Fiction Horror Westerns Scary

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"I remember the night I picked up Joe Lansdale's The Magic Wagon...it was the strangest Western I'd ever read, full of creepy-crawly stuff as well as gunfighters, straddling genres with authority, and it dealt with the human condition in a profound yet unpretentious manner that any sensible writer would envy." (Dean R. Koontz)
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I just love the way these stories are through a main character in the story. it was well told and wrapped up with a great finale. "karma us a bitch"

another jewel of a western from Landsdale

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This rich little tale is worth your time. Narration is perfect and characters well developed. And it was fun!

Wonderful!

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The Magic Wagon is funny, outlandish, mysterious, dramatic, surprising and even cinematic. It builds to a hell of a climax but trust me, you'll enjoy the ride too. If you've never read Mr. Lansdale's fiction, this novel isn't a bad place to start. It's short, colorful and wildly entertaining.

Chet Williamson's narration is perfect.

This Western is a Hoot!

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I loved it. gunslinger mummy's curse. ha! and other words and stuff and things, blah blah blah

fantastic

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A fun, quick book to listen to, excellent narration. Joe R. Lansdale has a special story-telling ability with plenty of humor. He's one of my favorite writers. If you are a fan, you will enjoy this.

Fun and quirky

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One of the best short westerns I’ve come across
From wrestling apes to a self hating sharp shooter this is storytelling at its best
Well narrated and a highly recommended tale of the old west
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Excellent

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MULE SLAYER
I enjoyed this from start to finish. The first three chapters sound like closely related Mark Twain Stories, but then, what seems to be short stories, gels into a great western story. The characters are well developed and you take an invested interest in them. The whole thing is smartly written and very entertaining. This is only my second Joe ledger book or story, but I want more.

DAMN IDGIT

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This is a fun little Western. It's more funny than serious. It's a good story when your in the mood for a more funny book than serious book. Chet Williamson is a good narriator. If my review is any help will you please click on the helpful link below. Thank you

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