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Title: By the Horns
Author: David Robbins
Narrator: Pete Bradbury
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-16-07
Publisher: Recorded Books
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
National best-selling phenomenon Ralph Compton's legacy lives on with By the Horns. A greenhorn - an Englishman, no less - arrives in Whiskey Flats to purchase one of the Bar 40's best longhorns. Owen, the ranch foreman, must escort the tenderfoot on the drive from Texas to Wyoming. But Luke Deal and his gang of ruthless cowboys have been hankerin' to get even with Owen, and this seems like the perfect time to settle an old score.
©2006 Estate of Ralph Compton; (P)2007 Recorded Books
Members Reviews:
bad ending
Book stopped about half way through.don't know if they completed there trip or not.don't know if the Forman married the teacher or not.
Buy it now!
Alfred Pitney, a representative of some British cattle ranchers, arrives in Texas to buy a bull from the Bar-40 ranch. Pitney intends to take the bull to Wyoming and, with three tough Bar-40 cattlehands as escort, sets out on a journey that'll be an adventure of a lifetime. Luke Deal and his gang want the bull for their own and taking it will allow them the chance to settle a very old score...
David Robbins comes up with a winner here, a very readable book filled with gripping situations, excellent characters, including the bull, Big Blue, and the accompanying cows. There's plenty of humour - usually involving Alfred Pitney - that balances out the more violent clashes this small trail drive encounters.
Sweet Sally's attempts to find some goodness in Luke Deal made for some fascinating reading, and I thought it was great she was not the usual attractive, perfect figured, female that many westerns have as their main female roles.
One thing that surprised me was how easy the relationship between Deal and Owen was to work out right from the beginning which was a little disappointing plot wise as the surprise revelation at the end wasn't. Having said that, it really didn't take anything away from this book being a terrific read, in fact I enjoyed the characters so much that I'm hoping there will be a follow up that covers the last part of the trail drive.
Highly recommended.
Ralph Compton is a great western writer
Ralph Compton is a great western writer. He holds interest all the way through with one adventure following the other from the same story hero.
Vicious
The book started out entertaining enough, and the author(s) showed insight into the realities of the Old West, including the business of trail drives. Good characters, and humor.
Then it went downhill, becoming tedious with all of the vicious murders that made the book into almost a Western caricature of mad slasher movies. When a killer keeps on with his murderous rampage and kills an entire family, I actually threw the book away. I will not read more by these people, I don't read Westerns to be depressed and, yes, BORED.
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Title: By the Horns
Author: David Robbins
Narrator: Pete Bradbury
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-16-07
Publisher: Recorded Books
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
National best-selling phenomenon Ralph Compton's legacy lives on with By the Horns. A greenhorn - an Englishman, no less - arrives in Whiskey Flats to purchase one of the Bar 40's best longhorns. Owen, the ranch foreman, must escort the tenderfoot on the drive from Texas to Wyoming. But Luke Deal and his gang of ruthless cowboys have been hankerin' to get even with Owen, and this seems like the perfect time to settle an old score.
©2006 Estate of Ralph Compton; (P)2007 Recorded Books
Members Reviews:
bad ending
Book stopped about half way through.don't know if they completed there trip or not.don't know if the Forman married the teacher or not.
Buy it now!
Alfred Pitney, a representative of some British cattle ranchers, arrives in Texas to buy a bull from the Bar-40 ranch. Pitney intends to take the bull to Wyoming and, with three tough Bar-40 cattlehands as escort, sets out on a journey that'll be an adventure of a lifetime. Luke Deal and his gang want the bull for their own and taking it will allow them the chance to settle a very old score...
David Robbins comes up with a winner here, a very readable book filled with gripping situations, excellent characters, including the bull, Big Blue, and the accompanying cows. There's plenty of humour - usually involving Alfred Pitney - that balances out the more violent clashes this small trail drive encounters.
Sweet Sally's attempts to find some goodness in Luke Deal made for some fascinating reading, and I thought it was great she was not the usual attractive, perfect figured, female that many westerns have as their main female roles.
One thing that surprised me was how easy the relationship between Deal and Owen was to work out right from the beginning which was a little disappointing plot wise as the surprise revelation at the end wasn't. Having said that, it really didn't take anything away from this book being a terrific read, in fact I enjoyed the characters so much that I'm hoping there will be a follow up that covers the last part of the trail drive.
Highly recommended.
Ralph Compton is a great western writer
Ralph Compton is a great western writer. He holds interest all the way through with one adventure following the other from the same story hero.
Vicious
The book started out entertaining enough, and the author(s) showed insight into the realities of the Old West, including the business of trail drives. Good characters, and humor.
Then it went downhill, becoming tedious with all of the vicious murders that made the book into almost a Western caricature of mad slasher movies. When a killer keeps on with his murderous rampage and kills an entire family, I actually threw the book away. I will not read more by these people, I don't read Westerns to be depressed and, yes, BORED.