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Title: Riders of Judgment
Author: Frederick Manfred
Narrator: Eric G. Dove
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-11-15
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Westerns
Publisher's Summary:
Riders of Judgment centers on the three Hammett brothers and their cousin Rosemary, whom all three love. To the oldest brother, Cain, falls the lot of avenging the murder of his father, grandfather, and brother. Cain - who is, in a sense, a cowboy Hamlet - is torn by conflicts within himself. He desires peace yet is forced to wear a gun. He is a law-abiding man by instinct yet has to take the law into his own hands. He is loved by a woman but rejects her because he feels unworthy of her love. Then one spring morning the cattle barons invade his territory, and Cain's hesitancy vanishes. One man's inner struggle becomes a fight to turn the cattle kingdom into a free country for the small stockman.
Members Reviews:
Stylistically Superior Western Genre - Fictional Tale of the Johnson County, Wyoming Range Wars
Riders of Judgment (1957) is historical fiction, a retelling of the Johnson County, Wyoming range war in April, 1892. The University of Nebraska Press reprinted Frederick Manfred's novel in 1982. It is also available in various paperback editions.
Although Manfred's account largely adheres to the actual historical event, he changed the names of the key characters. For example, Manfred's Cain Hammet replaces the actual Nate Champion that organized the small ranchers' Northern Wyoming Farmers and Stock Grower's Association (NWFSGA) to compete with the cattle barons' powerful Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA).
The title of each chapter is a character - Cain, Dale, Harry, Rosemary (Rory), Hunt, Jesse, Mitch, and others. This structure allows the author to focus on characterization as well as on the action (confrontations, hangings, and ambushes). Manfred's shifting perspectives occasionally reveal deep misunderstandings and false assumptions made by both parties, although his account is largely sympathetic to the plight of the small ranchers.
Cain Hammet is a reluctant protagonist. Link Keeler, the murderer of Cain's grandpa some years ago, has recently returned to Johnson County (under the name Hunt Larson) as a deputized inspector of cattle charged with eliminating rustling. Unable to goad Hunt into a gun fight, Cain lets his hated adversary walk away. While admittedly killing a peace officer would be foolhardy, Cain's inaction ultimately makes matters worse.
Frederick Manfred's Riders of Judgment was the basis for the 2002 TV movie The Johnson County War.
Caution: In 2001 another respected Western author, Ralph Compton, published a novel with the same title, Riders of Judgment, that is also based on the Johnson County range war. I have not read Compton's western; the reader reviews rank it highly.
Thre are some great, detaile descriptions
Thre are some great, detailed descriptions, but it is really long and too drawn out in the first third of the book. Too much went into character background descriptions and relationships. Some of it should have been left to the reader's imagination through their interactions.
I like all of Manfred's
Very enjoyable . I like all of Manfred's books
Great book!
Very good read. Simple, but true story telling at its best. 5 books is not enough.
A book that tries to be a classic western, but fails.
The book takes quite a wile to get going and then never really does. The synopsis for the book itself is also incorrect. Cain, the main character, isn't exciting or interesting in the least.
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Title: Riders of Judgment
Author: Frederick Manfred
Narrator: Eric G. Dove
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-11-15
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Westerns
Publisher's Summary:
Riders of Judgment centers on the three Hammett brothers and their cousin Rosemary, whom all three love. To the oldest brother, Cain, falls the lot of avenging the murder of his father, grandfather, and brother. Cain - who is, in a sense, a cowboy Hamlet - is torn by conflicts within himself. He desires peace yet is forced to wear a gun. He is a law-abiding man by instinct yet has to take the law into his own hands. He is loved by a woman but rejects her because he feels unworthy of her love. Then one spring morning the cattle barons invade his territory, and Cain's hesitancy vanishes. One man's inner struggle becomes a fight to turn the cattle kingdom into a free country for the small stockman.
Members Reviews:
Stylistically Superior Western Genre - Fictional Tale of the Johnson County, Wyoming Range Wars
Riders of Judgment (1957) is historical fiction, a retelling of the Johnson County, Wyoming range war in April, 1892. The University of Nebraska Press reprinted Frederick Manfred's novel in 1982. It is also available in various paperback editions.
Although Manfred's account largely adheres to the actual historical event, he changed the names of the key characters. For example, Manfred's Cain Hammet replaces the actual Nate Champion that organized the small ranchers' Northern Wyoming Farmers and Stock Grower's Association (NWFSGA) to compete with the cattle barons' powerful Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA).
The title of each chapter is a character - Cain, Dale, Harry, Rosemary (Rory), Hunt, Jesse, Mitch, and others. This structure allows the author to focus on characterization as well as on the action (confrontations, hangings, and ambushes). Manfred's shifting perspectives occasionally reveal deep misunderstandings and false assumptions made by both parties, although his account is largely sympathetic to the plight of the small ranchers.
Cain Hammet is a reluctant protagonist. Link Keeler, the murderer of Cain's grandpa some years ago, has recently returned to Johnson County (under the name Hunt Larson) as a deputized inspector of cattle charged with eliminating rustling. Unable to goad Hunt into a gun fight, Cain lets his hated adversary walk away. While admittedly killing a peace officer would be foolhardy, Cain's inaction ultimately makes matters worse.
Frederick Manfred's Riders of Judgment was the basis for the 2002 TV movie The Johnson County War.
Caution: In 2001 another respected Western author, Ralph Compton, published a novel with the same title, Riders of Judgment, that is also based on the Johnson County range war. I have not read Compton's western; the reader reviews rank it highly.
Thre are some great, detaile descriptions
Thre are some great, detailed descriptions, but it is really long and too drawn out in the first third of the book. Too much went into character background descriptions and relationships. Some of it should have been left to the reader's imagination through their interactions.
I like all of Manfred's
Very enjoyable . I like all of Manfred's books
Great book!
Very good read. Simple, but true story telling at its best. 5 books is not enough.
A book that tries to be a classic western, but fails.
The book takes quite a wile to get going and then never really does. The synopsis for the book itself is also incorrect. Cain, the main character, isn't exciting or interesting in the least.