The folks over at Librivox have been doing
a fine job of picking and recording western novels from the public domain. You
can download them to your computer or listen to them online—for free. The
titles listed below are currently available.
At the website (librivox.org), click on the catalog
and then the genre/subject tab to find them. (Click through on those below with links for BITS reviews.)
Andy Adams
The Log of a Cowboy
Cattle Brands
Reed Anthony, Cowman: An Autobiography
B M. Bower
The Lure of the Dim Trails
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Christmas When the West was Young
Max Brand
Black Jack
Bull Hunter
Gunman’s Reckoning
The Night Horseman
The Garden of Eden
Riders of the Silences,
Ronicky Doone
The Seventh Man
Trailin’!
Way of The Lawless
Ridgwell Cullum
The Trail of the Axe
Mary Hallock Foote
In Exile and Other Stories
A Touch of the Sun and Other Stories
Paul Leicester Ford
Jackson Gregory
The Bells of San Juan
Zane Grey
The Last Trail
The Lone Star Ranger
The Rainbow Trail
Riders of the Purple Sage
To the Last Man
Bret Harte
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other
Sketches
Mrs. Skagg’s Husbands and Other Stories
Selected Sories of Bret Harte
O. Henry
Charles King
Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army
Life on the Frontier
George W. Ogden
The Duke of Chimney Butte
William McLeod Raine
The Yukon Trail
Stewart Edward White
Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the
Wild Life
Owen Wister
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories
A Journey in Search of Christmas
Members of the Family
Padre Ignacio, or The Song of Temptation
Coming up: Rex Beach, The Spoilers (1906)
I did listen to some audiobooks on my kindle before I got satellite radio.
ReplyDeleteI have not tried these, thanks for the info, I will give them a listen.
ReplyDeleteRon, I have never listened to audio books and it'd be a good idea to start with western novels and change my mindset. Thank you for sharing this list.
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