84 Results for : gunfights
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The Diary of a Forty-Niner , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 428min
Not all that glitters is gold, and gold mining was not the simple get-rich-quick scheme many thought it was. The Diary of a Forty-Niner draws readers into the day-to-day life of a prospector during the California Gold Rush. The narrator, Alfred. T. Jackson, leaves home to move out west, dreaming, “I would like to have enough capital so that I would not have to slave from sunrise till dark as I did on dad’s farm”. This fortune doesn’t come easy, though, as his diary documents the rough nights and wild gunfights that were mere occupational hazards of a forty-niner. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Larry G. Jones. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/comm/000800/bk_comm_000800_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Weird Wild West: Tall Tales and Legends About the Frontier , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 91min
Space may be the final frontier, but no frontier has ever captured the American imagination like the Wild West, which still evokes images of dusty cowboys, outlaws, gunfights, gamblers, and barroom brawls over 100 years after the West was settled. A constant fixture in American pop culture, the 19th-century American West continues to be vividly and colorfully portrayed not just as a place but as a state of mind. Even for those who travel through the West today, there are plenty of traces of the old times. Ghost towns still stand in remote parts of the desert and prairie, Native American rock art still tell their mute legends, and old prospectors' mines still dot the hillsides. Even some of the places' names, such as Bloody Basin, Arizona, and Soldier's Hill, New Mexico, have their stories to tell. In November 2014 one lucky archaeologist at Nevada's Great Basin National Park spotted an old rifle leaning against a pine tree; the sun and wind had weathered the wooden stock until it was as gray as the tree trunk, making it almost invisible to passersby. When the gun was examined, it turned out to be a Winchester rifle. The serial number was still legible, and records showed it had been manufactured and shipped in 1882. Some prospector or hunter had set the rifle against a tree more than a century ago and never came back for it. It had been leaning there ever since. As popular as works about the West remain today, the Wild West captured the imagination of people all the way back to the days when it really was wild. Even in the 19th century, its fame spread thanks to dime novels, travelogues, Wild West shows, and theater plays, and people were thrilled by tales of exploration and gunfights. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Neufeld. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/033065/bk_acx0_033065_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mississippi Queen: Trans-Continental, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 304min
Ida and Duffy are back!In the exciting follow-up to Girl in the Gears, the duo make their way to the Free City of New Orleans, where they plan to find some answers for Ida among the eclectic citizens of the dazzling city.Instead, they find themselves "recruited" as bodyguards for the city's Queen Mayor, who's on the run from an invading force, and swept up the river aboard a very special steamship: the Marie Curie!The current ahead is filled with spies, rogues, gunfights, and even an old flame or two. Can Ida and Duffy ride out the storm and survive long enough to find the answers they seek? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Angel Clark. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/165300/bk_acx0_165300_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Trail of the Gunman , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 479min
Elijah Jones is a man with a violent past. Setting out for the Arizona Territory, Jones seeks to escape his past and live a quieter, gentler life in the vast wilderness of the Mogollon Rim. But men who once made their living with the gun cannot simply walk away. In an untamed land teeming with Apaches and desperadoes, Jones finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a territorial war pitting him against new foes - and old ones. Through showdowns on dusty streets to savage gunfights in the wild, Jones is dogged by the demons of his former life, and realizes he must face them if he ever hopes to leave the trail of the gunman far behind. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lee Alan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/142654/bk_acx0_142654_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Road of Danger: RCN Series, Book 9 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 776min
Captain Daniel Leary with his friend–and spy–Officer Adele Mundy are sent to a quiet sector to carry out an easy task: helping the local admiral put down a coup before it takes place. But then the jealous admiral gets rid of them by sending them off on a wild goose chase to a sector where commerce is king and business is carried out by extortion and gunfights. With anarchy and rebellion in the air, a rogue intelligence officer plots the war that will destroy civilization and enlists the help of a brute whom even torturers couldn't stomach. And, of course, it’s up to Leary and Mundy to put a stop to the madness. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Victor Bevine. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003654/bk_adbl_003654_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Sterling Point Books: Stampede for Gold: The Story of the Klondike Rush , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 255min
The Klondike gold rush, which occurred between 1896 and 1899, was one of the strangest outbreaks of "gold fever" ever to take place. With news of California's rush still fresh in their minds, thousands of men with get-rich-quick dreams hurried to stake out claims in the Yukon. But they did not count on the murderous weather...or the severe mountain passes that protected the gold. Among those who came with high hopes were author Pierre Berton's parents; here, he presents vividly written, firsthand accounts of the gunfights, con men, avalanches, frostbite, and starvation people endured. It is an amazing and unforgettable true story of superhuman challenges, death-defying adventure, and lifelong friendships. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Andy Caploe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/000651/bk_adbl_000651_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Trapper , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 233min
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity. Mail-order betrothal gone wrong! Joanna’s mail-order husband turns out to be the town’s drunk. While trying to escape one trap, she falls into another, but this one might have rewards. When Jared finds a woman injured in one of his traps, he feels guilty and tries to make amends, but due to a secret in his past, he can’t commit to more than friendship with the her. The town’s drunk, Bradley McKenna, refuses to let go of his bride and even stoops to deceitful means to acquire her. Get ready for romance, Wild West action, gunfights, revenge, blackmail, and emotional ups and downs. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Fouche. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/145494/bk_acx0_145494_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Blood Canyon (Jim Allison) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 231min
Jim Allison was delivering cattle to the Apaches up at San Carlos when a chance meeting with a man named Keyhoe drew him into a violent chain of events from which there could only be one winner. Of course, having spent 10 years as a lawman in the Indian nations, Jim was no stranger to gunfights and ambushes. But he was that much older now and a man alone. The life of his closest friend was in the balance, and every hand was turned against him. Under a blazing desert sun, he headed for the legendary Canyon de Chelly to confront a band of renegades in their lonely hideout...and knowing he'd need every ounce of luck to get out again! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chaz Allen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/037587/bk_acx0_037587_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Andrew Jackson (eBook, ePUB)
This biography for young readers explores the life of the controversial seventh U.S. president, as well as his successes, failures, and legacy. Born in the Carolina backwoods, Andrew Jackson joined the American Revolutionary War at the age of thirteen. After a reckless youth of gunfights, gambling, and general mischief, he rose to national fame as the general who defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans. Jackson ran for president as a political outsider, championing the interest of common farmers and frontiersmen. Determined to take down the wealthy, well-educated East Coast "elites," he pledged to destroy the national bank-which he believed was an engine of corruption serving the interest of bankers and industrialists. A staunch nationalist, he sought to secure and expand the nation's borders. Believing that "we the people" included white men only, he protected the practice of slavery, and opened new lands for white settlers by pushing the Native people westward. Jackson, a polarizing figure in his era, ignited a populist movement that remains a powerful force in our national politics. The book includes selections of Jackson's writings, endnotes, a bibliography, and an index. "A concise profile that successfully reveals Jackson's personal complexities and contradictions and his controversial legacy as a public figure." -Kirkus Reviews- Shop: buecher
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No Hope for Heaven, No Fear of Hell: The Stafford-Townsend Feud of Colorado County, Texas, 1871-1911 (Texas Local Series) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 298min
The Stafford-Townsend feud began with an 1871 shootout in Columbus, Texas, followed by the deaths of the Stafford brothers in 1890. The second phase blossomed after 1898 with the assassination of Larkin Hope, and concluded in 1911 with the violent deaths of Marion Hope, Jim Townsend, and Will Clements, all in the space of one month. The book is published by University of North Texas Press. “Endlessly fascinating, filled with gunfights, ambushes, unexplained deaths, murder, juries allowing culprits to go free....” (Chronicle of the Old West)“Fascinating and sophisticated examination of a Texas feud that should be of interest to scholars of Texas history, the West, and the South.” (Southwestern Historical Quarterly)“I am enormously impressed by this project.” (Bill O’Neal, State Historian of Texas and author of The Johnson-Sims Feud) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chris Chappell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/158482/bk_acx0_158482_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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