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The Strong Shall Live
When they burned his home, he rebuilt it. When they shot at him, he shot back. But now the man they call Cavagan is in the worst bind of his life. With his hands tied and his body stiff from beatings, he has been left for dead at the bottom of a deep sand pit in the searing Santa Fe desert. Sixty miles from the nearest water. On foot, without a weapon, in one hundred and twenty degree heat. Only one thought drives him on: “I shall Live! I shall live to see Sutton die.”
Keep Travelin’, Rider
After an absence of several years, Tack Gentry heads home to his Uncle John’s G-Bar Ranch. But when he arrives, the entire town has changed. What’s more, strangers have taken over the G-Bar. Strangers who claim that Tack’s uncle died in a gunfight. But Tack knows better. He knows his uncle was a strict Quaker–a man who never even owned a gun. The new sheriff in town wants Tack to get out of town, pronto–but Gentry vows to stay put and fight for the land he believes is his.
Strawhouse Trail
On a seldom-used smugglers’ trail between Mexico and Austin, a man lies dying. Texas Ranger Chick Bowdrie takes the stranger’s body to Valverde, the nearest town. Upon arriving, a crowd gathers, watchful and silent as Bowdrie tells his story to the sheriff. In the crowd is the beautiful blonde Rose Murray, owner of the RM Ranch. Rose explains to Bowdrie that she has reason to believe the stranger was coming to see her in order to right a terrible wrong. Twenty years ago, the Chilton Gang robbed her family. Once Bowdrie discovers the identity of the dead man, he wonders if the surviving members of the Chilton Gang have returned to recover.
When they burned his home, he rebuilt it. When they shot at him, he shot back. But now the man they call Cavagan is in the worst bind of his life. With his hands tied and his body stiff from beatings, he has been left for dead at the bottom of a deep sand pit in the searing Santa Fe desert. Sixty miles from the nearest water. On foot, without a weapon, in one hundred and twenty degree heat. Only one thought drives him on: “I shall Live! I shall live to see Sutton die.”
Keep Travelin’, Rider
After an absence of several years, Tack Gentry heads home to his Uncle John’s G-Bar Ranch. But when he arrives, the entire town has changed. What’s more, strangers have taken over the G-Bar. Strangers who claim that Tack’s uncle died in a gunfight. But Tack knows better. He knows his uncle was a strict Quaker–a man who never even owned a gun. The new sheriff in town wants Tack to get out of town, pronto–but Gentry vows to stay put and fight for the land he believes is his.
Strawhouse Trail
On a seldom-used smugglers’ trail between Mexico and Austin, a man lies dying. Texas Ranger Chick Bowdrie takes the stranger’s body to Valverde, the nearest town. Upon arriving, a crowd gathers, watchful and silent as Bowdrie tells his story to the sheriff. In the crowd is the beautiful blonde Rose Murray, owner of the RM Ranch. Rose explains to Bowdrie that she has reason to believe the stranger was coming to see her in order to right a terrible wrong. Twenty years ago, the Chilton Gang robbed her family. Once Bowdrie discovers the identity of the dead man, he wonders if the surviving members of the Chilton Gang have returned to recover.
- GenresWesterns
3 pages, Audio CD
First published February 12, 2008
About the author
Louis L'Amour
616 books3,710 followersLouis Dearborn L'Amour was an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels, though he called his work "frontier stories". His most widely known Western fiction works include Last of the Breed, Hondo, Shalako, and the Sackett series. L'Amour also wrote historical fiction (The Walking Drum), science fiction (The Haunted Mesa), non-fiction (Frontier), and poetry and short-story collections. Many of his stories were made into films. His books remain popular and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death, almost all of his 105 existing works (89 novels, 14 short-story collections, and two full-length works of nonfiction) were still in print, and he was "one of the world's most popular writers".
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April 7, 2009
I've never read these short stories so they were fun to listen to while doing dishes and folding clothes. I really love Louis L'Amour!
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