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Deadwood Dick's Doom; Or, Calamity Jane's Last Adventure
A fast-paced thriller by popular dime-novelist Edward L. Wheeler. With its colourful narrative and surprising twists, the story will keep you hooked till the very end. Brimming with suspense and action, it is a must-read!
100 pages, Paperback
Published October 23, 2009
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June 18, 2018
Overly sensational and awkward at times but entertaining.
October 30, 2019
Be prepared for the worst of the west in Deathnotch! A lady and her servant are trapped in the town because they missed the stagecoach. There being no women in the town, every man there is interested!
When the luggage arrives on the goods train, the men see bills posted on them that say they are travelling entertainers. But when the lady is asked, not very politely, to sing, she refuses. So they force her to do so.
From there all the clichés about the west seem to begin. Add in the local Indian tribe and their desire for revenge at having previously lost that town, which they owned by right of the government, and revenge for the many of their people who had been killed.
There are several baddies killed, just at the nick of time when they were about to carry off the lady. Deadwood Dick shows up, and various contests like knife throwing or wrestling, take place. Some with disastrous results. Calamity Jane comes, and puts her skill into use. A Mormon arrives, pursuing a wife he had tricked into marriage and who had fled. A mad dwarf creature also brings his evil intentions into the mix. And to top it off, one of the men , with the nickname Shakespeare, spouts off his western themed poetry whenever there is a chance. But best of all is the “Unknown”, whose actions are timed just right to come to the aid of those in danger...especially the women.
Fast paced and full of twists, the book is great for someone who has the stomach for the Big Bad Wild West.
The readers were mostly good at reading this book.
When the luggage arrives on the goods train, the men see bills posted on them that say they are travelling entertainers. But when the lady is asked, not very politely, to sing, she refuses. So they force her to do so.
From there all the clichés about the west seem to begin. Add in the local Indian tribe and their desire for revenge at having previously lost that town, which they owned by right of the government, and revenge for the many of their people who had been killed.
There are several baddies killed, just at the nick of time when they were about to carry off the lady. Deadwood Dick shows up, and various contests like knife throwing or wrestling, take place. Some with disastrous results. Calamity Jane comes, and puts her skill into use. A Mormon arrives, pursuing a wife he had tricked into marriage and who had fled. A mad dwarf creature also brings his evil intentions into the mix. And to top it off, one of the men , with the nickname Shakespeare, spouts off his western themed poetry whenever there is a chance. But best of all is the “Unknown”, whose actions are timed just right to come to the aid of those in danger...especially the women.
Fast paced and full of twists, the book is great for someone who has the stomach for the Big Bad Wild West.
The readers were mostly good at reading this book.
November 10, 2010
I listened to this on librivox, wanting an exciting and simple western to listen to while I did some work. It was a major disappointment. Not much excitement and way to simple of a story.
Death Notch, a town composed of the worst of the outlaws is run by a tyrant that kills his men for no reason and without consequence. When he gets himself killed by a lady, who may or may not have killed him- while the whole town was watching her, the tyrant's oppressed thugs, rather than cheering their freedom, suddenly want revenge and justice on the lady. It gets worse from there.
Death Notch, a town composed of the worst of the outlaws is run by a tyrant that kills his men for no reason and without consequence. When he gets himself killed by a lady, who may or may not have killed him- while the whole town was watching her, the tyrant's oppressed thugs, rather than cheering their freedom, suddenly want revenge and justice on the lady. It gets worse from there.
dnf
May 14, 2018Dnf. Didn’t appreciate all of the Librivox narrators.
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