Chasing Destiny
A Western Story

Name: Chasing Destiny
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Stephen Overholser
ISBN: 9781481550451

Author: Stephen Overholser

Narrator: Richard Powers

Unabridged: 6 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Western

Published: 04/09/2009

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

Bobby Eckstrum is known around the town of Columbia as a drunk. In a surprising turn of events, he is thought to have murdered and robbed Roger Simms, a local rancher. A posse is organized, and they hunt down and kill the man they believe to be Bobby.But Destiny Eckstrum, Bobby's daughter, believes they did not kill her father, but rather his equally shiftless brother who lives elsewhere in Colorado. When no one heeds her, she decides to set out on her own to try to locate her father. She is accompanied by Michael Jennings, who wishes very much to leave his family farm. They are soon joined on their quest by a protective dog named Boy and a mysterious man named Noah Locke.In Chasing Destiny, Stephen Overholser has created a story of tremendous emotional depth filled with mystery, danger, and gripping suspense.

About Stephen Overholser

Stephen Overholser was born in Bend, Oregon, the son of Western author Wayne D. Overholser. He grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where he lives with his family.

About Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory, and Bewilderment was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristi

Well done story. Thematically reminded me (after the fact) of True Grit. An epic saga of a couple of pre-teen heroes on an adventure that would indeed have lasted in anyone's memory. The talent who read the Audiobook was skilled. Having driven across the country this book is set in, I could picture......more

Goodreads review by Steven

It was a good enough book, just not outstanding in any way. But I also read it at a very unique time in my life when not much of anything was going to detract my attention from personal problems, so ... Yeah.......more

Goodreads review by Cindy B.

Read and enjoyed this lovely adventure-mystery. Very informative of life on the prairie, especially with changes coming [trains, etc.]. Sad and heartening. Contains profanity and sexual situations. Very REAL life. Forgot to date. Added this review to encourage others to read or listen to it. Free au......more

Goodreads review by Anne

Another great Western--I'm stil lovin' the wild west!......more

Quotes

“A memorable novel that will be seen alternately as a triumph of human spirit or an example of the unfathomable cruelty of fate.”

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