Monte Walsh

Name: Monte Walsh
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Jack Warner Schaefer
ISBN: 9781624062698

Author: Jack Warner Schaefer

Narrator: Eric G. Dove

Unabridged: 15 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Published: 02/26/2013

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

A classic about the American West and the life and times of one tough cowboy, Monte Walsh. Partial to pretty women, gambling, and practical jokes, Monte doesn't have to look far to find trouble. Luckily for him, Monte's best friend, Chet, is always there to post bail or quickly get Monte out of town. As Monte grows older though, and the West inevitably changes, he resists changing with it, and shows his dedication and loyalty to the cowboy way of life. The popular 1970 film starring Lee Havin and Jack Palance is loosely based on this moving story by Jack Schaefer. Dreamscape is proud to present Monte Walsh, a classic American Western not to be missed.

About Jack Warner Schaefer

Jack Warner Schaefer was a twentieth century American writer and journalist best known for writing several novels about the American West. Best-known for his book Shane (1949), it was the inspiration for a popular and critically acclaimed movie by the same name. Schaefer died in 1991.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily on January 31, 2013

I didn't expect to enjoy this book as much as I did. I'm not usually a Western kind of person. But this isn't really a Western. This is the story of a man, who happens to live in the West. Monte Walsh is, as it says at the end, A Good Man With a Horse. You live his life with him, and the sights, sme......more

Goodreads review by Robert on March 30, 2018

A re-read. One of the best (the best?) novel of the 19th and 20th century American ranching west (cows, horses, cowboys) I've read.......more

Goodreads review by Ruby on June 25, 2023

A journey. A lifetime. A way of life, long since gone from the big land. When Monte Walsh sets out as a young boy to work with cattle, his path is set. He’ll wind up and down the western US, all the way up to Montana, but mostly around New Mexico, herding cattle. This book claimed my heart, I took a......more