Shot In The Back [Dramatized Adaptation]

Name: Shot In The Back [Dramatized Adaptation]
Brand: Graphic Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: J.A. Johnstone
ISBN: 9781648802386

Author: J.A. Johnstone, William W. Johnstone

Narrator: J.W. Rone, David Zitney, Nanette Savard, Michael John Casey, Todd Scofield, Amanda Forstrom, Jonathan Watkins, Ken Jackson, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Gregory Linington, Colleen Delany, Tim Getman, Andy Clemence, Kimberly Gilbert, Paul Reisman, Catherine Aselford, Chris Genebach, James Lewis, David Jourdan, Matthew Keenan, Michael Glenn, Drew Kopas, Evan Casey, Bradley Smith, Christopher Walker, John Dow, Nick DePinto, Steve Wannall, Mort Shelby, Elizabeth Jernigan, Alyssa Wilmoth, Danny Gavigan, Tim Carlin, Jacob Yeh, Gary Telles, Thomas Penny, A Full Cast, Christopher Graybill, Dylan Lynch, Richard Rohan, Jeff Allin, Scott McCormick, Terence Aselford, Eric Messner, Patrick Bussink, James Konicek

Unabridged: 5 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: GraphicAudio

Published: 06/04/2020

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

From the greatest western storytellers of our time comes a new twist on the legend of notorious outlaw Jesse James—who just might not have died on that fateful April 3, 1882.

1942—Granbury, Texas. A ninety-five-year-old man walks into a recruiting office with the crazy idea to enlist—and an even crazier story. He claims to be the one and only Jesse James, the infamous bank robber allegedly shot by Robert Ford sixty years earlier. Using another man's corpse to collect the reward, Ford allowed James to slip away and start a new life. Changing his name to Dalton, Jesse worked as a cattle broker in Fort Worth and fathered a pair of twins named Bill and Frank. But when one of the boys turns out to be a chip off the old block—a young outlaw in the making—Jesse has no choice but to school the lad in the fine art of bank robbing so he doesn't get his fool head blown off. Problem is, once Jesse's son gets a taste of the outlaw life, he decides it isn't for him after all. Father Jesse, on the other hand, misses it…

So begins the wildest story the West has never known, proving that some legends are bigger than life—and a lot harder to kill…

About J.A. Johnstone

J. A. Johnstone learned to write from the master himself, Uncle William W. Johnstone, who began tutoring J. A. at an early age. He has co-written numerous bestselling series with William W. Johnstone

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on April 07, 2025

A riveting classic western! You’ll want to believe that Jesse James really did survive the Bob Ford shooting. All in all it’s a tale of high adventure and terrible tragedy that’ll have you turning the pages as quickly as possible.......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on July 07, 2015

There used to be several people who claimed or were thought to have been Jesse James, who was not actually shot by Bob Ford. I’m old enough I remember some of the cases. One person is buried in Granbury, Texas with the name Jesse Woodson James on his tombstone. This is a story about a person who may......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on August 15, 2015

Writing is amateur, dialogue is stilted. Author tells you the story, doesn't show you. Yet the plot is riveting and I'm not sure if there is an element of non-fiction to it or not. Regardless, the plot makes it worth the read even if the writing doesn't.......more

Goodreads review by larry brashear on August 13, 2017

Good Book! I did enjoy this book but it was difficult for me to in any way have empathy for Known criminals. I would have no problem if he had not returned to that evil life and even abetting his own son in the criminal life. I suppose it makes for good fiction but I can't see it.......more

Goodreads review by Douglas on August 15, 2018

This is a novel of Jesse James. It was a good read, but I prefer his Preacher, Jensen Boys and Phoenix Rising series better.......more