Taggart

Name: Taggart
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Louis L'Amour
ISBN: 9781524783242

Author: Louis L'Amour

Narrator: Jason Culp

Unabridged: 4 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 08/14/2018

Categories: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Western

Synopsis

Adam Stark had found gold. In the confusion of the mesas and canyons near Rockinstraw Mountain, Stark, his wife, Consuelo, and his sister, Miriam, were quietly working a rich vein while keeping their presence a secret from raiding Apaches. Worried that his wife might leave him, Stark wanted to make enough money to take her to San Francisco, where she could enjoy the style of life she craved.

But when Taggart, a stranger on the run from a vicious bounty hunter, enters their camp, tensions soon mount. Consuelo, against all good judgment, cannot resist testing Taggart. Is he the man who can make her happy? Will he give her the life her husband cannot? With thousands of dollars of gold in his packsadles, the Apaches are now no longer Adam Stark’s only threat.

About The Author

LOUIS L'AMOUR was truly America's favorite storyteller. He was the first fiction writer ever to receive the Congressional Gold Medal from the United States Congress in honor of his life's work, and was also awarded the Medal of Freedom. There are over 3 million copies of L'Amour programs in print from Random House Audio.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Benjamin on March 28, 2018

Adam Stark, along with his wife and sister, has stumbled onto a nice gold find in the mountains of Arizona territory. The only problem is that it’s right in the middle of Apache territory. Still, they take great pains to hide their presence and work to gather as much as they can. Into the mix comes......more

Goodreads review by Ken on August 25, 2019

Taggart by Louis L'Amour is a man on the run by a methodical and very successful bounty hunter for the killing of a wealthy bully in a fair fight while defending his land. Riding into Apache lands he discovers Stark who with his wife and sister are secretly mining a rich gold mine. Written in 1959 b......more

Goodreads review by Susan on December 11, 2012

Good book. Adam and his wife and sister were trying to stay out of the way of the Apaches who were raiding in the area. Adam had found a rich vein of gold and was trying to get as much of it out as he could. He has dreams of a ranch of his own and the money to give his wife and sister a better life.......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on June 02, 2017

A fine L'Amour entry, with an interesting setting I'd like to explore myself, described in vivid terms and set in the scorching deserts of the Southwest USA. Greed, gold, ambition, and a girl who misunderstands her man are all played out with skill and dramatic storytelling that is an excellent disp......more

Quotes

Our foremost storyteller of the authentic West, Louis L’Amour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and women who settled the American frontier. There are more than 300 million copies of his books in print around the world.