
The Last Mountain Man
Author: William W. Johnstone
Narrator: Jack Garrett
Unabridged: 7 hr 38 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Published: 11/12/2007

Author: William W. Johnstone
Narrator: Jack Garrett
Unabridged: 7 hr 38 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Published: 11/12/2007
William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling western writer in America, and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over fifty million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the greatest western writer of the twenty-first century."
Typical Johnstone revenge storyline. Matt’s family is killed by a gang of outlaws and as a 9 year old he swears vengeance. In is travels he comes across Smoke Jensen (great way to cash in on Johnstone’s cash cow) and is trained by the legend himself. Adopting Smoke’s last name he sets out to finishe......more
This was a fantastic western, more of a modern "Clint Eastwood" than an actual realistic western.......more
A limping dog walks into a bar and says, "I'm lookin for the man who shot my paw!" That's our story. Young Matt Jensen sees his family brutally murdered as they cross the plains and chases down the killers when he's older. There were some highlights here. I always enjoy a straight-talking, no non......more
I read this series as a break from something slow and dragging... This was on a completely different level and more reminiscent of books I read as a kid. Shallow, quick moving, brutal plot (with more corn than Indiana!) that follows the old western formula. While wintering with a gunfighter our hero......more
Matt Jensen is a character you will want to follow along with Smoke and Preacher. This introduction to Matt is wonderful and starts out fast with the killing of his whole family in a brutal manner after his father has just arrived back at his ranch after the Civil War. Matt gets taken in as a Orphan......more