The Long High Noon, Loren D. Estleman
The Long High Noon, Loren D. Estleman
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The Long High Noon

Author: Loren D. Estleman

Narrator: Phil Gigante

Unabridged: 5 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/12/2015

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

Locked in a deadly feud, cowboys Randy Locke and Frank Farmer have spent decades attempting to annihilate each other any time they are within shooting distance.So far, the men are even. One of Frank’s bullets has given Randy a permanent limp. Vain Frank wears a prosthetic ear, his own lost to Randy’s assault. If either of them remembers the original reason for the feud, it seems moot now.Their quest for revenge has led them on a merry chase through the Old West—through soon-to-be ghost towns and major cities; cattle ranches and mountain cabins; brothels and fishing boats; jailhouses and movie sets. Even their marriages have fallen victim to the feud.The story of their long-term hatred well known throughout the country, Frank and Randy are approached (separately, of course) by Abraham Cripplehorn with a proposition. With the popular Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show a raging success, why not publicize their next duel and sell tickets to the event? Winner take all, in more ways than one.Frank and Randy make a date for death…but will they be able to wait for the show? And could it be that their decades-long thirst for revenge is the only thing they are living for?Loren D. Estleman's The Long High Noon takes the listener on a thrilling adventure, touring the Old West from the days of the trains and cattle to roads and film sets.

About Loren D. Estleman

Loren D. Estleman has written more than seventy novels and has won Shamus Awards for detective fiction, Spur Awards for Western fiction, and Western Heritage Awards. The Western Writers of America has awarded Estleman the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contribution to Western Literature. He lives with his wife, author Deborah Morgan, in central Michigan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on July 02, 2018

This was absolutely the best western novel I have ever read. Estleman did the research and got the history right. Somehow, he nailed the dialogue. Further, he wrapped an intriguing story together that spanned DECADES of western expansion and change! This is the most authentic western I believe I hav......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on June 17, 2019

Another excellent offering by Loren Estleman. This one is another of his fine westerns, this time about a long-running duel between two men. The exact reason for their feud is never explained, and it doesn't honestly even matter. They first start off trying to kill each other right after the Civil W......more

Goodreads review by Stevie on September 27, 2019

Ok, first, not my style, and second, it was an audio read so you all know this can skew your taste for a book one way or the other. Listened to in my car driving around and it didn't really hold my interest. I liked the baseline story, but there were some historical inaccuracies (like, Madison Squar......more

Goodreads review by Will on July 22, 2022

This is hard to pin down as what "kind" of book it is: western (yes), historical fiction (yes), travel novel (maybe), buddy-flick (yup), fictional documentary (I suppose), comedy (enough times for a yes). But that is a positive trait.......more

Goodreads review by Killer on July 01, 2015

In Loren D. Estleman’s latest novel, The Long High Noon, Randy Locke and Frank Farmer are dead set on killing one another. Since their early twenties, they have been locked in a notorious, yet entertaining duel throughout the untamed West. Whenever one of them comes into shooting range of the other,......more