The Rider of the Ruby Hills, Louis LAmour
The Rider of the Ruby Hills, Louis LAmour
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The Rider of the Ruby Hills
A Western Duo

Author: Louis L’Amour

Narrator: Grover Gardner, Jim Gough

Unabridged: 5 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/2014

Synopsis

A collection of two stories by beloved Western writer Louis L'AmourIn "The Sixth Shotgun," Leo Carver has been sentenced to hang for holding up a stage, killing the driver and the guard, and stealing the gold they were transporting. He is convicted despite his protests of innocence, but questions soon arise over what really happened."The Rider of the Ruby Hills" is the story of Ross Haney, who rides into Ruby Hills country hoping to settle down. What he finds is an intense rivalry between the two big ranches and a rustler who is taking full advantage of the situation.

About Louis L’Amour

Louis L’Amour (1908–1988) was an American author whose Western stories are loved the world over. Born in Jamestown, North Dakota, he was the most decorated author in the history of American letters. In 1982 he was the first American author ever to be awarded a Special National Gold Medal by the United States Congress for lifetime literary achievement, and in 1984 President Reagan awarded him the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the nation. He was also a recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award.

About Grover Gardner

Grover Gardner has recorded more than 650 audiobooks since beginning his career in 1981.  He's been named one of the "Best Voices of the Century" as well as a "Golden Voice" by AudioFile magazine.  Gardner has garnered over 20 AudioFile Earphones Awards and is the recipient of an Audio Publishers Association Audie Award, as well as a three-time finalist.  In 2005, Publishers Weekly deemed him "Audiobook Narrator of the Year." Gardner has also narrated hundreds of audiobooks under the names Tom Parker and Alexander Adams.  Among his many titles are Marcus Sakey's At the City's Edge, as well as Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and John Irving's The Cider House Rules.  Gardner studied Theater and Art History at Rollins College and received a Master's degree in Acting from George Washington University.  He lives in Oregon with his significant other and daughter.

About Jim Gough

Jim Gough’s distinctive voice is well known in the Southwest through his hundreds of commercials and radio shows. He has also appeared in such feature films as Urban Cowboy, Places in the Heart, and JFK. A native of Austin, Texas, he can also be found entertaining with his western swing band, the Cosmopolitan Cowboys.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Willow Anne

Louis L'Amour has a way of making the setting come to life. I can see the hills and valleys and plains, and his books are not so much about the individuals as about the lifestyle in this time and place. You can tell through his writing that he loves the land, and he makes me love it too. I also have......more

Goodreads review by Robert

Classic Among my favorite authors, Louis L'amour's never disappoints. As always taught with tension from beginning to end. Pure classic western prose.......more

Goodreads review by Richard

This book is entirely formulaic, but Mr. L'Amour has the formula down. He executes it flawlessly and delivers a good page turning read despite the stock characters and the standard plot that I have read a hundred times before. In the past few years I have read a lot of Western stories because I felt......more

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