The Trail West

Name: The Trail West
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Author: J. A. Johnstone
ISBN: 9781494547363

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

Series: Trail West #1

Narrator: John McLain

Unabridged: 8 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/28/2020

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Western

Synopsis

In 1848, Dooley Monahan, son of struggling Iowa pioneers, went off to to pick up a new milk cow. Young Dooley never came home. Now, nearly three decades later, Dooley Monahan has become an accidental legend, managing to plant a bullet in the chest of a dangerous outlaw. All Dooley really wants is to claim his reward at a bank in Phoenix and make his way north to a gold strike he read about in a newspaper. But fate has other plans. It starts with a family slaughtered by Apaches, a dog smarter than most humans Dooley knows, and a girl with a wounded soul. And the blood-hungry brothers of the outlaw Dooley killed will not give up their pursuit until they've avenged his death.

The farther Dooley tries to head north, destiny pushes him west. His trail is populated by strange friends and dangerous enemies, strewn with bad luck and bad blood—and frequently interrupted by sudden storms of gunfire.

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. After-school hours were often spent retyping manuscripts or researching his massive American western history library as well as the more modern wars and conflicts. J. A. worked hard and learned, later going on to become the coauthor of William W. Johnstone's many bestselling westerns and thrillers. J. A. Johnstone lives on a ranch in Tennessee.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diamond on September 19, 2023

An other great western by the Master.......more

Goodreads review by Mary on September 08, 2024

Hubby loved this one too!......more

Goodreads review by Grant on March 14, 2018

I saw someone else's review that said this reads like a collection of short stories that were stitched together and I'm inclined to agree. There isn't much of an overarching plot line, and the culmination of most of the conflicts are anti-climactic, and in one specific case a bit lazy. The writing i......more

Goodreads review by Rob on October 10, 2017

This is clearly being written by a writer outside of the typical Johnstone Clan. The entire drive of the book is so very different from Johnstone books. I really liked it. This book is very much a character study and his adventures. This Johnstone volume is head and shoulders above most Johnstone boo......more

Goodreads review by Susanne49 on September 05, 2024

I checked to make sure I had read the same book that got panned in the first review, because I really enjoyed the book. I liked the characters and the adventure they set off on. I was a little puzzled by the ending, until I saw that there are two more books in the Dooley Monahan series. I will read......more