The Wild Ones, Matt Braun
The Wild Ones, Matt Braun
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The Wild Ones

Author: Matt Braun

Narrator: Barbara McCulloh

Unabridged: 8 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/24/2020

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

In the 1870s the frontier was a battleground, where the U.S. Army fought Plains warriors, outlaws terrorized the land, and lawmen took no prisoners. Into the West came a family of New York City stage performers: a widowed father, his son, and a daughter whose beauty and singing voice could make the most hardened frontiersmen weep.

The Fontaine family was not prepared for the the life they found across the Mississippi. From Abilene to Dodge City, they crossed paths with some of the legendary figures on the frontier, from Jesse James to Bill Hickok and General George Custer. All the while, the Fontaines kept searching for a place to settle down--until they set their sights on the boomtown called Denver.

Awaiting Lilian Fontaine in Denver is fame and loss, fortune and betrayal. But between dodge and her destiny are a thousand miles of unconquered country, an outlaw band, and one man who will force the young songstress to give the performance of her life...

About Matt Braun

Matt Braun was the author of more than four dozen novels, and won the Golden Spur Award from the Western Writers of America for The Kincaids. He described himself as a "true westerner"; born in Oklahoma, he was the descendant of a long line of ranchers. He wrote with a passion for historical accuracy and detail that earned him a reputation as the most authentic portrayer of the American West. Braun passed away in 2016.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Adrienne on January 26, 2021

El Paso is an excellent classic western story. The author, Matt Braun, created great importance for El Paso's characters, whether they had a small or large role in the story. I was at the end of the seat, wanting to know how Marshal Stoudenmire would overcome the Banning brothers. Stoudenmire's wife......more