When a Mans a Man, Harold Bell Wright
When a Mans a Man, Harold Bell Wright
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When a Man's a Man
A Story of the Real West

Author: Harold Bell Wright

Narrator: John Rayburn

Unabridged: 9 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/16/2024

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

Here is a land where a man, to live, must be a man. It is a land of granite and marble, strong stone and gold—and a man’s strength must be as the strength of the primeval hills. It is a land of oaks and cedars and pines—and a man’s mental grace must be as the grace of the untamed trees. It is a land of far-arched and unstained skies, where the wind sweeps free and untainted, and the atmosphere is the atmosphere of those places that remain as God made them—and a man’s soul must be as the unstained skies, the unburdened wind, and the untainted atmosphere. It is a land of wide mesas, of wild, rolling pastures and broad, untilled, valley meadows—and a man’s freedom must be that freedom which is not bounded by the fences of a too weak and timid conventionalism.In this land every man is—by divine right—his own king; he is his own jury, his own counsel, his own judge, and—if it must be—his own executioner. And in this land where a man, to live, must be a man, a woman, if she be not a woman, must surely perish. Let’s listen, to learn what happens.

About Harold Bell Wright

Harold Bell Wright (1872–1944) was a bestselling American writer of fiction, essays, and nonfiction. He had a very successful career; he is said to have been the first American writer to sell a million copies of a novel and the first to make $1 million from writing fiction. Between 1902 and 1942 Wright wrote nineteen books, several stage plays, and many magazine articles. More than fifteen movies were made or claimed to be made from Wright’s stories.

About John Rayburn

John Rayburn is a veteran broadcaster. He served as a news/sports anchor and show host, and his TV newscast achieved the largest Share of Audience figures of any major-market TV newscast in the nation. John is a member of a Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Audrey on September 05, 2022

How does one summarize this high quality book? One day a stranger comes to Prescott, Arizona. Even though he has never worked on a ranch before he gets a job as a cowboy. The stranger reveals very little about himself and calls himself "Honorable Patches." At first he is a tenderfoot but it doesn't......more

Goodreads review by Christine on December 06, 2023

A classic and best-selling book in it's time, this is a melodramatic story about happiness, pride in oneself, and success. There is the love of woman and man; the love of the land and place in Arizona. Just when the reader comes to the end, there is an unexpected twist the makes everything work out......more

Goodreads review by L. on August 08, 2014

A stranger has come to Arizona. A stranger who will call himself Honorable Patches. He has come to this frontier land in search of manliness. Helping him to find his manhood is the godlike cowboy, Phil Acton (as portrayed by Gene Autry). Phil is wanting to win the hand of the only eligible bachelorett......more

Goodreads review by Bette on October 28, 2012

This book was published in 1916, so the language is a little different than if it had been written today. This book belonged to my husband's grandmother and he received it when his Mom passed away. The copy that he received was in disrepair, so I ordered on from Amazon to read. The story is set in A......more

Goodreads review by Natalie on December 29, 2011

A quick, fiction read, this story is set in the Old West and extols the virtue of true manhood and womanhood. The context is a mysterious stranger who shows up to work at an Arizona ranch and continually leaves the more experienced hands astounded at his willingness to take on the most difficult exp......more