Classic Western Literature

Auf der Jagd nach dem General kommt den Freunden ein geheimnisvoller indianischer Reiter zur Hilfe, der auf mysteriöse Weise mit dem Schicksal Old Surehands verknüpft zu sein scheint. Ahnt er die Zusammenhänge, die sich für Winnetou und seine Begleiter noch als dunkles Rätsel darstellen, oder weiß er sogar mehr über die Vergangenheit Apanatschkas und der wahnsinnigen Frau? Und woher kennt der General den dubiosen Daniel Etters? Als Old Surehand auf eigene Faust nach der Lösung sucht, gerät er in eine tödliche Falle. Wird es ihm so ergehen wie Old Wabble oder führt der Hinterhalt des angeblichen Medizinmanns zum Erfolg?

Adapted from the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.... Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening – and he knows what question the stranger will ask.

In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street – visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them.

Winnetou und Old Shatterhand kämpfen gemeinsam mit dem jungen Martin Baumann gegen den grausamen Häuptling Hong-Peh-Te-Keh vom Stamm der Sioux-Indianer: Gelingt es ihnen, Martins Vater, den alten Bärenjäger, vor dem sicheren Martertod zu retten? Der Sohn des Bärenjägers stammt aus dem Hörbuch Unter Geiern (Band 35 der Gesammelten Werke).

Charlie Roy and pale, skinny Sir Arthur, an English gentleman, arrive at the Crown B ranch, north of Cheyenne, which is owned by the sir's sister, Elizabeth, who was widowed just the past winter and left with a ranch that lost nearly all its beef stock from the brutal '86-'87 winter freeze. Additionally, Elizabeth's dead husband's former partner, Justin Harper, is hell-bent on taking over her ranch. But what Harper and his boys don't figure on is interference by the likes of Charlie and the fierceness of the Sir.

For nearly 25 years, Terry Colby has lived the refined life of a gentleman, raised by Elizabeth Cornish. He is, however, the son of an outlaw. Just before his 25th birthday, Elizabeth’s brother Vance triggers a set of events to determine whether nature or nurture has the final say.

Nine-year-old Daniel Monroe’s life is shattered when a wagon train heading west to Oregon from Kentucky is attacked by outlaws and his family is slaughtered. Only luck and reluctant help from a cold and sullen man named Jacob Conrad enables him to survive. Dan follows Jake Conrad into an uncertain future and although his adopted father remains aloof and forever troubled, Dan learns to love the man who is as wild as the land around them, as uncompromising as the weather and, underneath his gruff exterior, as tender as a mountain sunrise.

Quinton, a drifter, stands idly by as a posse wreaks havoc throughout the region. No one is safe--not even cattle--as the gang rides through the hills with murderous intent. However, when the posse points its guns at Quinton, the range explodes into a bloody gun battle.

Frederick Faust (pen name Max Brand) was said to have written in excess of twenty-five million words as he seemed to have a button to push to generate fictional ideas. Of course, it’s known that much of his work was issued under pen names, around twenty of them, a great many of them wild Westerns. This one that features a drifter named Donnegan. He gets off a train and takes on a job with a rich man who doesn’t seem to care much about the difference between rights and wrongs.

For much of the 19th century, the boundaries of the United States were in flux. The President is pressured to secure settlement for people to the lands on the north and south borders. This is an action-packed account of the campaign to wrest control of the Pacific Northwest from the British.

Die Fortsetzung des großen Abenteuers - der junge Erzähler ist noch kein Old Shatterhand, besiegt aber trotzdem den edlen Winnetou im Kampf. Die ursprüngliche Version der Geschichte, die später zum zweiten Band des "Winnetou" wurde und von der Elemente auch Eingang in den ersten Band fanden.

In book one - No Man’s Land - Ballard helped save a widow and her daughter from a hostile land grab in West Texas. Now, needing some cash, Jack has joined a cattle drive in Bandera, Texas and will serve as security and “Nighthawker” on the Western Trail heading toward Dodge City, Kansas. The trail, however, is beset with trouble. Storms, cattle thieves, and Indian attacks follow Jack and the Triple T cattle drive, and the further north they go the worse it gets.

This Pueblo Indian myth explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

Based on a prize-winning picture book of an Aboriginal folktale, this audiobook tells of the conflict in Dreamtime between the Injim Quinkins and the Timara Quinkins. The bad Injims steal children and take them to their caves but the Timaras save the children in the end.

So manchem Karl-May-Leser wird die Geschichte vertraut vorkommen und doch wieder nicht. May arbeitete seinen ersten großen Wildwest-Roman (noch vor dem "Schatz im Silbersee" geschrieben) mit deutlichen Veränderungen in den zweiten Teil seines "Winnetou" ein. Die unverfälschte Urfassung galt lange Zeit als verschollen und ist an vielen Stellen logischer und ausführlicher als die endgültige Buchversion.

An absorbing, thought-provoking but also marvelously entertaining Western novel by Katharine Newlin Burt. The audiobook manages to make the listener think and feel in equal measure! This is the story of a brave woman - Joan Carver - of modest means, struggling to make her own life, in a world dangerously dominated by all-male forces and desires and impulses.

A tired old lawyer with a secret past and the young protégé that he rescued from a wagon train attack that killed his parents and left him an orphan are warriors in the tough town of Tombstone. Warriors of the code.... They are equally adept with the Commentaries of Law, a book by William Blackstone...and the revolver, a pistol by Samuel Colt.

Carter Brent, alcoholic gambler and Yukon gold finder, strikes real gold as he meets a beautiful young half-breed girl called Snowdrift. They experience adventures and hardships of all sorts, both physical and psychological.

This 1921 novel by Zane Grey is an adventure set in the wilds of Arizona. Two feuding clans of ranchers battle it out against a backdrop of breathtaking natural beauty. A Romeo-and-Juliet-like romance between the lovely daughter of one clan's leader and the handsome son of the other leader assures a gripping story.

Never bet more than you can afford to lose. Caroline Pruett should have heeded that advice, because once she lost her stake, there was no going back. Or was there? Desperation has clouded Caroline's judgment, because when she loses King, her thoroughbred stallion, to Micah Sutton in a poker game, the first thing she does is steal him back. The adventure is not quite a success, however, and after accidentally shooting Micah, Caroline and King are on the run.

A classic work of Texas fiction from M.E.M. Davis, Under the Man-Fig was first published in1895. Part romance, part satire, and part realism, this entertaining novel takes place in the fictional town of Thornham on the Texas Gulf Coast. Under the sprawling branches of the ancient man-fig tree in the town square, all the male gossips of Thornham sit around and spin their colorful yarns - and in so doing, unwittingly weave a folk history of the Old South. This important work resounds with a reading from narrator Sally Darling.