Bransford of Rainbow Range
A Comic Western Romance of Mistaken Identity, Frontier Honor, and New Mexico Ranch LifeBy Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Length4h 47m
About this audiobook
Eugene Manlove Rhodes's Bransford of Rainbow Range is a classic Western novel shaped by the conventions of frontier romance, adventure fiction, and regional realism. Set amid the open country of the American Southwest, it follows the capable and morally grounded Bransford through conflicts involving loyalty, violence, justice, and the precarious social order of ranching life. Rhodes combines brisk action, suspenseful plotting, vivid descriptions of landscape, and an understated vein of humor, while presenting the range not merely as scenery but as a force that tests character. The novel belongs to the early twentieth-century Western tradition, yet its attention to ethical choice and communal responsibility gives it greater psychological and literary substance than a simple tale of gunplay and conquest. Rhodes (1869–1934) was an Oklahoma-born writer whose experiences in the Southwest, including work connected with ranching and the law, informed his unusually intimate knowledge of frontier speech, customs, and geography. Writing during a period when the Western was becoming a major form of American popular literature, he sought to portray working cowboys and ranch communities with dignity rather than caricature. His sympathy for individual independence, paired with a serious concern for honor and fair dealing, is central to Bransford's appeal. Readers interested in the development of American Western fiction will find this novel especially rewarding. It offers energetic storytelling alongside a culturally revealing portrait of the Southwest, making it suitable both for general readers who enjoy romance and adventure and for students examining regional identity, masculinity, and morality in popular literature.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (23)
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GenreAction and Adventure, Romance
Length4 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 23, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Bransford of Rainbow Range
18CHAPTER XIV
2I
19CHAPTER XV
3II
20CHAPTER XVI
4III
21CHAPTER XVII
5CHAPTER I
22CHAPTER XVIII
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6CHAPTER II
23THE BEGINNING
7CHAPTER III
24There Are Two Sides to Everything—
8CHAPTER IV
25EMERSON HOUGH’S NOVELS
9CHAPTER V.
26GEORGE W. OGDEN’S WESTERN NOVELS
10CHAPTER VI
27JACKSON GREGORY’S NOVELS
11CHAPTER VII
28PETER B. KYNE’S NOVELS
12CHAPTER VIII
29EDGAR RICE BURROUGH’S NOVELS
13CHAPTER IX
30ZANE GREY’S BOOKS FOR BOYS
14CHAPTER X
31NOVELS OF FRONTIER LIFE
15CHAPTER XI
32WILLIAM MacLEOD RAINE
16CHAPTER XII
33JACK LONDON’S NOVELS
17CHAPTER XIII
34BOOTH TARKINGTON’S NOVELS
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