Bransford of Rainbow Range
A Comic Western Romance of Mistaken Identity, Frontier Honor, and New Mexico Ranch LifeBy Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Length3h 51m
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 (24)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon
GenreAction and Adventure, Romance
Length3 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 23, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Bransford of Rainbow Range
11CHAPTER X
2CHAPTER I
12CHAPTER XI
3CHAPTER II
13CHAPTER XII
4CHAPTER III
14CHAPTER XIII
5CHAPTER IV
15CHAPTER XIV
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6CHAPTER V.
16CHAPTER XV
7CHAPTER VI
17CHAPTER XVI
8CHAPTER VII
18CHAPTER XVII
9CHAPTER VIII
19CHAPTER XVIII
10CHAPTER IX
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