Keith of the Border (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Western NovelBy Randall Parrish
Length8h 26m
About this audiobook
Randall Parrish's *Keith of the Border* is a vigorous frontier romance set amid the unsettled margins of the post–Civil War American West, where military outposts, cattle trails, gambling rooms, and Indian-country danger form a landscape of moral testing. Its narrative blends mystery, pursuit, and courtship with the brisk pacing and melodramatic clarity characteristic of early twentieth-century popular Western fiction. Parrish writes in a pictorial, action-driven style, attentive to costume, terrain, and code-bound masculinity, while situating personal honor within the broader literary mythology of the borderland. Parrish, an American journalist, clergyman, and prolific novelist, brought to his historical romances a reporter's instinct for incident and a storyteller's relish for dramatic reconstruction. Born in 1858, he belonged to a generation for whom the Civil War and the closing frontier remained living cultural memory. His fiction often revisits transitional moments in American history, transforming conflict, displacement, and regional tension into narratives of adventure and reconciliation. This novel is recommended to readers interested in classic Western romance, popular historical fiction, and the cultural imagination of the frontier. Though shaped by conventions of its era, it remains engaging for its momentum, atmosphere, and insight into how Americans once mythologized courage, loyalty, and identity at the nation's edge.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (12)
Includes Amazon
GenreAction and Adventure, Romance
Length8 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 10, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Who Goes There? (Annotated)
2Chapter I. The Plainsman
3Chapter II. The Scene of Tragedy
4Chapter III. An Arrest
5Chapter IV. An Old Acquaintance
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6Chapter V. The One Way
7Chapter VI. The Escape
8Chapter VII. In the Sand Desert
9Chapter VIII. The Wilderness Cabin
10Chapter IX. The Girl of the Cabin
11Chapter X. Mr. Hawley Reveals Himself
12Chapter XI. The Fight in the Dark
13Chapter XII. Through the Night Shadows
14Chapter XIII. The Ford of the Arkansas
15Chapter XIV. The Landlady of the Occidentals
16Chapter XV. Again Christie Maclaire
17Chapter XVI. Introducing Doctor Fairbain
18Chapter XVII. In the Next Room
19Chapter XVIII. Interviewing Willoughby
20Chapter XIX. A Glimpse at Conspiracy
21Chapter XX. Hope Goes to Sheridan
22Chapter XXI. The Marshal of Sheridan
23Chapter XXII. An Interrupted Interview
24Chapter XXIII. An Unexpected Meeting
25Chapter XXIV. A Mistake in Assassination
26Chapter XXV. A Reappearance of the General
27Chapter XXVI. A Chance Conversation
28Chapter XXVII. Miss Hope Suggests
29Chapter XXVIII. The Stage Door of the Trocadero
30Chapter XXIX. By Force of Arms
31Chapter XXX. In Christie's Room
32Chapter XXXI. The Search for the Missing
33Chapter XXXII. Fairbain and Christie
34Chapter XXXIII. Following the Trail
35Chapter XXXIV. Again at the Cabin
36Chapter XXXV. The Cabin Taken
37Chapter XXXVI. The Duel in the Desert
38Chapter XXXVII. At the Water-Hole
39Memorable Quotes
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