
Molly McDonald (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Saga of a Woman Pioneer (Western Novel)By Randall ParrishLength9h 3m
About this audiobook
Molly McDonald: A Tale of the Old Frontier is a vigorous romance of cavalry outposts, border danger, and tested loyalties in the American West. Set amid the tensions of frontier military life and conflict with Native peoples, the novel combines adventure, mystery, and courtship in the popular historical-romance mode of the early twentieth century. Parrish's prose is direct, pictorial, and suspenseful, favoring swift action, moral clarity, and atmospheric scenes of plains, forts, and perilous travel. Randall Parrish, an American novelist and journalist, was widely known for historical and frontier fiction that translated national memory into accessible narrative entertainment. His background in newspaper work helped shape his brisk pacing and eye for dramatic incident, while his interest in American history supplied the settings and conflicts that animate his fiction. In Molly McDonald, he draws upon the mythology of the post-Civil War frontier, presenting courage, duty, and romance as defining forces in a young nation's imaginative landscape. Readers who value classic adventure fiction, western romance, and historically situated popular literature will find this novel rewarding. Though shaped by the assumptions of its era, it remains an engaging example of how early twentieth-century writers transformed frontier history into legend, offering suspense, sentiment, and a compelling heroine at its center.
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- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure, Romance
Length9 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 10, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
21CHAPTER XX
2CHAPTER I
22CHAPTER XXI
3CHAPTER II
23CHAPTER XXII
4CHAPTER III
24CHAPTER XXIII
5CHAPTER IV
25CHAPTER XXIV
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6CHAPTER V
26CHAPTER XXV
7CHAPTER VI
27CHAPTER XXVI
8CHAPTER VII
28CHAPTER XXVII
9CHAPTER VIII
29CHAPTER XXVIII
10CHAPTER IX
30CHAPTER XXIX
11CHAPTER X
31CHAPTER XXX
12CHAPTER XI
32CHAPTER XXXI
13CHAPTER XII
33CHAPTER XXXII
14CHAPTER XIII
34CHAPTER XXXIII
15CHAPTER XIV
35CHAPTER XXXIV
16CHAPTER XV
36CHAPTER XXXV
17CHAPTER XVI
37CHAPTER XXXVI
18CHAPTER XVII
38CHAPTER XXXVII
19CHAPTER XVIII
39CHAPTER XXXVIII
20CHAPTER XIX
40Memorable Quotes