Ogden Westerns - Boxed Set (Annotated)

Ogden Westerns - Boxed Set (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Trail's End, The Rustler of Wind River, The Flockmaster of Poison Creek, The Bondboy...By George W. Ogden
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Length57h 19m

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Ogden Westerns - Boxed Set gathers George W. Ogden's frontier fiction into a compact panorama of ranch disputes, solitary riders, contested homesteads, and moral reckonings on the American range. Written in a clear, vigorous prose style, these tales belong to the early twentieth-century Western tradition, where action is inseparable from questions of honor, law, work, and social order. Ogden's narratives favor atmosphere and ethical tension over mere spectacle, offering a literary bridge between dime-novel adventure and the more psychologically grounded Western. George W. Ogden was a journalist and popular novelist whose knowledge of American regional life deeply shaped his fiction. His background in newspaper writing is evident in the economy of his scenes, his alertness to social detail, and his interest in ordinary people tested by extraordinary circumstances. Writing during a period when the frontier was already passing into memory, Ogden helped transform lived history into national myth. This boxed set is recommended for readers who value classic Westerns with substance as well as movement. It will especially appeal to those interested in frontier ethics, American popular literature, and the evolution of the Western hero. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.

Audiobook details

GenreAction and Adventure
Length57 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 11, 2023
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
82Chapter XXV. One Man’s Joke
2Trail's End
83Chapter XXVI. Payment on Account
3Chapter I. The Unconquered Land
84Chapter XXVII. A Summons in the Night
4Chapter II. The Meat Hunter
85Chapter XXVIII. Swan Carlson Laughs
5Chapter III. First Blood
86Chapter XXIX. Sheepman––And More
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6Chapter IV. The Optimist Explains
87The Bondboy
7Chapter V. Ascalon Awake
88Chapter I. Delivered Into Bondage
8Chapter VI. Riders of the Chisholm Trail
89Chapter II. A Dry-salt Man
9Chapter VII. A Gentle Cowboy Joke
90Chapter III. The Spark in the Clod
10Chapter VIII. The Avatism of a Man
91Chapter IV. A Stranger at the Gate
11Chapter IX. News from Ascalon
92Chapter V. The Secret of the Clover
12Chapter X. The Hour of Vengeance
93Chapter VI. Blood
13Chapter XI. The Penalty
94Chapter VII. Deliverance
14Chapter XII. In Place of a Regiment
95Chapter VIII. Will He Tell?
15Chapter XIII. The Hand of the Law
96Chapter IX. The Sealed Envelope
16Chapter XIV. Some Fool with a Gun
97Chapter X. Let Him Hang
17Chapter XV. Will His Luck Hold?
98Chapter XI. Peter’s Son
18Chapter XVI. The Meat Hunter Comes
99Chapter XII. The Sunbeam on the Wall
19Chapter XVII. With Clean Hands
100Chapter XIII. Until the Day Break
20Chapter XVIII. A Bondsman Breathes Easier
101Chapter XIV. Deserted
21Chapter XIX. The Curse of Blood
102Chapter XV. The State vs. Newbolt
22Chapter XX. Unclean
103Chapter XVI. “She Cometh Not,” He Said
23Chapter XXI. As One That is Dead
104Chapter XVII. The Blow of a Friend
24Chapter XXII. Whiners at the Funeral
105Chapter XVIII. A Name and a Message
25Chapter XXIII. Ascalon Curls Its Lip
106Chapter XIX. The Shadow of a Dream
26Chapter XXIV. Madness of the Winds
107Chapter XX. “The Penalty is Death!”
27Chapter XXV. A Summons at Sunrise
108Chapter XXI. Ollie Speaks
28Chapter XXVI. In the Square at Ascalon
109Chapter XXII. A Summons of the Night
29Chapter XXVII. Absolution
110Chapter XXIII. Lest I Forget
30Chapter XXVIII. Sunset
111The Duke of Chimney Butte
31The Rustler of Wind River
112Chapter I. The All-in-One
32Chapter I. Strange Bargainings
113Chapter II. Whetstone, The Outlaw
33Chapter II. Beef Day
114Chapter III. An Empty Saddle
34Chapter III. The Ranchhouse by the River
115Chapter IV. "And Speak in Passing"
35Chapter IV. The Man in the Plaid
116Chapter V. Feet Upon the Road
36Chapter V. If He was a Gentleman
117Chapter VI. Allurements of Glendora
37Chapter VI. A Bold Civilian
118Chapter VII. The Homeliest Man
38Chapter VII. Throwing the Scare
119Chapter VIII. The House on the Mesa
39Chapter VIII. Afoot and Alone
120Chapter IX. A Knight-errant
40Chapter IX. Business, Not Company
121Chapter X. Guests of the Boss Lady
41Chapter X. “Hell’s A-goin’ to Pop”
122Chapter XI. Alarms and Excursions
42Chapter XI. The Señor Boss Comes Riding
123Chapter XII. The Fury of Doves
43Chapter XII. “The Rustlers!”
124Chapter XIII. "No Honor in Her Blood"
44Chapter XIII. The Trail at Dawn
125Chapter XIV. Notice is Served
45Chapter XIV. When Friends Part
126Chapter XV. Wolves of the Range
46Chapter XV. One Road
127Chapter XVI. Whetstone Comes Home
47Chapter XVI. Danger and Dignity
128Chapter XVII. How Thick is Blood?
48Chapter XVII. Boots and Saddles
129Chapter XVIII. The Rivalry of Cooks
49Chapter XVIII. The Trail of the Coffee
130Chapter XIX. The Sentinel
50Chapter XIX. “I Beat Him to It”
131Chapter XX. Business, and More
51Chapter XX. Love and Death
132Chapter XXI. A Test of Loyalty
52Chapter XXI. The Man in the Door
133Chapter XXII. The Will-O'-The-Wisp
53Chapter XXII. Paid
134Chapter XXIII. Unmasked
54Chapter XXIII. Tears in the Night
135Chapter XXIV. Use for an Old Paper
55Chapter XXIV. Banjo Faces into the West
136Chapter XXV. "When She Wakes Up"
56Chapter XXV. “Hasta Luego”
137Chapter XXVI. Oysters and Ambitions
57The Flockmaster of Poison Creek
138Chapter XXVII. Emoluments and Rewards
58Chapter I. The Sheep Country
139Claim Number One
59Chapter II. Swan Carlson
140Chapter I. Comanche
60Chapter III. The Fight
141Chapter II. Guests for the Metropole
61Chapter IV. Keeper of the Flock
142Chapter III. Unconventional Behavior
62Chapter V. Tim Sullivan
143Chapter IV. The Flat-game Man
63Chapter VI. Eyes in the Firelight
144Chapter V. Skulkers
64Chapter VII. The Easiest Lesson
145Chapter VI. The Drawing
65Chapter VIII. The Sheep-killer
146Chapter VII. A Midnight Extra
66Chapter IX. A Two-gun Man
147Chapter VIII. The Governor’s Son
67Chapter X. Wild Riders of the Range
148Chapter IX. Double Crookedness
68Chapter XI. Hector Hall Sets a Beacon
149Chapter X. Hun Shanklin’s Coat
69Chapter XII. One Comes to Serve
150Chapter XI. Number One
70Chapter XIII. A Fight Almost Lost
151Chapter XII. The Other Man
71Chapter XIV. The Lonesomeness
152Chapter XIII. Sentiment and Nails
72Chapter XV. Only One Jacob
153Chapter XIV. “Like a Wolf”
73Chapter XVI. Reid Begins His Play
154Chapter XV. An Argument Ends
74Chapter XVII. Hertha Carlson
155Chapter XVI. A Promise
75Chapter XVIII. Swan Carlson’s Day
156Chapter XVII. A Plan
76Chapter XIX. Not Cut Out for a Sheepman
157Chapter XVIII. The Strange Tent
77Chapter XX. A Million Gallops Off
158Chapter XIX. Crook Meets Crook
78Chapter XXI. Tim Sullivan Breaks a Contract
159Chapter XX. A Sudden Cloud
79Chapter XXII. Phantoms of Fever
160Chapter XXI. The Crisis
80Chapter XXIII. Concerning Mary
161Memorable Quotes
81Chapter XXIV. More About Mary

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