Raw Gold (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. WesternBy Bertrand William Sinclair
Length6h 1m
About this audiobook
Raw Gold is a vigorous early twentieth-century Western adventure, shaped by the hard economies of prospecting, ranching, and frontier justice. Sinclair's narrative turns the pursuit of gold into a test of character: greed, loyalty, courage, and violence are pressed against one another in a landscape where law is unstable and reputation must be earned. Written in a lean, energetic prose, the novel belongs to the transitional moment when the Western was becoming both popular romance and social document. Bertrand William Sinclair was unusually well equipped to write such a book. Born in Scotland and raised in North America, he knew the western ranges not merely as scenery but as lived experience, having worked around ranching and frontier communities before becoming a professional writer. His later fiction often returned to the material pressures of work, land, and survival, and Raw Gold already shows his interest in how environment shapes conduct. Readers drawn to classic Westerns will find here more than gunplay and pursuit. Raw Gold offers a compact study of ambition under primitive conditions, and it rewards those interested in the genre's literary formation, its moral codes, and its enduring fascination with risk, wealth, and self-making.
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
GenreAction and Adventure
Length6 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 2, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2CHAPTER I. THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW.
3CHAPTER II. A REMINISCENT HOUR.
4CHAPTER III. BIRDS OF PREY.
5CHAPTER IV. A TALE HALF TOLD.
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6CHAPTER V. MOUNTED AGAIN.
7CHAPTER VI. STONY CROSSING.
8CHAPTER VII. THIRTY DAYS IN IRONS!
9CHAPTER VIII. LYN.
10CHAPTER IX. AN IDLE AFTERNOON.
11CHAPTER X. THE VANISHING ACT, AND THE FRUITS THEREOF.
12CHAPTER XI. THE GENTLEMAN WHO RODE IN THE LEAD.
13CHAPTER XII. WE LOSE AGAIN.
14CHAPTER XIII. OUTLAWED.
15CHAPTER XIV. A CLOSE CALL.
16CHAPTER XV. PIEGAN TAKES A HAND.
17CHAPTER XVI. IN THE CAMP OF THE ENEMY.
18CHAPTER XVII. A MASTER-STROKE OF VILLAINY.
19CHAPTER XVIII. HONOR AMONG THIEVES.
20CHAPTER XIX. THE BISON.
21CHAPTER XX. THE MOUTH OF SAGE CREEK.
22CHAPTER XXI. AN ELEMENTAL ALLY.
23CHAPTER XXII. SPEECHLESS HICKS.
24CHAPTER XXIII. THE SPOILS OF WAR.
25CHAPTER XXIV. THE PIPE OF PEACE.
26Memorable Quotes
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