SHADOW MOUNTAIN (A Western Mystery) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Desert Frontier Mystery of Mining Camp Secrets, Revenge, and Old West JusticeBy Dane Coolidge
Length8h 10m
About this audiobook
In SHADOW MOUNTAIN, Dane Coolidge fuses the conventions of the Western with the tightening structure of a mystery, setting human ambition against the austere immensities of the desert frontier. The novel turns on contested claims, hidden motives, and the hard codes of miners, riders, and outlanders who inhabit a region where law is distant and reputation is currency. Coolidge's style is spare, observant, and topographically exact, placing the book within the early twentieth-century tradition of realistic Western fiction rather than mere adventure romance. Coolidge was unusually equipped to write such a tale. A naturalist, photographer, and seasoned traveler of the American Southwest, he knew the mining camps, cattle ranges, arid mountains, and borderland communities that shaped his fiction. His work often reflects direct acquaintance with labor, landscape, and frontier speech, and SHADOW MOUNTAIN bears the mark of an author attentive not only to plot but to ecology, custom, and social tension. This book is recommended for readers who value Westerns with atmosphere, moral ambiguity, and investigative intrigue. It will especially appeal to those interested in frontier literature that treats landscape as character and mystery as a revelation of community, greed, endurance, and justice.
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★★★ 3.4 (59)
Includes Goodreads
GenreAction and Adventure, Mystery and Thriller
Length8 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 30, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1SHADOW MOUNTAIN (A Western Mystery) (Annotated)
2Chapter I. The Last of Ten Thousand
3Chapter II. The Shotgun Widow
4Chapter III. The Shadow
5Chapter IV. The Ghost-Man
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6Chapter V. A Load of Buckshot
7Chapter VI. All Crazy
8Chapter VII. Between Friends
9Chapter VIII. The Tip
10Chapter IX. A Peace Talk
11Chapter X. The Best Head in Town
12Chapter XI. A Touch
13Chapter XII. The Expert
14Chapter XIII. A Sack of Cats
15Chapter XIV. The Explosion
16Chapter XV. The God of Ten Per Cent
17Chapter XVI. A Show-Down with the Widow
18Chapter XVII. Peace–and the Price
19Chapter XVIII. On Christmas Day
20Chapter XIX. The Enigma
21Chapter XX. An Appeal to Charley
22Chapter XXI. The Dragon’s Teeth
23Chapter XXII. Virginia Explains–Nothing
24Chapter XXIII. On Demand
25Chapter XXIV. Double Trouble
26Chapter XXV. Virginia Repents
27Chapter XXVI. The Call
28Chapter XXVII. The Thunder Clap
29Chapter XXVIII. The Way Out
30Chapter XXIX. Across Death Valley
31Chapter XXX. An Evening with Socrates
32Chapter XXXI. The Broken Trust
33Chapter XXXII. A Huff
34Chapter XXXIII. The Fiery Furnace
35Chapter XXXIV. A Clean-Up
36Memorable Quotes
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