Length5h 34m
About this audiobook
In the shadow of the mountains, survival was never guaranteed.
The land demanded work.
The winters demanded endurance.
And the house demanded people willing to hold it together when everything else threatened to come apart.
The House Held Steady is a sweeping generational novel of the American West. It follows one family through hardship, faith, sacrifice, and the quiet responsibility of building something meant to last beyond a single lifetime.
Bound by land, labor, and the difficult choices that echo across generations, these ordinary people face the frontier not as flawless heroes, but as steadfast souls who simply keep going — one steady day at a time.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length5 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 22, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Authors Note
45Chapter 44 — Night Work
2Chapter 1 — West
46Chapter 45 — Leaving
3Chapter 2 — The Crossing
47Chapter 46 — The Drive With Zoa
4Chapter 6 — Fishing
48Chapter 47 — When a Place Gets Big Enough
5Chapter 7 — The Sky Turns
49Chapter 48 — The Temptation of High Prices
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6Chapter 8 — The Bend in the Road
50Chapter 49 — Election Day
7Chapter 4 — The Milk
51Chapter 50 — The Weight Behind a Nam
8Chapter 9 — The Job Offer
52Chapter 51 — The Porch at Evening
9Chapter 10 — The Drive to Market
53Chapter 52 — What Remains
10Chapter 11 — The Gambling Room
54Chapter 53 — The Return
11Chapter 5 — A Quiet Morning on the Plains
55Chapter 54 — What Comes Back True
12Chapter 12 — The Road Back
56Chapter 55 — Lean Winter
13Chapter 13 — The Campfire
57Chapter 56 — The Long Drive
14Chapter 3 — Boots
58Chapter 57 — Her Side of the Bed
15Chapter 14 — The Stove
59Chapter 58 — Henry’s Time
16Chapter 15 — Home Ground
60Chapter 59 — With His Boots On
17Chapter 16 — The Letter
61Chapter 60 — Sam’s Marker
18Chapter 17 — Winter
62Chapter 61 — No Shortcuts
19Chapter 18 — The First Sound of Spring
63Chapter 62 — Indian Morning
20Chapter 19 — The Edge of Another Man’s Ground
64Chapter 63 — The Sheriff’s Office
21Chapter 20 — The Work of It
65Chapter 64 — The Williams Boy
22Chapter 21 — The Fire Holds
66Chapter 65 — The Indian Camp
23Chapter 22 — Return from the Drive
67Chapter 66 — Rancher’s Meeting
24Chapter 23 — General Store & First Meeting
68Chapter 67 — The Sheriff
25Chapter 24 — The Visit at the Ranch
69Chapter 68 — The Drive
26Chapter 25 — Visiting the Carters
70Chapter 69 — The Mother’s Chapter
27Chapter 26 — The Man Who Came With News
71Chapter 70 — The Rescue
28Chapter 27 — The Store
72Chapter 71 — Up the Ridge
29Chapter 28 — Sunday Supper
73Chapter 72 — The Choice
30Chapter 29 — The Wall That Didn’t Hold
74Chapter 73 — The Accident
31Chapter 30 — The Storm on the Pass
75Chapter 74 — The Line Moves Forward
32Chapter 31 — Sunday Supper Again
76Chapter 75 — The Morning After
33Chapter 32 — News Travels Fast
77Chapter 76 — Weight on the Hinge
34Chapter 33 — The Wedding at the Ranch
78Chapter 77 — The Ledger and the First Sale
35Chapter 34 — Sam Returns
79Chapter 78 — Smoke on the Ridge
36Chapter 35 — The Letter for Sam Calder
80Chapter 79 — The Drive Down
37Chapter 36 — The First Harvest Dance
81Chapter 80 — The Auction Yard
38Chapter 37 — To Silver Creek
82Chapter 81 — After the Auction
39Chapter 38 — The Boy Who Arrived
83Chapter 82 — The Offer
40Chapter 39 — Around Mabel’s Table
84Chapter 83 — Priorities
41Chapter 40 — The Boy in the Snow
85Chapter 84 — A Proposition
42Chapter 41 — Into the Timber
86Chapter 85 — The Town Council
43Chapter 42 — Trade
87Chapter 86 — After the Meeting
44Chapter 43 — Branding Day
88Chapter 87 — The Porch at Dusk
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