The Texican (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Western NovelBy Dane Coolidge
Length6h 45m
About this audiobook
The Texican is a vigorous frontier narrative situated in the contested cultural and geographic borderlands of the American Southwest. Coolidge works within the classic Western tradition, yet his prose is marked by close observation of landscape, labor, and social custom rather than mere gunplay. The novel's title signals its concern with hybrid identity: the "Texican" belongs to a world shaped by cattle trails, mining camps, ranch rivalries, and the uneasy meeting of Anglo-American and Mexican influences. Its style is direct, pictorial, and episodic, reflecting the magazine fiction of its era while preserving a documentary sharpness. Dane Coolidge was unusually well equipped to write such a book. Trained as a naturalist and active as a photographer, he spent extensive time in Arizona, California, Nevada, and the wider Southwest, observing deserts, ranches, prospectors, and Indigenous and Mexican border communities. His fiction often grows from firsthand acquaintance with terrain and frontier work, giving his Westerns a credibility beyond formula. Readers interested in early twentieth-century Western fiction will find The Texican rewarding for its atmosphere, regional detail, and historical imagination. It is recommended to those who value adventure narratives grounded in place, and to anyone studying how popular fiction helped define the mythology of the borderlands.
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, Romance
Length6 hrs 45 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 3, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dane Coolidge - Boxed Set (Annotated)
2The Texican
3CHAPTER I VERDE CROSSING
4CHAPTER II GOOD EYE, THE MAVERICK KING
5CHAPTER III THE DOUBLE CROSS
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6CHAPTER IV THE SHOW-DOWN
7CHAPTER V LOST DOG CAÑON
8CHAPTER VI "THE VOICE OF REASON"
9CHAPTER VII THE REVOLUTION
10CHAPTER VIII THE DAY AFTER
11CHAPTER IX DEATH AND TAXES
12CHAPTER X STAMPEDED
13CHAPTER XI THE CATTLE WAR
14CHAPTER XII MOUNTAIN LAW
15CHAPTER XIII WELCOME HOME
16CHAPTER XIV THE KANGAROO COURT
17CHAPTER XV THE REVOLUTION IN FACT
18CHAPTER XVI BACK TO NATURE
19CHAPTER XVII THE POWER OF THE PRESS
20CHAPTER XVIII THE LAW'S DELAY
21CHAPTER XIX THE LAST CHANCE
22CHAPTER XX THE LAW AND THE EVIDENCE
23CHAPTER XXI NEVER AGAIN
24Memorable Quotes
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