THE TRAIL TO YESTERDAY + THE RANGE BOSS + WEST! (Western Classics Series) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Adventure Tales of New York Women in the Wild WestBy Charles Alden Seltzer
Length21h 42m
About this audiobook
Bringing together The Trail to Yesterday, The Range Boss, and West!, this Western Classics Series volume showcases Charles Alden Seltzer's vigorous contribution to the early twentieth-century frontier romance. These novels revolve around cattle country, contested land, hard-bitten justice, and the moral testing of men and women in a landscape where law is often improvised. Seltzer's prose is direct, kinetic, and atmospheric, shaped by the popular magazine tradition yet alert to codes of honor, loyalty, and self-command that defined the classic Western before its later revisionist phase. Charles Alden Seltzer (1875–1942) was an American writer closely associated with the golden age of pulp and popular Western fiction. Born in Wisconsin and later connected with journalistic and editorial work, he developed a craftsman's instinct for pacing, conflict, and vivid setting. His familiarity with Western conventions—ranch rivalries, solitary riders, frontier towns, and redemptive violence—allowed him to write stories that satisfied popular expectations while giving them psychological urgency and narrative polish. This collection is recommended for readers interested in the formation of the literary Western and in fiction that combines adventure with a clear moral architecture. It will especially appeal to admirers of Zane Grey, Max Brand, and Owen Wister, as well as to scholars tracing how frontier myth entered American popular literature.
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, Romance
Length21 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 20, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
42Chapter XXI. One Too Many
2Chapter I. A Woman on the Trail
43Chapter XXII. Into Which a Girl’s Trouble Comes
3Chapter II. The Dim Trail
44Chapter XXIII. Banishing a Shadow
4Chapter III. Converging Trails
45Chapter XXIV. Realizing a Passion
5Chapter IV. This Picture and That
46Chapter XXV. A Man is Born Again
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6Chapter V. Dakota Evens a Score
47Chapter XXVI. A Dream Comes True
7Chapter VI. Kindred Spirits
48Chapter I
8Chapter VII. Bogged Down
49Chapter II
9Chapter VIII. Sheila Fans a Flame
50Chapter III
10Chapter IX. Strictly Business
51Chapter IV
11Chapter X. Duncan Adds Two and Two
52Chapter V
12Chapter XI. A Parting and a Visit
53Chapter VI
13Chapter XII. A Meeting on the River Trail
54Chapter VII
14Chapter XIII. The Shot in the Back
55Chapter VIII
15Chapter XIV. Langford Lays Off the Mask
56Chapter IX
16Chapter XV. The Parting on the River Trail
57Chapter X
17Chapter XVI. Sheriff Allen Takes a Hand
58Chapter XI
18Chapter XVII. Doubler Talks
59Chapter XII
19Chapter XVIII. For Dakota
60Chapter XIII
20Chapter XIX. Some Memories
61Chapter XIV
21Chapter XX. Into the Unknown
62Chapter XV
22Chapter I. At Calamity Crossing
63Chapter XVI
23Chapter II. The Sympathetic Rescuer
64Chapter XVII
24Chapter III. At the Flying W
65Chapter XVIII
25Chapter IV. A Memory of the Rider
66Chapter XIX
26Chapter V. Love vs. Business
67Chapter XX
27Chapter VI. A Man and His Job
68Chapter XXI
28Chapter VII. How an Insult Was Avenged
69Chapter XXII
29Chapter VIII. What Uncle Jepson Heard
70Chapter XXIII
30Chapter IX. “Somethin’s Gone Out of Them”
71Chapter XXIV
31Chapter X. The Law of the Primitive
72Chapter XXV
32Chapter XI. Hagar’s Eyes
73Chapter XXVI
33Chapter XII. The Rustlers
74Chapter XXVII
34Chapter XIII. The Fight
75Chapter XXVIII
35Chapter XIV. The Rock and the Moonlight
76Chapter XXIX
36Chapter XV. The Runaway Comes Home
77Chapter XXX
37Chapter XVI. Two Are Taught Lessons
78Chapter XXXI
38Chapter XVII. The Target
79Chapter XXXII
39Chapter XVIII. The Gunfighter
80Chapter XXXIII
40Chapter XIX. Ready Gun and Clean Heart
81Chapter XXXIV
41Chapter XX. The Bubble—Dreams
82Memorable Quotes
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