
THE WAYS OF THE WILD WEST – The Best Ballantyne Westerns
15 Adventure Novels: The Young Fur Traders, The Wild Man of the West, Digging for Gold, The Prairie Chief, The Buffalo Runners…By R. M. BallantyneLength99h 35m
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R. M. Ballantyne is best known for his westerns. As a young boy Ballantyne spent few years on American continent learning the local customs, trading for fur with Native Americans, sleighing and canoeing across the America. These experiences served as a source for his western novels that span from cowboy tales and gold mining stories to tales from Canadian wilderness.
Content:
Snowflakes and Sunbeams (The Young Fur Traders)
The Dog Crusoe and his Master
The Golden Dream
Away in the Wilderness
The Wild Man of the West
Silver Lake
Over the Rocky Mountains
Digging for Gold
The Pioneers
Fort Desolation
The Red Man's Revenge
The Prairie Chief
Charlie to the Rescue
The Buffalo Runners
Wrecked but not Ruined
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GenreAction and Adventure, Romance
Length99 hrs 35 mins
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Publish dateNov 22, 2019
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Table of contents
1THE WAYS OF THE WILD WEST – The Best Ballantyne Westerns
165CHAPTER SEVEN. Rambling Reminiscences of Absent Friends, and a Happy Termination.
2Snowflakes and Sunbeams (The Young Fur Traders)
166Digging for Gold
3PREFACE
167CHAPTER ONE. Adventures in California. Begins with Differences of Opinion.
4CHAPTER ONE
168CHAPTER TWO. Frank discusses his Prospects with a Friend.
5CHAPTER TWO.
169CHAPTER THREE. A Visit to the Diggings resolved on. Terrible Commencement of the Journey.
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6CHAPTER THREE.
170CHAPTER FOUR. Describes an Incident of Devouring Interest, an Unexpected Visit, and a Violent Assault.
7CHAPTER FOUR.
171CHAPTER FIVE. The Travellers meet with Indians, and are led to wish that they had not gone seeking for Gold.
8CHAPTER FIVE.
172CHAPTER SIX. Arrival at the Gold-Fields, and Lessons in Gold-Washing received.
9CHAPTER SIX.
173CHAPTER SEVEN. Gives the Result of the First Day’s Digging, and shows the Powerful Effect of Lynch-Law.
10CHAPTER SEVEN.
174CHAPTER EIGHT. Frank and Joe take to Wandering; See some Wonderful Things, and have a Narrow Escape.
11CHAPTER EIGHT.
175CHAPTER NINE. Conclusion.
12CHAPTER NINE.
176The Pioneers
13CHAPTER TEN.
177PREFACE.
14CHAPTER ELEVEN.
178CHAPTER ONE. Shows how it began.
15CHAPTER TWELVE.
179CHAPTER TWO. Terrible Discoveries and Altered Plans.
16CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
180CHAPTER THREE. Introduces the King of Pioneers.
17CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
181CHAPTER FOUR. Vicissitudes of the Voyage—Indians Met with, etcetera.
18CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
182CHAPTER FIVE. Describes a Literal Wild-Goose Chase and Other Matters.
19CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
183CHAPTER SIX. Indians met with, and the Mouth of the Great River Reached.
20CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
184CHAPTER SEVEN. A Voyage of Discovery to the Far West Planned and Begun.
21CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
185CHAPTER EIGHT. Difficulties and Dangers Faced and Overcome.
22CHAPTER NINETEEN.
186CHAPTER NINE. Deeper and Deeper into the Unknown Wilderness.
23CHAPTER TWENTY.
187CHAPTER TEN. The Last.
24CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
188CHAPTER ELEVEN. Extract of Letter Referred to on Page 85.
25CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
189Fort Desolation
26CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
190CHAPTER ONE. Or, Solitude in the Wilderness. The Outskirter.
27CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
191CHAPTER TWO. The Letter, and its Consequences.
28CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
192CHAPTER THREE. Domestic and Personal Matters.
29CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.
193CHAPTER FOUR. Taming a Bully.
30CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
194CHAPTER FIVE. The Salmon Fishery.
31CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT.
195CHAPTER SIX. Jack has a Desperate Encounter.
32CHAPTER TWENTY NINE.
196CHAPTER SEVEN. Solitude.
33CHAPTER THIRTY.
197CHAPTER EIGHT. Horrors.
34CHAPTER THIRTY ONE.
198CHAPTER NINE. The Bully receives a Lesson.
35The Dog Crusoe and his Master
199CHAPTER TEN. Strangers and Strange Events.
36CHAPTER ONE.
200The Red Man's Revenge
37CHAPTER TWO.
201CHAPTER ONE. Opens the Ball.
38CHAPTER THREE.
202CHAPTER TWO. Conflicting Elements and a Catastrophe.
39CHAPTER FOUR.
203CHAPTER THREE. The Pursuit begins.
40CHAPTER FIVE.
204CHAPTER FOUR. A Discovery—The Chase Continued on Foot.
41CHAPTER SIX.
205CHAPTER FIVE. Tony becomes a Redskin, and the Pursuers change their Game.
42CHAPTER SEVEN.
206CHAPTER SIX. Describes a Great Hunt.
43CHAPTER EIGHT.
207CHAPTER SEVEN. Some of the Shadows of a Buffalo-Hunter’s Life.
44CHAPTER NINE.
208CHAPTER EIGHT. The Chase Continued, and Brought to a Fiery Termination.
45CHAPTER TEN.
209CHAPTER NINE. Meteorological Changes and Consequences, and a Grand Opportunity Misimproved.
46CHAPTER ELEVEN.
210CHAPTER TEN. Fate of the Buffalo-Hunters.
47CHAPTER TWELVE.
211CHAPTER ELEVEN. To the Rescue.
48CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
212CHAPTER TWELVE. Victory!
49CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
213CHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Cunning Device ends in Failure Followed by Destruction.
50CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
214CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Flood begins to do its Work.
51CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
215CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Flood continues to do its Work.
52CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
216CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Winklemann and Old Liz get into Trouble.
53CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
217CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Waves still rise, and Miss Trim comes to Grief.
54CHAPTER NINETEEN.
218CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Old Ravenshaw goes Exploring and Rescuing.
55CHAPTER TWENTY.
219CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Red Man receives a Visitor, cogitates deeply, and acts with Decision.
56CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
220CHAPTER TWENTY. A Terrible Disaster and a Joyful Meeting.
57CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
221CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Return of the Lost One.
58CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
222CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. The “Impossible” Accomplished.
59CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
223CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. Found and Saved.
60CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
224CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. A Surprising Discovery—And More.
61CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.
225CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Brings Things to a Point.
62CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
226CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. The Last.
63The Golden Dream
227The Prairie Chief
64CHAPTER ONE.
228CHAPTER ONE. The Alarm.
65CHAPTER TWO.
229CHAPTER TWO. The Surprise and Combat.
66CHAPTER THREE.
230CHAPTER THREE. The Massacre and the Chase.
67CHAPTER FOUR.
231CHAPTER FOUR. Circumventing the Blackfeet.
68CHAPTER FIVE.
232CHAPTER FIVE. The Mountain Fortress.
69CHAPTER SIX.
233CHAPTER SIX. A Strange Visitor.
70CHAPTER SEVEN.
234CHAPTER SEVEN. Big Tim’s Method with Savages.
71CHAPTER EIGHT.
235CHAPTER EIGHT. Netting a Grizzly Bear.
72CHAPTER NINE.
236CHAPTER NINE. A Daring Exploit.
73CHAPTER TEN.
237CHAPTER TEN. Snakes in the Grass.
74CHAPTER ELEVEN.
238CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Snakes make a Dart and Secure their Victims.
75CHAPTER TWELVE.
239CHAPTER TWELVE. The Pursuit, Failure, Despair.
76CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
240CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Powerful Influence of Bad Weapons and of Love.
77CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
241CHAPTER FOURTEEN. In which Plans, Prospects, Love, Dangers, and Perplexities are dealt with.
78CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
242CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Plot and Counterplot.
79CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
243CHAPTER SIXTEEN. The Last.
80CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
244Charlie to the Rescue
81CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
245CHAPTER ONE. Introduces the Hero.
82CHAPTER NINETEEN.
246CHAPTER TWO. The Shipwreck.
83CHAPTER TWENTY.
247CHAPTER THREE. “It’s an Ill Wind that Blaws Naebody Guid.”
84CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
248CHAPTER FOUR. Drifting on the Rocks.
85CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
249CHAPTER FIVE. All Things to All Men.
86CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
250CHAPTER SIX. Disaster, Starvation, and Death.
87CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
251CHAPTER SEVEN. Adrift on the Sea.
88CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
252CHAPTER EIGHT. Ingratitude.
89CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.
253CHAPTER NINE. Shank Reveals Something More of his Character.
90CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
254CHAPTER TEN. Home-coming and Unexpected Surprises.
91CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT.
255CHAPTER ELEVEN. Tells of Happy Meetings and Serious Consultations.
92CHAPTER TWENTY NINE.
256CHAPTER TWELVE. Changes the Scene Considerably!
93Away in the Wilderness
257CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Hunky Ben is Sorely Perplexed.
94CHAPTER ONE. The Hunter.
258CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Haunt of the Outlaws.
95CHAPTER TWO. The Three Friends.
259CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Lost and Found.
96CHAPTER THREE. The Encampment.
260CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Friends and Foes—Plots and Counterplots—The Ranch in Danger.
97CHAPTER FOUR. Mosquitoes—Camp-Fire Talk.
261CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Alarm and Preparations for Defence.
98CHAPTER FIVE. Journeying in the Wilderness.
262CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Defence of the Ranch of Roaring Bull.
99CHAPTER SIX. The Outpost.
263CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Rescue and its Consequences.
100CHAPTER SEVEN. A Savage Family, and a Fight with a Bear.
264CHAPTER TWENTY. Jake The Flint In Difficulties.
101CHAPTER EIGHT. Running the Falls—Wild Scenes and Men.
265CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. Tells of a Cruel Deed, and Shows How Mysteriously Hunky Ben Behaved.
102CHAPTER NINE. The Fort, and an Unexpected Meeting.
266CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. The Cave of the Outlaws Invaded by Ghosts and US Troops.
103CHAPTER TEN. Buffalo-Hunting on the Prairies.
267CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. The Troops Outwitted by the Scout and his Friends.
104CHAPTER ELEVEN. Winter—Sleeping in the Snow—A Night Alarm.
268CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. The Meeting of Old Friends in Curious Circumstances.
105CHAPTER TWELVE. The Wedding, an Arrival, a Feast, and a Ball.
269CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Shows how the Seaman was sent on a Delicate Mission and how he Fared.
106CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Conclusion.
270CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Treats of Various Interesting Matters, and Tells of News from Home.
107The Wild Man of the West
271CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. Hunky Ben and Charlie get Beyond their Depth, and Buck Tom gets Beyond Recall.
108CHAPTER ONE.
272CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. Chase, Capture, and End of Jake the Flint.
109CHAPTER TWO.
273CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. They Return to the Ranch of Roaring Bull, where Something Serious Happens to Dick Darvall.
110CHAPTER THREE.
274CHAPTER THIRTY. Changes the Scene Somewhat Violently, and Shows our Hero in a New Light.
111CHAPTER FOUR.
275CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. Failure and a New Scent.
112CHAPTER FIVE.
276CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. Success and Future Plans.
113CHAPTER SIX.
277CHAPTER THIRTY THREE. Sweetwater Bluff.
114CHAPTER SEVEN.
278CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR. The Last.
115CHAPTER EIGHT.
279The Buffalo Runners
116CHAPTER NINE.
280CHAPTER ONE. Help!
117CHAPTER TEN.
281CHAPTER TWO. A Lazy Couple described—and roused.
118CHAPTER ELEVEN.
282CHAPTER THREE. To the Rescue.
119CHAPTER TWELVE.
283CHAPTER FOUR. Tells of Love, Duty, Starvation, and Murder.
120CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
284CHAPTER FIVE. Saved.
121CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
285CHAPTER SIX. Discord and Deceit, Etcetera.
122CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
286CHAPTER SEVEN. Vixen Delivered and Wolves Defeated.
123CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
287CHAPTER EIGHT. Stirring Events Described.
124CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
288CHAPTER NINE. Old Peg.
125CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
289CHAPTER TEN. Archie and Little Bill do Wonders.
126CHAPTER NINETEEN.
290CHAPTER ELEVEN. Shows some of the Troubles of Pioneer Colonists.
127CHAPTER TWENTY.
291CHAPTER TWELVE. Round the Camp-Fires.
128CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
292CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Difficulties of Various Kinds overcome.
129CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
293CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Treachery in the Air.
130CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
294CHAPTER FIFTEEN. A Friend in Need is a Friend indeed.
131CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
295CHAPTER SIXTEEN. An Evening in the Camp.
132Silver Lake
296CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Buffalo-Hunt.
133CHAPTER ONE. The Hunters.
297CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Adventures of Archie and the Seaman.
134CHAPTER TWO. The Starved Indian.
298CHAPTER NINETEEN. Bright Hopes terminate in Furious War.
135CHAPTER THREE. Preparations for a Feast.
299CHAPTER TWENTY. Little Bill becomes a Difficulty.
136CHAPTER FOUR. Lost in the Snow.
300CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. An Auspicious Beginning and Suspicious Ending.
137CHAPTER FIVE. Carried Off.
301CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. Circumventing the Red-Skins.
138CHAPTER SIX. The Camp, the Attack, and the Escape.
302CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. A Midnight Chase, and Dan in Extremity.
139CHAPTER SEVEN. The Encampment on Silver Lake.
303CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. A Desperate Situation.
140CHAPTER EIGHT. Hunting, and other Matters, on Silver Lake.
304CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE. Adventures of Fergus and his Friends.
141CHAPTER NINE. Fishing Extraordinary.
305CHAPTER TWENTY SIX. Home-Coming and Bargaining.
142CHAPTER TEN. Changes, Sliding, Fishing, Etcetera.
306CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN. Visit from Sioux brought to a disastrous Close.
143CHAPTER ELEVEN. A Change in the Weather—Rabbits and Bears Appear.
307CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT. Very Perplexing Interviews with Little Bill.
144CHAPTER TWELVE. Roy’s Dream.
308CHAPTER TWENTY NINE. The Fishery Disasters.
145CHAPTER THIRTEEN. “Shooskin’.”
309CHAPTER THIRTY. The Trial for Murder.
146CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Journey Home Resumed and Interrupted.
310CHAPTER THIRTY ONE. Retribution.
147CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Massacre.
311CHAPTER THIRTY TWO. Suffering and its Results.
148CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Vengeance.
312CHAPTER THIRTY THREE. Matrimonial Plans and Prospects.
149CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Pursuit.
313CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR. A New Disaster.
150CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Interesting though Puzzling Discoveries.
314CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE. The Last.
151CHAPTER NINETEEN. Short Allowance, and a Surprise.
315Wrecked but not Ruined
152CHAPTER TWENTY. More Surprising Discoveries.
316CHAPTER ONE. The Outpost.
153CHAPTER TWENTY ONE. A Gladsome Meeting.
317CHAPTER TWO. The Recluse of Boulder Creek.
154CHAPTER TWENTY TWO. At Silver Lake once more.
318CHAPTER THREE. A Brief but Agreeable Meeting.
155CHAPTER TWENTY THREE. The Happiest Meeting of All.
319CHAPTER FOUR. Pioneering.
156CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR. Conclusion.
320CHAPTER FIVE. The “Enemy.”
157Over the Rocky Mountains
321CHAPTER SIX. Out in the Snow.
158PREFACE
322CHAPTER SEVEN. A Sad Discovery.
159CHAPTER ONE. Describes Home-Coming, and shows that Matters whispered in the Drawing-Room are sometimes loudly proclaimed Below-Stairs.
323CHAPTER EIGHT. Shifting Winds.
160CHAPTER TWO. Describes a Burst over the Western Prairie, and introduces a New Character, also a Hunt, and a Great Feast.
324CHAPTER NINE. Surmisings, Disagreements, Vexations, and Botherations.
161CHAPTER THREE. Relates how Big Ben became a Travelling Companion, and how a Big Bear was Captured—Discussions and Misfortunes.
325CHAPTER TEN. A Friend in Need.
162CHAPTER FOUR. Shows that the Tables are turned, and that Good and Bad Fortune continue to Commingle.
326CHAPTER ELEVEN. An Adventure and a Surprise.
163CHAPTER FIVE. Describes a Quiet Nook, and shows how Larry came by a Double Loss, besides telling of Wonderful Discoveries of more Kinds than One.
327CHAPTER TWELVE. The Last.
164CHAPTER SIX. In which Will makes a Retrograde Movement, and things come to a Pretty Pass—A Sudden and Decisive Step.