WILD WEST ADVENTURES – Boxed Set: 9 Western Classics in One Volume (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Nine illustrated frontier classics of courage, romance, and pioneering spiritBy Emerson Hough
Length85h 33m
About this audiobook
This illustrated omnibus gathers nine of Emerson Hough's Western classics into a broad panorama of frontier life, encompassing wagon-train migration, contested borders, outlaw legend, settlement, romance, and the moral ambiguities of American expansion. Written in a vigorous, documentary-inflected style, Hough's narratives combine adventure plotting with historical consciousness, placing them within the early twentieth-century tradition that transformed the West from lived memory into national myth. His prose is often expansive and dramatic, attentive to landscape, conflict, and the codes of honor that govern frontier communities. Emerson Hough (1857–1923) was a lawyer, journalist, outdoorsman, and historian of the American West whose career brought him into close contact with explorers, soldiers, ranchers, and political figures. His nonfictional interests in conservation, migration, and frontier institutions deeply informed his fiction. Writing at a moment when the open frontier had officially closed, Hough sought to preserve its energies while also interpreting its costs, contradictions, and ideals for modern readers. This collection is recommended for readers of classic Western literature, historical romance, and American cultural history. It offers both spirited entertainment and a revealing study of how the West was imagined, remembered, and canonized.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.4 (11)
Includes Amazon
GenreAction and Adventure, Literary Classics
Length85 hrs 33 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 1, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1WILD WEST ADVENTURES – Boxed Set: 9 Western Classics in One Volume (Illustrated) (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5The Girl at the Halfway House
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6BOOK I: THE DAY OF WAR
7CHAPTER I. THE BRAZEN TONGUES
8CHAPTER II. THE PLAYERS OF THE GAME
9CHAPTER III. THE VICTORY
10BOOK II: THE DAY OF THE BUFFALO
11CHAPTER IV. BATTERSLEIGH OF THE RILE IRISH
12CHAPTER V. THE TURNING OF THE ROAD
13CHAPTER VI. EDWARD FRANKLIN, LAWYER
14CHAPTER VII. THE NEW WORLD
15CHAPTER VIII. THE BEGINNING
16CHAPTER IX. THE NEW MOVERS
17CHAPTER X. THE CHASE
18CHAPTER XI. THE BATTLE
19CHAPTER XII. WHAT THE HAND HAD TO DO
20CHAPTER XIII. PIE AND ETHICS
21CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST BALL AT ELLISVILLE
22CHAPTER XV. ANOTHER DAY
23CHAPTER XVI. ANOTHER HOUR
24BOOK III: THE DAY OF THE CATTLE
25CHAPTER XVII. ELLISVILLE THE RED
26CHAPTER XVIII. STILL A REBEL
27CHAPTER XIX. THAT WHICH HE WOULD
28CHAPTER XX. THE HALFWAY HOUSE
29CHAPTER XXI. THE ADVICE OF AUNT LUCY
30CHAPTER XXII. EN VOYAGE
31CHAPTER XXIII. MARY ELLEN
32CHAPTER XXIV. THE WAY OF A MAID
33CHAPTER XXV. BILL WATSON
34CHAPTER XXVI. IKE ANDERSON
35CHAPTER XXVII. THE BODY OF THE CRIME
36CHAPTER XXVIII. THE TRIAL
37CHAPTER XXIX. THE VERDICT
38BOOK IV: THE DAY OF THE PLOUGH
39CHAPTER XXX. THE END OF THE TRAIL
40CHAPTER XXXI. THE SUCCESS OF BATTERSLEIGH
41CHAPTER XXXII. THE CALLING
42CHAPTER XXXIII. THE GREAT COLD
43CHAPTER XXXIV. THE ARTFULNESS OF SAM
44CHAPTER XXXV. THE HILL OF DREAMS
45CHAPTER XXXVI. AT THE GATEWAY
46The Law of the Land
47BOOK I
48CHAPTER I. MISS LADY
49CHAPTER II. MULEY
50CHAPTER III. THE VISITOR
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