Riders of the Dawn

A Western Duo

By: Louis L’Amour

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki, Jim Gough

"Ride, You Tonto Raiders"

Matt Sabre is a young and experienced gunfighter - but not a trouble seeker. But when Billy Curtin calls him a liar and goes for his gun, Matt has no choice but to draw and fire. To his surprise, the dying man gives him $5,000 and begs him to take the money to his wife, who is alone in defending the family ranch in the Mogollons. A combination of guilt, regret, and wanting to do the right thing leads Sabre to make that ride.

"Riders of the Dawn"

A young gunslinger is changed for the better by meeting a beautiful woman. A classic range-war Western, this novel features that powerful, romantic, strangely compelling vision of the American West for which L'Amour's fiction is known. In the author's words, "It was a land where nothing was small, nothing was simple. Everything, the lives of men and the stories they told, ran to extremes."

This story is one of Louis L'Amour's early creations that have long been a source of speculation and curiosity among his fans. Early in his career, L'Amour wrote a number of novel-length stories for the pulps. Long after they were out of print, the characters of these early stories still haunted him. It was by revising and expanding these stories that L'Amour would create his first novels.

©1949 Popular Publications, Inc. Copyright not renewed. © 1951 by Best Publications, Inc. Copyright not renewed. © 2018 by Golden West Literary Agency (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

good story

This one was a little more raw than the others he writes. goon one though

great story

good book catches interest an really pulls you in to the story. couldnt get enough

Fun listen

Terrific narrators, both of them! The stories were nothing too out if the ordinary but there were some fun points!

Good read.

Enjoyed the listening of this very much. The six hours of driving was made much easier.

Worth the listen.

Not the best L’Amour story but still embodied the true grit of the American West and the many lessons of how to be a man. Not only the toughness of a man but the smart thinker, following the facts and lessons learned throughout life. I enjoyed the story.