Mistakes Can Kill You

A Collection of Western Stories

De: Louis L'Amour

Narrado por: Lance Axt

Duración: 7 h y 14 m

Resumen del Editor

Edge-of-your-seat thrillers from the greatest Western author ever.

There will never be another Western writer like Louis L’Amour. A legendary author and indisputably the greatest storyteller in his genre of all time, L’Amour captivated millions of readers and has sold well over three hundred million copies of his works, which includes nearly ninety novels and countless short stories.

Mistakes Can Kill You highlights an essential selection featuring nine of L’Amour’s earlier short stories, sometimes written under the pen name Jim Mayo, that exemplify the rugged morality of the best Western writing. In “Black Rock Coffin-Makers”, two men ready to kill over ownership of a ranch get more than they bargain for when a stranger is caught in the crossfire. And in “Four- Card Draw”, Allen Ring wins a ranch in a poker game, only to find out an unsolved murder was committed there years ago and law enforcement thinks Ring knows more about it than he’s letting on.

L’Amour made his characters come alive on the page, and his ability to capture the spirit and authenticity of the Wild West is unrivaled. Mistakes Can Kill You transports you to a world you’ll never want to leave, and proves that Louis L’Amour will always be the king of spinning a classic Western yarn.

©2013 Skyhorse Publishing (P)2013 Audible Inc.

Great short stories

This audio is a series of short stories and each one great in its own right. Narrative is good but the narration of the ladies part was a little on the corny side - being a guy the narrator did pretty good at winging it. Great stories and a worthwhile listen. Five by five on stories with a par four on ladies parts, overall I recommend stepping back into the sage brush and stewing a pot of coffee to settle in on a great adventure.

excellent

this is an outstanding louie lamour book. now i see mhy my garndfather loves these stories so much thank you

Good Westerns

A very good collection of stories by Louis l'Amour. I enjoyed each story and I'm a fan of the author.

You can’t go wrong with Louie L’Amour

Although his full books are better than his short stories, this is a good collection and well produced.

Louis L'Amour could write great stories

great short stories. Louis L'Amour is the only western writer I read. simply the best.

cool

It was awesome!
it was like wow I am going to be able to see if I am going to glacier.

There will never be another writer like L'Amour!

Black Rock Coffin-Makers – (Prior review posted - Dead Ringer: A Western Trio)
The Nester and The Paiute – (Prior review posted - The Strong Land: A Western Sextet)
Mistakes Can Kill You – Sam Redland was riding with a bad bunch, and Johnny had a surprise.
Four-Card Draw – Draw four cards and your luck runs out. Allen Ring proved different.
Law of the Desert Born – Shad Marone was a gunfighter, they had him boxed, and they wanted to kill him.
The Trail to Peach Meadow Canyon – (Prior review posted - Showdown Trail: A Western Duo)
Ride, You Tonto Raiders – (Prior review posted)
Trail to Pie Town – (Prior review posted)
Lit a Shuck for Texas – (Prior review posted - The Strong Land: A Western Sextet)

Wonderful

It has been a while since I read a Louis L'Amour, about ten years or so. I Absolutely Loved It.

Good mix of stories, average delivery

Overall, there was not a single story I found truly disappointing. The varying lengths and the fact that some had chapters to them while others were brief kept me on my toes. However I believe it could have been narrated better, although the delivery had ample variations character to character, I found it hard to imagine these gruff outlaws and quick-to-draw cowboys never had a deeper tonality in their voices. It distracted from the protagonists plights at times. However I would recommend to friends and family as the stories can be quite enthralling at times.

Narrator needs to brush up on Western terms. Chaps is pronounced shaps. Roan is pronounced With a long o not ro un.

The narrator also sounds like Roscoe About Coltrane when he is voicing the protagonist. It makes it a little hard to take him serious. I am a big L’Amour fan. I love his books but I ca hardly listen to this guy.