It is 1830, and the Berrybender family - rich, aristocratic, English, and fiercely out of place - is on its way up the Missouri River to see the American West as it begins to open up.
Lord and Lady Berrybender have abandoned their palatial home in England to explore the frontier and to broaden the horizons of their children, who include Tasmin, a budding young women of grit, beauty , and determination, her vivacious and difficult sister, and her brother.
As they journey by rough stages up the Missouri River, they meet with all the dangers, difficulties, temptations and awesome natural scenery of the untamed west.
At the very core of the story is Tasmin's fast-developing relationship with Jim Snow, frontiersman, ferocious Indian fighter, and part-time preacher. Known up and down Missouri as "the Sin Killer," he's the handsome, silent Westerner who eventually captures her heart.
Against the imense backdrop of the American West, Larry McMurtry tracks this engaging family as they make their way up the great river, surviving attacks, discomfort, savage weather, and natural disaster. Sin Killer is an adventure story full of incident, and suspense, as well as a charming love story between a headstrong and aristocratic young Englishwoman and the stubborn, shy, and very American Jim Snow. As big as the West itself, this is the kind of story that only Larry McMurtry can write.
Written By : Zane Grey
Narrator : Jim Gough
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 8 hours
Type : Western Action & Adventure Historical
$16.95
They took the most contrary bunch of frontiersmen, cowpokes, shiftless no-accounts, shootists rascals, and politicians, jumbled them together, and called it Texas—but for defenseless women and chil... More info...
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Written By : Zane Grey
Narrator : Pat Bottino
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 12 hours
Type : Western
$23.95
In Texas during the 1870s, Buck Duane becomes an outlaw after killing a man in self defense and must live among gunfighters and rustlers along the Texas border. In a camp on the Mexican side of the river, he finds a young girl held prisoner. When he tries to rescue her, he suffers the wrath of... More info...
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Written By : Zane Grey
Narrator : Robert Morris
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 10 hours
Type : Western
$19.95
Jim Girty and his brothers incite acts of savagery and war against white settlers.One of Jim Girty’s targets is the Village of Peace, a settlement of Christian Indians who have been converted by Moravian missionaries. Under the preaching of Reverend Jim Downs, the Christian faith is gaining a... More info...
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Written By : Jerry Robbins
Narrator : The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air
Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air
Runtime : 25 minutes
Type : Dramatizations Western Action & Adventure
$1.50
While hunting buffalo for the railroad, peace with the Sioux is threatened. More info...
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Written By : Larry McMurtry
Narrator : Alfrred Molina
Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 8 hours 30 minutes
Type : Western Historical
$35.00 $23.95
In the final volume of The Berrybender Narratives, Tasmin and her family are under arrest in Mexican Santa Fe. when Mexican commander of the party falls in love with Tasmin, with unhappy consequences. More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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