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The Death Shot

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(4,167 Sterne; 15 Bewertungen)

Long time since this hand hath penned a preface. Now only to say, that this romance, as originally published, was written when the author was suffering severe affliction, both physically and mentally—the result of a gun-wound that brought him as near to death as Darke’s bullet did Clancy.

It may be asked, Why under such strain was the tale written at all? A good reason could be given; but this, private and personal, need not, and should not be intruded on the public. Suffice it to say, that, dissatisfied with the execution of the work, the author has remodelled—almost rewritten it.

It is the same story; but, as he hopes and believes, better told.

Great Malvern, September, 1874. (16 hr 6 min)

Chapters

Prologue

8:28

Read by Larry Wilson

Two Sorts of Slave-Owners

8:12

Read by Larry Wilson

A Flat Refusal

10:39

Read by Deon Gines

A Forest Post-Office

11:27

Read by Deon Gines

Two Good Girls

6:43

Read by Jeremiah Sutherland

A Photograph in the Forest

11:22

Read by Jeremiah Sutherland

A Coon-Chase Interrupted

5:41

Read by Jeremiah Sutherland

Murder Without Remorse

10:48

Read by Mike Pelton

The Coon-Hunter Cautious

7:00

Read by Juliana

An Assassin in Retreat

8:36

Read by Deon Gines

The Eve of Departure

12:35

Read by Deon Gines

Under the Trysting Tree

10:28

Read by Deon Gines

The Wrong Man

8:59

Read by Deon Gines

The Coon-Hunter at Home

10:16

Read by Deon Gines

Why Comes He Not?

10:56

Read by Deon Gines

A Moonlight Moving

9:11

Read by Mike Pelton

What Has Become of Clancy?

15:24

Read by Mike Pelton

A Bullet Extracted

9:21

Read by Mike Pelton

'To the Sheriff'

12:23

Read by Mike Pelton

The Belle of 'Natchez'

15:06

Read by Mike Pelton

Saved by a Sister

8:20

Read by Mike Pelton

Seized by Spectral Arms

7:02

Read by THBosc

Up and Down

7:02

Read by THBosc

The Sleep of the Assassin

10:12

Read by THBosc

The Coon-Hunter Conscience Striken

7:44

Read by THBosc

An Unceremonious Search

10:22

Read by John

Tell-Tale Tracks

10:09

Read by John

Additional Evidence

7:32

Read by John

'To the Jail!'

13:57

Read by John

A Scheme of Colonisation

10:48

Read by John

News From Natchez

11:14

Read by Jules Hawryluk

Spectres in the Street

13:53

Read by Jules Hawryluk

The 'Choctaw Chief'

20:06

Read by Jules Hawryluk

The Murderer Unmasked

8:25

Read by Eli Beratore

'Will You be One of Us?'

14:49

Read by Jules Hawryluk

A Ghost Going its Rounds

17:06

Read by Jules Hawryluk

'She is True--Still True!'

12:14

Read by Jules Hawryluk

The Home of the Hunted Slave

12:30

Read by John

An Excursion by Canoe

16:02

Read by John

Is it a Corpse?

19:16

Read by Jules Hawryluk

'Across the Sabine'

8:09

Read by Bill Boerst

A Repentant Sinner

14:00

Read by Bill Boerst

The Prairie Caravan

11:20

Read by Keir

The Hand of God

13:09

Read by Keir

A Cloud on the Cliffs

9:06

Read by Keir

A Suspicious Surveillance

19:06

Read by Jules Hawryluk

A Suspected Servant

16:43

Read by Jules Hawryluk

Opposite Emblems

13:30

Read by Deon Gines

A Blank Day

12:07

Read by Deon Gines

Waiting the Word

7:30

Read by Deon Gines

An Uncanny Skulker

14:29

Read by THBosc

Locked In

12:14

Read by THBosc

Massacre Without Mercy

7:24

Read by THBosc

A Horrid Spectacle

11:02

Read by THBosc

Riding Double

4:37

Read by THBosc

Tired Travellers

8:08

Read by THBosc

Spectral Equestrians

11:56

Read by Jules Hawryluk

Planning a Capture

11:15

Read by Jules Hawryluk

Across the Ford

10:45

Read by Jules Hawryluk

A Foiled Ambuscade

9:09

Read by Deon Gines

'The Live-Oak'

11:30

Read by Deon Gines

A Ruffian Triumphant

12:42

Read by Jules Hawryluk

'Help! Help!'

18:38

Read by Jules Hawryluk

An Oath to be Kept

11:36

Read by Jules Hawryluk

A Wild Farewell

11:57

Read by Jules Hawryluk

For the Rendezvous

10:40

Read by Jules Hawryluk

A Scouting Party

8:10

Read by Jules Hawryluk

A Straying Traveller

13:38

Read by Tom Penn

'Brasfort'

10:35

Read by Tom Penn

Shadows Behind

10:01

Read by Tom Penn

Surrounded and Disarmed

11:24

Read by Jules Hawryluk

A Pathless Plain

8:45

Read by Jules Hawryluk

The Prairie Stocks

17:33

Read by Jules Hawryluk

Helpless and Hopeless

7:15

Read by Jules Hawryluk

Coyote Creek

14:25

Read by Jules Hawryluk

A Transformation

11:51

Read by Jules Hawryluk

Mestizo and Mulatto

6:40

Read by Tom Penn

A Strayed Traveller

6:32

Read by Tom Penn

Hours of Agony

6:18

Read by Tom Penn

An Unexpected Visitor

10:23

Read by Tom Penn

A Resurrectionist

10:51

Read by Tom Penn

The Voice of Vengeance

6:59

Read by Tom Penn

A Man Nearly Mad

9:12

Read by Tom Penn

At Length the 'Dead Shot'

9:25

Read by Tom Penn

The Scout's Report

8:48

Read by Tom Penn

A Change of Programme

7:44

Read by Tom Penn

Alone With the Dead

8:33

Read by Tom Penn

Hostile Cohorts

16:00

Read by Tom Penn

Bewertungen

Storyline was good, author's style is bad

(2 Sterne)

Set in the South much before Texas became a state. Two men love the same woman. One, honorable but poor; the other, rich but wicked. The woman makes the right choice and lets him know in a letter, but the evil suitor intercepts the letter and shoots her beloved, telling him that the woman actually loves him. The murderer flees, but still wants the woman.... The main plot line was good, but the author tried to use as many big words and as much description as he could. The book would have been better with a lot of this cut out - the book could have been 1/3 shorter without all that fluff. The characters were somewhat believable, except for what came out of their mouths. What frontier backwoodsman talks about "surrendering to Morpheus" when talking about going to sleep, or says, "Don't have any dubiousness about us" when telling someone not to worry? Some of the vocabulary of the slaves was also unbelievable and grandiose. The readers were for the most part good. Kudos especially to deongines, Mike Pelton, THBosc, John, and Tom Penn for their readings. Chapters 57 and 64 have major technical issues: the sounds are cut off, some words being cut off, subtle sounds like H and TH being altogether lost. Did the reader use way too much noise removal, or perhaps a noise cancelling microphone in a loud setting? It was hard to understand and very distracting.

GREAT ADVENTURE STORY.

(5 Sterne)

WOWEEEEE. WHAT A LONG BOOK, WHERE DO THESE WRITERS GET THESE IDEAS. LOVED IT. STILL WISH A MALE CHARACTER BOOK WAS READ BY A MALE, WHY CANNOT ONE READER READ A WHOLE BOOK. ONE NEVER KNOWS WHEN A VOICE WILL CHANGE. ARE THESE READERS TESTED, NOT THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS ONE I MIGHT SAY, I REALLY DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE THIS ONE AND GOT CRANKY WHEN THE PHONE RANG, ONCE I TURNED IT OFF INSTEAD OF DOWN AND IT TOOK ME AGES TO FIND IT AGAIN.

(4 Sterne)

Some of the narrators were horrible to listen to. —The story is mostly action: hunting, gun fights, climbing trees, chases on horseback, stabbing with bloody knives, kidnapping...

(5 Sterne)

good story. the jules hawerlyk recordings are unbearably monotonous. almost made me quit the book but the story is worth it.

(3,5 Sterne)

Great story. Terrible reading . Nearly unbearable in some cases. Reader from Mississauga Ontario especially.