The Scalp Hunters
Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers
Thomas Mayne Reid
(4 Sterne; 20 Bewertungen)
"Unroll the world’s map, and look upon the great northern continent of America. Away to the wild west, away toward the setting sun, away beyond many a far meridian, let your eyes wander. Rest them where golden rivers rise among peaks that carry the eternal snow. Rest them there.
You are looking upon a land whose features are un-furrowed by human hands, still bearing the marks of the Almighty mould, as upon the morning of creation; a region whose every object wears the impress of God’s image. His ambient spirit lives in the silent grandeur of its mountains, and speaks in the roar of its mighty rivers: a region redolent of romance, rich in the reality of adventure.
Follow me, with the eye of your mind, through scenes of wild beauty, of savage sublimity."
So begins this early book by Mayne Reid, a book of romance, of adventure, and of the wide open spaces of the Wild West. (Adapted from the first chapter) (0 hr 9 min)
Chapters
Bewertungen
Chris
(1 Sterne)
The first half of the book is a bit slow, but when it starts to get a good in the second half, it is completely RUINED by some terrible readers! I know they are volunteers, but some had annoying voices and Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan either had a speech impediment, or was drunk and unintelligible at points! Relying on volunteers as one thing, but this was shocking! Surely these books must be vetted, and if you can’t read clearly with a decent sounding voice, they should say thanks but no thanks!! If you persevere through these things, the second half of the book is really good.
Vern
(4 Sterne)
first half is boring. last half pretty good. a few very annoying readers but most are good
Rogers
(5 Sterne)
It took my breath away, not once, but chapter after chapter.