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The Bells of San Juan

Gelesen von John W. Michaels

(4,341 Sterne; 82 Bewertungen)

Rod Norton is a lawman in a land where bandits and criminals make their own rules. Risking his life for justice and a future with the woman he loves, mortal danger awaits. For Norton and those in peril, the Bells of San Juan will chime. (Summary by Betty M.) (7 hr 7 min)

Chapters

00 - Introduction

3:56

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01 - The Bells Ring

18:54

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02 - The Sheriff of San Juan

17:23

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03 - A Man's Boots

16:28

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04 - At the Banker's House

24:58

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05 - In the Darkness of the Patio

17:58

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06 - A Ride Through the Night

17:33

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07 - In the Home of the Cliff-Dwellers

13:43

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08 - Jim Galloway's Game

15:46

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09 - Young Page Comes to Town

18:49

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10 - A Bribe and a Threat

22:39

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11 - The Fight at La Casa Blanca

25:22

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12 - Wavering in the Balance

8:59

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13 - Concealment

24:58

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14 - A Free Man

13:05

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15 - The King's Palace

22:47

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16 - The Mexican from Mexico

8:32

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17 - A Stack of Gold Pieces

14:17

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18 - Desire Outweighs Discretion

14:15

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19 - Deadlock

17:07

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20 - Fluff and Black Bill

11:02

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21 - A Crisis

21:40

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22 - The Beginning of the End

10:15

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23 - The Strong Hand of Galloway

13:19

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24 - In the Open

10:28

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25 - The Battle in the Arroyo

14:27

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26 - The Bells Ring

9:03

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Bewertungen

Great reading of a transgressive Western

(5 Sterne)

I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook. Listening to it really brought home to me how many Westerns are created using the Stoic virtue ethics, with its emphasis on fortitude and civic responsibility. Seneca and Marcus Aurelius would have no problem recognizing the motivations of the hero Rod Norton. But at the same time it is also transgressive in its plot, which relies on the fact that white settlers of the Southwest were prepared to blame Mexicans rather than other white people for crimes, and in having a love interest who is a fully rounded, capable, intelligent, and educated woman (a doctor, no less, at a time when women doctors were so rare as to be almost nonexistent). The reading is excellent, though the reader stumbles at a few less common English words. My favorite was when "nonplussed" became "non-pulsed", momentarily turning this into a Zombie Western. Incidentally, there's an interesting portion of the novel that strongly implies that Jackson Gregory was familiar with the case of Phineas Gage and that he kept up with the latest neuroscience.

Sparky

(4,5 Sterne)

I cannot say any more clearly than the previous Nullifidian..a few bits seem far fetched but the reader made it believable and is a favorite of mine

(5 Sterne)

John Michaels has knocked another one out of the park!!

couldn't get into story, became background noise after chp. 3

(1 Sterne)