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    Wyatt in Wichita: A Historical Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 596min
    Author John Shirley turns his pen to the Wild West and the legendary Wyatt Earp! Wyatt in Wichita fuses historical fact with fiction, following the adventures of the young Wyatt Earp. Following the tragic loss of his first wife in the Missouri of 1870 in his early days on the dark side of the West, Wyatt eventually makes his way to Ellsworth and Wichita, where by confronting corruption he would eventually finally find his life’s work as a tough lawman. Could Wyatt Earp have known Billy the Kid when the kid was really just that? Could Wyatt have met up with Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood? Using the sparse trails of historical evidence available to him, the lives of the famous and infamous intersect in Shirley’s novel, which revolves around Wyatt’s search for the murderer of an innocent young woman of Wichita. With Bat Masterson at his side, and bawdy girls about him in the smoky light of crowded saloons, Shirley explores the possible origins of the legendary figure who would forever remain synonymous with the Wild West. Stemming from a true passion and interest in one of the Wild West’s most indelible characters, Wyatt in Wichita is a thrilling read and an imagined glimpse into a seldom-seen side of Wyatt Earp and the untamed frontiers of early America. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John McLain. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017825/bk_adbl_017825_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Strong Ambitions: Emmett Strong Westerns, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 395min
    Tiny yet prospering Benficklin, Texas, wants a clean, respectable town marshal to safeguard their pristine community from the kind of riffraff that turned neighboring Santa Angela into a raucous string of blood-spattered saloons and bawdy sporting houses. Former Texas Ranger Emmett Strong seems to be just the man Benficklin’s town fathers are looking for, once they're satisfied that his Chinese wife, Li, is "sufficiently civilized". Reputations aside, Benficklin - not Santa Angela - is the town with the next scandal on its hands, when the ravaged body of a young, murdered Mexican girl is found lying in the middle of Main Street. Initial signs suggest hard-drinking cowboy Quirt Langdon may have done the deed. Emmett, however, senses that things aren’t exactly as they appear. Nearby Fort Concho’s Captain Roderick Prentiss seems peculiarly interested in what is clearly a civilian case. And Santa Angela’s most eccentric resident gambler, Nate Chaffin, gives the impression he knows things he’s not telling. To top it all off, two of Benficklin’s leading citizens end up assassinated in their own backyard. While local officials pressure Emmett to hastily hang either a suspect or a scapegoat, honor drives the former Ranger to seek true justice for the poor murdered girl, as well as for the two prominent citizens. Ill-tempered townsfolk, pilfered evidence, and somebody taking potshots at him and his wife make Emmett wonder whether he’ll live to unravel the mystery or become the next corpse folks find in the dusty streets of Benficklin. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Zonn. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/107876/bk_acx0_107876_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Legends of the West: Tombstone, Arizona , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 135min
    The 26th of October, 1881, will always be marked as one of the crimson days in the annals of Tombstone, a day when blood flowed as water, and human life was held as a shuttle cock, a day to be remembered as witnessing the bloodiest and deadliest street fight that has ever occurred in this place, or probably in the Territory. - The Tombstone Nugget Space may be the final frontier, but no frontier has ever captured the American imagination like the "Wild West," which still evokes images of dusty cowboys, outlaws, gunfights, gamblers, and barroom brawls over 100 years after the West was settled. A constant fixture in American pop culture, the 19th century American West continues to be vividly and colorful portrayed not just as a place but as a state of mind. In Charles River Editors' Legends of the West series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most famous frontier figures in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. The Wild West has made legends out of many men, but it has forged a lasting legacy for the city of Tombstone, Arizona, a frontier boomtown that has come to symbolize everything about the Old West. In many ways, Tombstone fit all the stereotypes associated with that era in American history. A dusty place on the outskirts of civilization, Tombstone brought together miners, cowboys, lawmen, saloons, gambling, brothels, and everything in between, creating an environment that was always colorful. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nick Hart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/038815/bk_acx0_038815_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rogue Rapids : Redemption Mountain Historical Western Romance, Book 11 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 431min
    A painful betrayal and a past he chooses to forget. The dream of love and a future she desperately desires. Adam “Mack” Mackey vowed to never return to the family who betrayed him. Needing to forget and start over, the ex-Union officer accepted a deputy job in the Montana Territory. The new start offered satisfaction, purpose, and much needed peace. His nights with the women in Splendor saloons provided companionship. He required nothing else - including love, a notion he firmly rejected. At least that was what he thought until his gaze landed on a newly arrived mail order bride.Sylvia Lucero escaped an arranged marriage certain to add to her family’s riches while committing her to a lifetime devoid of love. Stepping from the stage onto the muddy street of Splendor, Montana, her gaze swept the area, halting on a handsome and, she’d soon learn, arrogant lawman - the last person she’d consider marrying.Supper. That’s all Mack wants, but the obstinate woman refuses all his invitations - until one evening when he wouldn’t take no for an answer. Their first supper together changes everything.Unfortunately, their tentative steps at a relationship face challenges neither anticipates. Threats to local ranchers, the town, and Sylvia strain their fragile connection. Will the danger prove too much for two people with different goals? Or will the perils bring them together, forcing a shared strength greater than either imagine?Rogue Rapids, book 11 in the Redemption Mountain historical western romance series, is a full-length novel with an HEA and no cliff-hanger. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Roberto Scarlato. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/148783/bk_acx0_148783_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Over P. J. Clarke's Bar: Tales from New York City's Famous Saloon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 198min
    We walked into P. J. Clarke's, I said, ‘Vinny, my usual.’ And he lined up six double vodkas. (Richard Harris) How did a bar like P. J. Clarke’s saloon become the beloved watering hole for Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy, Rocky Marciano, and Buddy Holly (not to mention the fictional Don Draper)? And what was it about their bacon cheeseburger that caused Nat King Cole to pronounce it "the Cadillac of burgers"? Established in 1884 and bought in l904 by Patrick "Paddy" Joseph Clarke, this Irish saloon in a beautiful Victorian building on the corner of Third Avenue and 55th Street has captivated generations of New Yorkers - from the working class to entertainers, athletes, business executives, and members of high society. Here, finally, is the story of this famed saloon. Learn more about the bar where:Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman announced their impending nuptials to an astonished crowdJohnny Mercer penned "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" on a napkin while sitting at the barFrank Sinatra was the "owner" of table 20 Over P. J. Clarke’s Bar is at once a nostalgic look back at one of New York City’s most famous landmark saloons (in an age when they are quickly disappearing) and an eloquent memoir by the former owner’s grandniece, which details in sharp relief the excitement of days gone by - when as a young girl she entered through the "ladies" entrance and watched bartenders handing buckets of beer to thirsty customers on the sidewalk through the "to go" window. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anne Brendle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/008866/bk_adbl_008866_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 791min
    Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded with the coming of the railroad, cattle drives, eager miners, settlers, and various entrepreneurs passing through to populate the expanding West. Before long Dodge City's streets were lined with saloons and brothels, and its populace was thick with gunmen, horse thieves, and desperadoes of every sort. By the 1870s Dodge City was known as the most violent and turbulent town in the West. Enter Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. Young and largely self-trained men, the lawmen led the effort that established frontier justice and the rule of law in the American West and did it in the wickedest place in the United States. When they moved on, Wyatt to Tombstone and Bat to Colorado, a tamed Dodge was left in the hands of Jim Masterson. But before long Wyatt and Bat, each having had a lawman brother killed, returned to that threatened Western Kansas town to team up to restore order again in what became known as the Dodge City War before riding off into the sunset. Number-one New York Times best-selling author Tom Clavin's Dodge City tells the true story of their friendship, romances, gunfights, and adventures along with the remarkable cast of characters they encountered along the way (including Wild Bill Hickock, Jesse James, Doc Holliday, Buffalo Bill Cody, John Wesley Hardin, Billy the Kid, and Theodore Roosevelt) that has gone largely untold, lost in the haze of Hollywood films and Western fiction, until now. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002436/bk_aren_002436_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Resolution , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 278min
    The New York Times best-selling author's richly imagined work of historical fiction: a powerful tale of the Old West from the acknowledged master of crime fiction. "I had an eight-gauge shotgun that I'd taken with me when I left Wells Fargo. It didn't take too long for things to develop. I sat in the tall lookout chair in the back of the saloon with the shotgun in my lap for two peaceful nights. On my third night it was different. I could almost smell trouble beginning to cook." After the bloody confrontation in Appaloosa, Everett Hitch heads into the afternoon sun and ends up in Resolution, an Old West town so new the dust has yet to settle. It's the kind of town that doesn't have much in the way of commerce, except for a handful of saloons and some houses of ill repute. Hitch takes a job as a lookout at Amos Wolfson's Blackfoot Saloon and quickly establishes his position as protector of the ladies who work the back rooms - as well as a man unafraid to stand up to the enforcer sent down from the O'Malley copper mine. Though Hitch makes short work of hired gun Koy Wickman, tensions continue to mount, so that even the self-assured Hitch is relieved by the arrival in town of his friend, Virgil Cole. When greedy mine owner Eamon O'Malley threatens the loose coalition of local ranchers and starts buying up Resolution's few businesses, Hitch and Cole find themselves in the middle of a makeshift war between O'Malley's men and the ranchers. In a place where law and order don't exist, Hitch and Cole must make their own, guided by their sense of duty, honor, and friendship. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Titus Welliver. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/001421/bk_rand_001421_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Lord of Heartbreak: Reluctant Regency Brides, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 264min
    Miss Jane Deveraux is in a bind; her brother, Viscount Jarvis, has married and his new wife does not want her bookish sister-in-law encroaching on their wedded bliss. The Viscountess makes it very clear that Jane must find a husband, but the confirmed spinster doesn’t have many suitors lining up to claim her hand.  What Jane needs is a large sum of money, so that she can buy the local boarding house, and live out her days holding intellectual saloons for the egalitarian set. Though where she’ll find this money is anyone’s guess…  James Fairweather, Lord Payne is the heir to the Ducal seat of Hawkfield. Tall, handsome, and with a roguish charm that has women falling at his feet, he should be living the easy life of an entitled bachelor. The only problem is that his father has tired of his rakish ways and declares that unless Payne cleans up his act he will be disinherited. What Payne needs is a respectable - dare he say boring - woman that he can parade around for a season to convince his father that he has changed his ways. The only person who fits the bill is his friend’s sister, Jane, who reluctantly agrees to go along with the charade - for a price, of course. Though when the Lord of Heartbreak finds himself falling in love with the clever, bookish young woman, he realizes that he’s very much so at risk of having his own heart broken.  This sweet, regency comes with a guaranteed happily ever after and can be read as part of the series or as a stand-alone novel. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Duke DeFoix, Duchess DeFoix. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/114827/bk_acx0_114827_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Chronicles of Lawmaker August Flynn: Box Set, Volume 1, Books 1-5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 483min
    The Chronicles of Lawmaker August Flynn Box Set Volume One Fools Gold Lawmaker August Flynn receives a tip-off that a Savannah gold mine is being sabotaged and many young men's lives are being needlessly lost. But the town is so wrapped up in lies, deceit, and greed that it's difficult for Flynn to know who's telling the truth. The Double Robbery Lawmaker August Flynn becomes personally involved in a bank robbery. But everything is not what it appears. When the vault is opened it seems that someone else has beaten them to it despite the vault being locked and with no signs of entry. Full House When August Flynn decides to take a vacation in Dallas he's quickly drawn in to help solve the murder of a man shot playing cards in the back room of a saloon. It's likely that one of the other three men in the room is responsible, but which one? Deadman Walking Rumors that August Flynn has died circulate round Baton Rouge and Outlaw Henry Ike, an old adversary from Flynn's past undertakes a violent robbery of a stagecoach. It's up to Flynn to track down the outlaw and settle the score once and for all. Lady in Red A whole quadrant of Baton Rouge has been bought up by a rich man with a penchant for gambling and women, creating a haven for seedy saloons, gambling houses, and brothels. Early one morning, in a popular brothel, one of the women who works there turns up dead. She seems too young and beautiful to be a part of this life.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Stuhre. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/101765/bk_acx0_101765_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Prohibition Era in the United States: The History and Legacy of America's Ban on Alcohol and Its Repeal , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 72min
    The Prohibition Era in the United States ran between 1920 and 1933, but its background and legacy are so massive and wide-ranging it may be affirmed that the subject is adhered to the country's history, from its first years until the modern era. In this 13-year period, the entire nation was forcibly converted to a society of non-drinkers. The movement formed slowly, exploding in 1920. Once it had passed, its effects continued to be felt through the rest of the 20th century. To this day, it can be said that Prohibition teaches an important lesson. The 18th Amendment making Prohibition constitutional and the Volstead Act detailing its enforcement did not come out of the blue - it was neither an electoral occurrence, nor was it a quick and surprising attack by a one interest group taking another unprepared. It was actually the result of a long period of indoctrination, a century of struggles between two political, and above all, moral positions: those who supported Prohibition - the so-called "drys", and those who opposed it, partly because they thought it should not be a government prerogative to control individual freedoms, also known as "the wets". The first group believed Prohibition of liquor, intoxicants, and saloons was a necessary measure to eradicate the great evils that were a part of the nation's life: drunken and violent husbands, labor accidents due to alcoholism, shattered homes, battered wives, and the family's patrimony lost in a single day. The wets defended a legitimate industry that produced jobs and taxes. They spoke of economic interests that would be damaged and of respect for sacrosanct individual freedom. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Clem. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/082285/bk_acx0_082285_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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