A Distant Land, Matt Braun
A Distant Land, Matt Braun
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A Distant Land

Author: Matt Braun

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 10 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/06/2008

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

Winner of the Spur Award and the Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement in Western Literature Matt Braun delivers a stirring depiction of the struggles of the Anglos, Indians, and Mexicanos in the New Mexico Territory of the late 19th century. Clint Brannock has been commissioned to track down the infamous vigilante Miguel Ortega and put an end his violent revolution. But Elizabeth's relationship with Ortega places the family in grave danger. "Matt Braun is a master storyteller of frontier history."-Elmer Kelton, best-selling author

About Matt Braun

Matt Braun was the author of more than four dozen novels, and won the Golden Spur Award from the Western Writers of America for The Kincaids. He described himself as a "true westerner"; born in Oklahoma, he was the descendant of a long line of ranchers. He wrote with a passion for historical accuracy and detail that earned him a reputation as the most authentic portrayer of the American West. Braun passed away in 2016.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Benjamin on June 21, 2013

This is the 4th and, I believe, final book in a loose series that details the life and times of the fictional Brannock family in the western US during the 1870's-1890's. Many websites, including Matt Braun's own site don't list these books as a series but since they all involve the Brannock family,......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on April 18, 2009

It turns out that one family - with some spunky women - solved ALL the problems of the settling of the west.......more