A Hill of Beans

Name: A Hill of Beans
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: William W. Johnstone
ISBN: 9781977377210

Author: William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

Series: Chuckwagon Trail Western #3

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Unabridged: 9 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/31/2020

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Western

Synopsis

With two trail drives under his belt, Dewey "Mac" Mackenzie has proven to be more than a good chuckwagon cook. He's good at serving up justice, too—with a side of hot lead . . .

Mac Mackenzie has enough problems on his plate. He's got bounty hunters on his tail, no one on his side, and no place to hide. Just when he thinks it can't get any worse, he hears the rumbling of a cattle stampede—heading straight for his camp. Mac's got two choices: Get trampled like a weed or saddle up and help get the herd under control. At first, the traildrivers ain't too pleased to have a stranger help them out. But once they realize Mac's not a rustler, they ask him to join the team. Mac takes them up on the offer—especially after he meets the cowgirl Colleen—and quickly impresses everyone with his cooking skills. There's just a few more problems:

Mac's new employers are the real rustlers. And Mac's stepped out of the frying pan into the fire . . .

About William W. Johnstone

William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling western writer in America, and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over fifty million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the greatest western writer of the twenty-first century."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean

This is book three of the Chuckwagon Series. This historical fiction series is well written and researched. What started me reading the series was the twist of having the hero as cook on a trail drive. The book attempts to portray life on the cattle drive. In this issue, Johnstone tells of the proble......more

Goodreads review by Abibliofob

I just finished the latest adventure with trail cook Dewey “Mac” Mckenzie by William W. Johnstone; J.A. Johnstone. Thanks to Netgalley, Pinnacle and Kensington Books for letting me have these few hours of entertaining western reading. I think this is the most innovating in the genre for many years.......more

Goodreads review by Jacqui

Usually westerns about cattle drives follow a similar path. Rustlers attack the drive, kill a few good cowboys, and the rest want revenge. A Hill of Beans (Pinnacle Books 2020), Book 3 in the Chuckwagon Trail series,starts like that but in true Johnstone fashion, doesn't take long to diverge. These......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn

Even though this is #3 in the series, it was quite easy to read without having read the previous ones. I don't think I missed out by jumping in at #3. William W. Johnstone is the author of over 300 books, and while that kind of productivity as an author is staggering, this was my first introduction t......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

Title: A Hill of Beans (A Chuckwagon Western #3) Author: William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone Pages: 384 Year: 2020 Publisher: Pinnacle My rating: 5 out of 5 stars Dewey “Mac” Mackenzie has been on the dodge for a while now, making his way west as a cook for various cattle outfits on their way to the......more