A Rambling Man, Robert Vaughan
A Rambling Man, Robert Vaughan
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A Rambling Man

Author: Robert Vaughan

Narrator: Michael Butler Murray

Unabridged: 6 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/14/2023


Synopsis

Bestselling author Robert Vaughan is back with another riveting adventure sure to please fans of all ages.

Captured in the last year of the Civil War, Lucas Cain becomes a POW in the infamous Andersonville prison. There he learns how to survive the cruelty of the Confederate guards, and the perfidy of a few who are prisoners themselves.

When the war ends, Lucas and almost 1,500 others crowd aboard the riverboat Sultana, which has a capacity of just under 400 passengers. After an unforeseen event occurs, Lucas finds himself further adrift.

Returning home to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Lucas becomes a police officer. At the time, Cape Girardeau policemen received no salary, but were paid for specific tasks, including receiving bounties for prisoners captured. Lucas also finds an unexpected love interest in a journalist who works for the Cape Girardeau newspaper.

Tragedy strikes, and Lucas finds himself no longer able to remain in Cape Girardeau. He begins a western drift, rambling without a specific destination. He becomes a bounty hunter, and is very successful at it, eventually finding an opportunity to settle accounts with an old enemy.

About Robert Vaughan

Robert Vaughan sold his first book when he was nineteen. That was nearly 500 books ago. He wrote the novelization for the mini series Andersonville. Vaughan wrote, produced, and appeared in the History Channel documentary Vietnam Homecoming.

His books have hit the NYT bestseller list seven times. He has won the Spur Award, the PORGIE Award (Best Paperback Original), the Western Fictioneers Lifetime Achievement Award, received the Readwest President's Award for Excellence in Western Fiction, is a member of the American Writers Hall of Fame, and is a Pulitzer Prize nominee.

Vaughn is also a retired army officer, helicopter pilot with three tours in Vietnam. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, The Bronze Star with three oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal for valor with 35 oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Walter on January 25, 2023

Just OK Not enough depth in terms of the story line and character development. Also, somewhat predictable with a very hollow ending.......more

Goodreads review by Donadee's Corner on May 27, 2024

Embarking on a Journey with Lucas Cain: A Review of Robert Vaughan's "A Rambling Man" Robert Vaughan's "A Rambling Man" marks the beginning of the Lucas Cain series, a narrative that captures the essence of the classic Western adventure with a modern twist. Vaughan, was a prolific author with over 50......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn on June 13, 2023

Lucas Caine, a rambling man. The first half of the book rated 5 stars. I was a little disappointed in the second half and it turned into 4 stars. I was very captivated in the beginning. The Andersonville prison life, escaping the boat explosion, and the many adventures of Lucas Cain getting the bad......more

Goodreads review by Jack Burkhalter on May 26, 2023

Great start to a story Series with Lucas Cain Cain’s back story begins in the horrid conditions of the Confederate Andersonville Prison and once released, launches Lucas as a Rambling man working odd jobs as an unpaid Deputy Sheriff who earns his living in various frontier towns as a successful Bount......more

Goodreads review by Space Cowgirl on July 16, 2024

Paying It Forward🐺💪🗡🔫🐎 ADULT Historical Western Adventure🐺💪🗡🔫🐎. Lucas Cain's Life is shaped by the horrors of the civil war and his incarceration in the infamous Andersonville Prison In Georgia. Trying for a normal life, He marries, but his wife and Baby die in childbirth. And that Is the last straw.......more