Hard Way Out of Hell
The Confessions of Cole Younger

Name: Hard Way Out of Hell
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Johnny D. Boggs
ISBN: 9781470850531

Author: Johnny D. Boggs

Narrator: Traber Burns

Unabridged: 7 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Western

Published: 12/01/2018

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

In 1913, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Lawrence, Kansas, Massacre, former bushwhacker Cole Younger stands before a preacher at a tent revival. “I was, I remain, and I will always be a wicked man,” Younger states, taking a step toward salvation. And for a man like Cole Younger, there is much to confess.

About Johnny D. Boggs

Johnny D. Boggs has worked cattle, been bucked off horses, shot rapids in a canoe, hiked across mountains and deserts, traipsed around ghost towns, and spent hours poring over microfilm in library archives—all in the name of finding a good story. He has won nine Spur Awards, making him the all-time leader in Western Writers of America’s history.

About Traber Burns

Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey’s Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael

Very well done fictional autobiography of Cole Younger. Author Boggs claims to have done a lot of research, and it shows. There is a long list of sources, books that themselves seem to beg to be read -- especially by historians and researchers, but also by laymen who are interested in the era of the......more

Goodreads review by John Phillips

Cole’s Hell Johnny D Boggs is the real deal. I love reading his novels because he does such thorough research. This novel reads like a true autobiography of Cole Younger. I don’t know if Johnny D Boggs is considered a real historian, but I think he is close enough.......more

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“One of the best Western writers at work today!” Publishers Weekly, praise for the author