Showdown at Yellow Butte

Name: Showdown at Yellow Butte
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.2 (10 reviews)
Author: Louis L'Amour
ISBN: 9780307914897

Author: Louis L'Amour

Narrator: Jason Culp

Unabridged: 5 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 10/11/2011

Categories: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Western

Synopsis

Tom Kedrick earned his stripes during the Civil War, fought Apaches, and even soldiered overseas. But in the high desert country of New Mexico, the battle-hardened Kedrick is entangled in a different kind of war, fueled by greed and deception. Hired by Alton Burwick to drive a pack of renegades and outlaws off the government land recently set aside for an Indian reservation, Kedrick begins to notice that things are not as they seem. As his suspicions grow, he realizes that he may be fighting on the wrong side of a land swindle. Disillusioned and outraged, Kedrick must take action against the very people who hired him–or be forced to witness the bloody massacre of innocent men and women.

About The Author

Louis L'Amour, truly America's favorite storyteller, was the first fiction writer ever to receive the Congressional Gold Medal from the United States Congress in honor of his life's work, and was also awarded the Medal of Freedom. There are more than 265 million copies of his books in print worldwide.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rob

I noticed this with a few other L'Amour books I've read: Within twenty pages the reader finds themselves dumped in a sea of names with little to no background as to who they are. In this case it was worse for a couple names are similar. Worse, as the book goes on, some switch from good to bad and vi......more

Goodreads review by Elisabeth

2.5 stars. I don't know...I guess you can outgrow an author. When I read this as a teenager just discovering Westerns, I ate it up, but re-reading it now all I can see is a quickly-moving mechanical plot, a lot of bite-sized commentary on the characters of various men without any of them ever seemin......more

Goodreads review by James

One Man Can Make a Difference. The storyline is about Indian Bureau corruption and voter fraud, highlighting this above-average Western by one of the best authors in the business. It shows the government rarely has the citizens best interests in mind and the necessity of checks and balances to preven......more

Goodreads review by Fredrick

In the range wars of New Mexico, Tom Kedrick is hired to drive the outlaws out of the territory off government lands set aside for the Indians. He soon learns that he might be on the wrong side in a swindle.......more