Sixteen in Nome

Name: Sixteen in Nome
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Max Brand
ISBN: 9781423335412

Author: Max Brand

Narrator: David Stuart

Unabridged: 5 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 09/25/2007

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

Sixteen In Nome is narrated by young Joe May, an Arizonian who has come to Alaska to "make his stake for a ranch." Joe finds being on his own difficult as he reflects "Sixteen is a bad age for a boy. It is too full of growing and not enough full of strength." Joe's coming of age story in Alaska during the gold rush of the 1890's is an intertwining backdrop to the conflict between Hugh Massey and Arnie Calmont.Massey and Calmont were a legend in the Yukon, partners in all until they clash over a most extraordinary and powerful dog known as Alec the Great, and over a mystery woman, Marjorie, who puts herself up for auction to the highest bidder among the Nome miners. Calmont wins the auction but Massey wins Marjorie's heart, just as he had won Alec's heart when Alec belonged to Calmont.

About Max Brand

Max Brand's action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. Brand penned over 200 full-length Westerns in his career, including Destry Rides Again and Montana Rides. Several of his novels are available from Brilliance Audio.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rhys on June 09, 2024

Certainly the best Max Brand book I have read so far, but he wrote hundreds of books and I haven't read very many yet, so this judgment might change. This novel was surely influenced by Jack London. It is set in Alaska and Canada and is about a feud between two mighty men over the ownership of a rem......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on June 03, 2020

This review originally published in Looking For a Good Book. Rated 3.5 of 5 I've read more than a few westerns and generally enjoy the genre when I'm looking for something light and quick ('light' meaning not a lot of subplots and characters that need to be followed with an organizer). Yet, to my mem......more

Goodreads review by Jay on April 04, 2021

This not really a Western. It is not about the temperature in Nome. The narrator of the story is Joe May, who is sixteen and in Nome at the start of the story. It is a gold rush story. The main characters are Massey and Catamont who were best friend but a dog came between them, Alec the Great. He is......more

Goodreads review by J.D. on April 03, 2025

I loved this book. It's Max Brand channeling Jack London. :) And that's not a bad thing! I think it worked quite well. Joe May is a great main character, and I really enjoyed following his journey in this story.......more

Goodreads review by Charday on January 13, 2025

Loved......more