The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion

Name: The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Loren D. Estleman
ISBN: 9781449800123

Author: Loren D. Estleman

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/14/2008

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

National Book Award nominee and five-time Spur Award winner Loren D. Estleman is widely considered one of America's finest Western authors. In this riotous and action-packed tale of Old West high jinks, a band of thieves posing as a traveling theater troupe runs afoul of a clever Pinkerton agent. ". one of Estleman's best novels. As such, it will engage not just Western devotees but readers of more meaty historical fiction as well."-Booklist, starred review

About Loren D. Estleman

Loren D. Estleman is the author of more than eighty novels, including the Amos Walker, Page Murdock, and Peter Macklin series. The winner of four Shamus Awards, five Spur Awards, and three Western Heritage Awards, he lives in Central Michigan with his wife, author Deborah Morgan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim

The basic idea was OK, but everything was far too long starting with the first chapter which describes the setting of the novel. It's not the real wild west, but the one we hold in our heads due to all the penny-dreadfuls, John Wayne movies, & such. There, I described it in a sentence. He took an en......more

Goodreads review by Joe

The concept of this book is pretty fun... a group of actor/thieves that cover their robberies with their performances, but it doesn't really make sense. It shouldn't take too long to connect things. And it didn't.. alot of the book is about an extremely generic train robbing outfit that our main cha......more