The Big Fifty

Name: The Big Fifty
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Johnny D. Boggs
ISBN: 9781433240683

Author: Johnny D. Boggs

Narrator: Lloyd James

Unabridged: 6 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 06/26/2005

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

In The Big Fifty, another name for the famous Sharps rifle, reality of frontier life becomes brutally clear to twelveyearold Coady McIlvain. He falls in with a buffalo sharpshooter, and the two must survive the unforgiving terrain and hostile enemies.

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 archivesâ€”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 Americaâ€™s history.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on August 03, 2017

I couldn't believe it when I was already finished with this book. It seemed to just fly by. I've read a lot of Johnny D. Boggs lately and I have to say I think this one is my favorite so far. It's packed with action and has enough character development to keep the reader interested. Coady Mcllvain is......more

Goodreads review by Joe on September 04, 2023

Comanche versus buffalo hunters. Hunters versus hunters. Scoundrels versus heroes. Coming of age. Action and surprises. This story has all this set against the historical tragedy of the near extermination of the buffalo. The author’s storytelling grabs your attention from the first paragraph and kee......more

Goodreads review by D. on March 29, 2020

A JDB. Kansas/Oklahoma/Texas Western Action Adventure (TGF) JDB. has penned a Kansas/Oklahoma/Texas western action adventure titled, "The Big Fifty" which begins with a young boy and his father go to Kansas City and on the return home were attacked by Comanches. The Father is left for dead and the so......more

Goodreads review by virgil on December 11, 2022

Five Stars in the Western Genre This is the first time I've read this author, and I didn't know what to expect except for his reviews and awards. What I received was a well written, thoroughly researched and exciting novel with a plethora of interesting characters. It can't be easy to come up with a......more

Goodreads review by Jasonwilkerson on May 31, 2017

Decent L'Amour/Zane Grey type yarn. It would have been helped to have one kidnapping and about 75 pages edited out.......more