

The Fall of Abilene
Author: Johnny D. Boggs
Narrator: Nick Sullivan
Unabridged: 7 hr 4 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Western
Published: 06/04/2019
Author: Johnny D. Boggs
Narrator: Nick Sullivan
Unabridged: 7 hr 4 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Western
Published: 06/04/2019
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.
Nick Sullivan has narrated audiobooks for over twenty years and has recorded over four hundred titles. An Audie Award winner, he is also the recipient of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards. His TV and film credits include The Good Wife, The Affair, Bull, Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Our Idiot Brother, and Private Life.
A fun read for western lovers and interesting enough for the rest. Typical teen with card-counting skill meets up with the gambler John Wesley Hardin (note the 3-names) and his life goes as all who think life will be easy goes... well and entertainingly narrated by Nick Sullivan (who kept a plethora......more
I am working my way through all the books from Johnny D. Boggs, it can be a challenge to find them since he is a prolific writer. His is a newer approach on writing about the frontier. This is a cattle drive story from Goliad, Texas to the RR/cow town of Abilene, Kansas. The friendships the narrator......more
Not much has changed in the Western genre, this book could've been written 50 years ago. Except maybe for the coming of age element. Noah meets two legendary gunslingers his first time away from home. Wild Bill Hickock doesn't match the legend though the author claims it's historically accurate.......more