The Lawmen

Name: The Lawmen
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Robert Vaughan
ISBN: 9781436184649

Author: Robert Vaughan

Narrator: James Jenner

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/10/2008

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

New York Times and Publishers Weekly best-selling author Robert Vaughan has received a Pulitzer Prize nomination and a Spur Award for his stories set in the Wild West. The day after their welcoming dinner in Blodgett, Texas, Lucy Goodnight's husband Phil, a bank manager, vanishes, and the bank is robbed. Lucy's only hope is to turn to her grandfathers-legendary lawmen John Carmack and Charley Dawson-to find Phil and clear his name.

About Robert Vaughan

Robert Vaughan sold his first book when he was nineteen. That was nearly 500 books ago. He wrote the novelization for the mini series Andersonville. Vaughan wrote, produced, and appeared in the History Channel documentary Vietnam Homecoming.

His books have hit the NYT bestseller list seven times. He has won the Spur Award, the PORGIE Award (Best Paperback Original), the Western Fictioneers Lifetime Achievement Award, received the Readwest President's Award for Excellence in Western Fiction, is a member of the American Writers Hall of Fame, and is a Pulitzer Prize nominee.

Vaughn is also a retired army officer, helicopter pilot with three tours in Vietnam. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, The Bronze Star with three oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal for valor with 35 oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Charles

Characters are not very believable Verified Purchase This review is from: The Lawmen (Kindle Edition) I did not like this book. But I believe that, while opinion and personal taste are involved, there is more to it than that. If you disagree, you may consider the book to be 4 or 5 stars. I think most p......more

Goodreads review by Jason

THE LAWMEN is a simple, straight to the point, old time western novel. Rival lawmen, rowdy outlaws, bank robberies, kidnappings, whorehouses, whiskey and gun battles...it's all here! I really enjoyed reading this one; I liked how it took place after the civil war and many of the fictional characters......more

Goodreads review by Dolores

The Lawmen by Author Robert Vaughan Some authors just have a knack for spinning an enjoyable tale and talented Author Robert Vaughan fits the bill. This is the second western novel that I have read and reviewed penned by him and it definitely makes me want to read more of his works. I like his down-t......more

Goodreads review by Mike

An outstanding classic Western. I read a Robert Vaughan interview where he talked about The Lawmen. Vaughan originally wrote The Lawmen as a screen play and Robert Mitchum was to play the lead. Unfortunately Mitchum died before filming started. I would love to see this book made into a movie.......more

Goodreads review by D.

An RV Western Which Included Two Sheriff's, a Granddaughter & Husband RV has penned a western about West Texas and a bank robbery. Two lawman whose son and daughter married and left town because their fathers were always fighting, verbally, to the detriment of Two families. Many years later the Grand......more