The Sixth Shotgun

Name: The Sixth Shotgun
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Louis L'Amour
ISBN: 9780739304426

Author: Louis L'Amour

Narrator: Dramatization

Abridged: 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 11/04/2008

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

The gallows are going up in Canyon Gap and wild-spirited Leo Carver is going to swing. A known troublemaker without an alibi, Leo certainly had motives for holding up the stage and killing two men, yet he still proclaims his innocence. There's a lot of folks who want to believe him, because although Leo Carver is a hard-living, free-spending maverick, he is the kind of man the West needs. But as an angry mob forms outside the jail demanding a hanging, a beautiful woman is asking questions--the kind that could uncover a smoking shotgun--and a twisted motive for murder.

About The Author

Louis L'Amour, truly America's favorite storyteller, was the first fiction writer ever to receive the Congressional Gold Medal from the United States Congress in honor of his life's work, and was also awarded the Medal of Freedom. There are more than 265 million copies of his books in print worldwide.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Charles on June 21, 2023

For me, the most interesting thing about this two story collection is the lengthy and sometimes tedious introduction by John Tuska. Among other things it explains why some of us generally prefer L'Amour's shorter work to his longer novels. It also explains the inconsistencies and continuity problems......more

Goodreads review by Gail on July 16, 2015

this book has a 49 page biography in the beginning of the book as well as two stories: one short (only 24 pages) and the other much longer. I had not yet read the story that carried the book's title, but I had read the longer THE RIDER OF THE RUBY HILLS. I totally enjoyed the short story of the man......more

Goodreads review by Bart on December 09, 2017

A nice, fun-to-read Western. Nothing extraordinary about L'Amour's writing style, but he tells a nice story. Easy escape books.......more

Goodreads review by Frode on January 11, 2020

When The Sixth Shotgun showed up on my Kindle, it caught my eye. I did not remember reading that story by Louis L’Amour, so I bought it. As it turned out, the title was that of a short story, but along with it was a novel, The Rider of the Ruby Hills, and a lengthy foreword by Jon Turska. Mr. Turska......more

Goodreads review by charles g. young on December 16, 2014

Rooting for the good guys Sometimes it's fun to sit down and enjoy a good western and follow the trail to see if the good guy wins.......more