Spirit of Steamboat, Craig Johnson
Spirit of Steamboat, Craig Johnson
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Spirit of Steamboat

Author: Craig Johnson

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 3 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/17/2013

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Paranormal


Synopsis

A holiday tale from the New York Times bestselling author of the Walt Longmire mystery series, the inspiration for A&E' s hit show Longmire " It' s a question of what you have to do, what you have to live with if you don' t." Sheriff Walt Longmire is reading A Christmas Carol in his office on December 24th when he' s interrupted by the ghost of Christmas past: a young woman with a hairline scar across her forehead and more than a few questions about Walt' s predecessor, Lucian Connally. Walt doesn' t recognize the mystery woman, but she seems to know him and claims to have something she must return to Connally. With his daughter, Cady, and his undersheriff Vic Moretti in Philadelphia for the holidays, Walt is at loose ends, and despite the woman' s reticence to reveal her identity, he agrees to help her. At the Durant Home for Assisted Living Lucian Connally is several tumblers into his Pappy Van Winkle' s and swears he' s never clapped eyes on the woman before. Disappointed, she whispers " Steamboat" and begins a story that takes them all back to Christmas Eve 1988, when three people died in a terrible crash and a young girl had the slimmest chance of survival . . . back to a record- breaking blizzard, to Walt' s first year as sheriff, with a young daughter at home and a wife praying for his safety . . . back to a whiskey-soaked World War II vet ready to fly a decommissioned plane and risk it all to save a life. Back to the Spirit of Steamboat.

About Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson is currently the senior director of ministries at Lakewood Church with Joel Osteen, overseeing all pastoral ministries and staff, and is the founder of Champions Foundation and the Champions Club developmental centers for special needs, with over 75 centers across the world. Craig is the coauthor of Champions Curriculum, a full-scope Christian curriculum for those with special needs. He is the author of Lead Vertically: Inspire People to Volunteer and Build Great Teams That Last and Champion: How One Boy’s Miraculous Journey Through Autism Is Changing the World. Craig and his wife of 29 years, Samantha, have three children: Cory, Courtney, and Connor.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Harry on November 01, 2013

Book Review: Sidled up and in between the major Walt Longmire novels, Johnson frequently publishes novellas and short stories featuring the steadfast hero Walt Longmire: sheriff of Wyoming's fictional Absaroka County. Spirit of Steamboat, numerically sequenced as #9.1 is the latest in this series of......more

Goodreads review by Trish on June 06, 2014

Johnson has gifted us a short, white-knuckled Christmas story that is likely to become a classic. We all know Sheriff Longmire and how he took over the chief law enforcement job in Absaroka County from old Lucian Connally. This story brings them back working together again on a cold and stormy night......more

Yes…I gave this one a five. I have not had such a tug at my heartstrings for such a long time. The accuracy in detail was fantastic. Even the medical aspect of this novel showed some serious research. You can never tell what direction Johnson will take in his writing from novel to novel. Two quotes c......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on July 09, 2018

A novella that is different from other Longmire stories. There is no mystery involved and the majority of the other main characters (Vic, Henry, Cady, and Ferg) are mostly missing from the tale. Only Lucian plays a major role in this book. But it is a humdinger of a story and if you enjoy old WWII a......more

Goodreads review by Frank on July 08, 2023

I really enjoyed this short novella from Johnson. It tells the story of a very harrowing trip that happened back on Christmas Eve 1988 on an old WWII B-25 bomber named Steamboat. The story starts out with an unexpected visit to the Absaroka County, Wyoming Sheriff's office from a young woman looking......more