Westbound, Matthew Mayo
Westbound, Matthew Mayo
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Westbound

Author: Matthew Mayo, Dusty Richards

Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey

Unabridged: 8 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/21/2023

Synopsis

From the Spur Award–winning author, the first in a captivating new multigenerational saga chronicling the adventures of the pioneering Harrigan family as they brave crossing the American West, fighting to survive in the dangerous wilderness—and against even deadlier people—to forge a better life for themselves.Mackworth “Mack” Harrigan’s family legacy burned to the ground in the spring of 1849. The Ohio mill that brought them prosperity was now cinder and ash, and his ruthless father perished in the flames along with their fortune. If the Harrigans have a future, it lies out west in open country where they can build whatever lives they choose. Mack knows his wife Ell, and their children Kane, Meghan, and Fitch are more than capable of overcoming the challenges of their journey.For the untamed frontier is full of seriously deadly battles. From a rough river voyage to wagon train travel across desert lands plagued by dust storms, the Harrigans encounter desperados and merciless killers who view them as little more than prey. And as Mack and his family adapt to their merciless surroundings, they realize they must enforce their own laws and dispense their own justice …

About Dusty Richards

Western Heritage Award and three-time Spur Award winner Dusty Richards authored over 100 acclaimed westerns. He spent his youth in Arizona and worked as a rancher, auctioneer, rodeo announcer, and TV anchor before he moved to writing full-time, going on to become the only author ever to win two Spur Awards from Western Writers of America in one year (2007). He received his third Spur Award for The Mustanger and the Lady, which was adapted into the film Painted Woman. An inductee of the Arkansas Writers Hall of Fame, Dusty was also the recipient of the Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western Fiction and was honored by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2009. He was a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and the International Professional Rodeo Association, and served on the local PRCA rodeo board.

About Chris Henry Coffey

Chris Henry Coffey is a film and television actor known for his role in David Schwimmer’s film Trust. He has also had roles on Broadway, including the play Bronx Bombers. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, he divides his time between New York and Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kimberly on January 28, 2023

To be honest, I am not usually a fan of Western novels, but this book must have reached me at the right time so that I found myself highly enjoying it. This story of an Ohio family heading West in a small wagon train was charming, while still simplistic, with no huge plot surprises. I was charmed. My......more

Goodreads review by Janalyn, the blind reviewer on February 17, 2023

Mac Harrington never wanted to take over the mill that his daddy insisted was his birthright and it’s the last thing they would fight over the night the mill burn down with his dad Gideon inside. Matt lived for his uncle‘s letters from the west talking about his adventures he would read them to his......more

Goodreads review by Linda on March 19, 2023

Westbound The Harrigans from Ohio decide to go out west and try their luck at finding gold. After a fire at the sawmill destroys everything including the death of Mack's father the family has nothing else to lose or do they? After many hardships will they finally make it out west? Good story makes m......more

Goodreads review by Dave on January 15, 2023

Westbound After disaster strikes, one family’s fresh start is the fresh start of a series following the Harrigans and their journey west. I found the characters believable for the most part, pacing was decent, wasn’t one of my favorites but not a bad read. I do appreciate being allowed an ARC of this......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on March 05, 2023

A good run of good luck The Harrigan family knows how to handle hardships. A family of kind and decent people keep finding themselves in odd predicaments. Together, they must use their ressources and wits to overcome whatever they face. #GiodreadsGiveaway......more

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