Wagons West, Russell J. Atwater
Wagons West, Russell J. Atwater
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Wagons West

Author: Russell J. Atwater

Narrator: Scott Miller

Unabridged: 4 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/14/2021


Synopsis

He was a greenhorn but didn't know it.

When Bruce Cowan takes his family and flees Boston to homestead out west, he figured the journey to California to be long but safe. Their first day out reveals how wrong he is and the perilous dangers of the Santa Fe Trail.

It would have been a massacre but for Trent and Pat MacLeod.

Trent favors a Sharps .50 caliber buffalo rifle, while his younger brother Pat packs two Texas Navy Colts. They both prove deadly and a force to be reckoned with.

The Cowans and the McLeod brothers forge a bond those first few days, sustained in part by Trent's attraction to the eighteen-year-old Becky Cowan. His overtures are not returned.

The brothers join the Cowans on their hazardous journey west as they face harsh conditions, bandits, and Indian attacks. Will their oxen survive the trip? Will the man Bruce Cowan is fleeing catch up with them? Should they take the Cimarron Cutoff through the desert or stick with the Santa Fe Trail through the mountains?

Even with the help of Trent and Pat, the Cowans are forced to learn quickly to survive the rigorous demands of the Wild West.

About Russell J. Atwater

Russell J. Atwater grew up in the Midwest enjoying a steady diet of Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and The Rifleman. A lover of Western genre fiction, his passion is to write stories that celebrate life in the old west with the old-fashioned values of honesty, loyalty, and righteousness.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laur on October 01, 2021

This is a clean classic western- a decent, fairly enjoyable story, but felt the writing was a bit simplistic. I love the book’s cover! That’s a magnificent rendition of the old west wagon trains. 3.5 Stars......more

Goodreads review by Paula Singleton on June 29, 2020

Great wagon train western This is a new to me author. Loved this book and the style of writing. A very fast paced book with lots of trail gangs, Indians and crooked wagon train bosses. This book had it all including a coming of age story of a 15 year old, from Boston. Throw in a beginning of a love s......more

Goodreads review by Christina on September 14, 2020

The story was decent, but had far too much of the same type of action over and over again. The author also needs to change up the language he uses periodically. Over usage of works like "reckon" from supposedly well educated characters just seems redundant and lazy.......more

Goodreads review by Zetta Hall on August 14, 2020

Wagons west I have read a lot of western, your interest kept my interest going I had a hard time putting it down. Loved your characters. Ready for #2!......more

Goodreads review by Sheryl Hansen on August 08, 2020

Good Read This book is a good read. It has murder and mayhem with just a touch of romance. A nice cozy read.......more