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The Night Horseman

by: Max Brand

Publication date: 2010-04-04

Usage: Public Domain

Topics: Western, literature, audiobook, Librivox

Language: English

LibriVox recording of The Night Horseman, by Max Brand. Read by rkilmer.

A man, a dog, and a horse. The call of the wild geese. A very smart doctor from the east who finds there is a lot to learn from these desert people. A woman loved by three men. A gunslinger who has a debt to settle. Max Brand brings them all together in another one of his over three hundred exciting western tales. Brand is not your typical western writer.(Summary by Richard Kilmer)

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Addeddate: 2010-04-04 21:30:41

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Reviewer: barticle - - February 17, 2012
Subject: Existential western.

I can see how this might not appeal to the classical western fan, who like stories with heroes and villains and Good vs. Evil, with a happy ending. Brand elevates the western to a more mystical level. His character Whistlin' Dan could be a werewolf, with his affinity to animals and hatred of the indoors. I found this tale quite spooky. Brand also throws in a fine facility for turning a phrase. "Let each day bury its dead."

Reviewer: mikezane - - January 20, 2011
Subject: Depressing story...

I didn't like this story, it was depressing. And yes I like westerns, watch them all the time, but this was just blah to me.

There is no clear hero, just a bit of an idiot tough guy who has issues with geese and getting slapped. The chick who is in love with him is likewise an idiot who allows herself to be bullied into riding off into the sunset with the 'hero' which basically finishes off her dying father.

Excellent reader tho, he has a great slight drawl that works well with the theme of the story. I just didn't care for the story.

Reviewer: benefitsingers - - December 3, 2010
Subject: Lyrical Western with Excellent narration

If Richard Kilmer narrates more of these I will download them all. He is a wonderful narrator and he made the story very entertaining. His narration brought to life the very beautiful and often lyrical writing of this author. The characters are so well written you feel like you know them. The character of Dan Barry (sp) really bothered me in a lot of ways and when he has a confrontation with Buck Daniels you realize how Dan is so much more nature and animal than human with a soul. I Enjoyed this story and will look for more by this author and narrator.

Reviewer: TheBookworm - - April 17, 2010
Subject: Classic western novel

No one does the western novel better than Max Brand. His books are no mindless shoot-em-ups but insightful, tough, and gripping. A very good reading by, appropriately enough, a Texan. Thank you Richard Kilmer. More please!

TheBookworm (Manchester, UK)

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