The mythical legends and historical allure of the old west come galloping onward with The Old West Collection: Amazing Legends and Incredible Tales of the American West. This thundering audio compendium celebrates the epic events of America’s frontier, whether rediscovering the California gold rush at Sutter’s Mill in ’49 or recreating the outsize personalities of John Jacob Astor to Belle Starr and Billy the Kid.

From racing on horseback for Oklahoma land in ’89 to Dodge and Last Chance Gulch, The Old West Collection sits you around the campfire vividly recounting the saga and stories of a dusty, velvet-trimmed era.

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The Golden Age of Radio — neatorama. Image: courtesy of Pinterest.

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This title is available in three formats: Audible (digital download), an 8 CD audio boxed set, and preloaded digital audio player. This title is highly dramatized. Not only are the voices like the old-time radio shows, but background sounds like gunfire, hooves upon gravel, and music enrich the listening experience.

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Barnes and Noble offers the Audiobook CD format.

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Book Review: Trio of Old West Tales; Odd and Unusual Tales From the Old West

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Western writer Alton Pryor has brought forth a collection of important moments in history. These vignettes present a virtual digest of historical happenings that are fun and educational as well. Listeners will learn about the poignant story of the Seven Little Indians. When a tribe stole a band of horses, Indian fighters killed the Indians that stole them. In doing so, they found seven little Indian babies on their hands. Their problem was what would they do with them?

Hear also about the Headless Horseman, an actual happening in Texas. In this book, there are stories such as: “The Legend of Blackberry Hill”, John Colter’s six mile naked run from Indians, “The Rape of Monterey”, “The Comanche Indian chief Quanah Parker”, and the greatest land buy in America.

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©2006 Alton Pryor (P)2017 Alton Pryor

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This title is available in three formats: kindle, paperback, and audible.

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Barnes and Noble also offers Nook and Paperback editions of this title.

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The must-have companion to Bill O’Reilly’s historic series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we know.

How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson’s life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger based on a real lawman-and was he an African American? What amazing detective work led to the capture of Black Bart, the “gentleman bandit” and one of the west’s most famous stagecoach robbers? Did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid really die in a hail of bullets in South America?

Generations of Americans have grown up on TV shows, movies and books about these western icons. But what really happened in the Wild West? All the stories you think you know, and others that will astonish you, are here–some heroic, some brutal and bloody, all riveting. Included are the ten legends featured in Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies docuseries -from Kit Carson to Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok to Doc Holliday– accompanied by two bonus chapters on Daniel Boone and Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley.

Frontier America was a place where instinct mattered more than education, and courage was necessary for survival. It was a place where luck made a difference and legends were made. Heavily illustrated with spectacular artwork that further brings this history to life, and told in fast-paced, immersive narrative, Legends and Lies is an irresistible, adventure-packed ride back into one of the most storied era of our nation’s rich history.

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©2015 Warm Springs Productions, LLC and Life of O’Reilly Productions (P)2015 Macmillan Audio

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This title is available in four formats: Kindle, Hardcover, Audiobook (Audible), and Audio CD.

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