The War Trail


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(4.5 stars; 5 reviews)

"Land of the nopal and maguey—home of Moctezuma and Malinché!—I cannot wring thy memories from my heart! Years may roll on, hand wax weak, and heart grow old, but never till both are cold can I forget thee! I would not; for thee would I remember. Not for all the world would I bathe my soul in the waters of Lethe. Blessed be memory for thy sake!" So begins this tale of the American Southwest, when our narrator, Captain Warfield of a Ranger detachment, shoots the horse of Isolina de Vargas. Our captain is smitten with Señorita de Vargas at first sight, and he finds that she is as illusive as she is beautiful. (18 hr 25 min)

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Souvenirs 8:44 Gelesen von John
A Mexican Frontier Village 10:10 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
The Rangers on Picket 14:46 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
Making a Captive 11:57 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
My Captive 8:44 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
Isolina de Vargas 17:32 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
An Order to Forage 16:14 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
Don Ramon 10:49 Gelesen von Reeses118
"Un Papelcito" 14:02 Gelesen von Reeses118
An Old Emnity 14:04 Gelesen von Reeses118
Rafael Ijurra 18:46 Gelesen von Reeses118
The Yellow Domino 12:20 Gelesen von John
The Blue Domino 17:36 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
Love-Thoughts 9:29 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
An Odd Epistle 11:34 Gelesen von John
The Manada 14:04 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
The Hunt of the Wild Horse 6:23 Gelesen von Ebele
The Phantom-Horse 13:46 Gelesen von John
A Prairie Dream 9:53 Gelesen von John
Lost Upon the Prairie 10:00 Gelesen von John
A Prairie Repast 11:00 Gelesen von sanjayparikh
Chased by a "Grizzly" 15:09 Gelesen von sanjayparikh
The Toughest Struggle of my Life 9:50 Gelesen von sanjayparikh
Old Comrades 13:19 Gelesen von sanjayparikh
A Queer Conversation 14:23 Gelesen von John
Vows of Vengeance 12:17 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
A "Weed" -Prairie Fire 16:26 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
Rube Roasted Alive 15:21 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
The Mesa 13:46 Gelesen von John
Guerrilleros 12:40 Gelesen von John
The Parley 9:30 Gelesen von John
A Dead Shot 10:39 Gelesen von John
A Running-Shot 16:36 Gelesen von John
Rube's Charger 11:17 Gelesen von John
El Zorro 9:14 Gelesen von John
A Plan of Escape 11:18 Gelesen von John
Elijah Quackenboss 10:21 Gelesen von John
Rube's Plan 11:13 Gelesen von John
Scaling the Cliff 17:01 Gelesen von John
A Reinforcement 9:22 Gelesen von John
The Indian Spy 8:32 Gelesen von Nichole Kristen
The Caballada 9:54 Gelesen von DNorena
A Chapters of Explanations 14:30 Gelesen von DNorena
Dutch Lige in a Difficulty 10:09 Gelesen von DNorena
A Lover on the Trail 17:14 Gelesen von DNorena
A Declaration on Horseback 13:10 Gelesen von DNorena
Strayed from the Track 16:01 Gelesen von DNorena
An Adios 9:44 Gelesen von DNorena
Threats 11:53 Gelesen von DNorena
Awkward Odds 14:36 Gelesen von DNorena
An Official Black List 7:57 Gelesen von DNorena
The Route 13:37 Gelesen von DNorena
Camp Gossip 12:14 Gelesen von DNorena
The Ruined Rancho 9:38 Gelesen von DNorena
A Cruel Proscription 8:56 Gelesen von DNorena
The Bivouac of the Guerrilla 10:47 Gelesen von DNorena
Taking the Trail 9:46 Gelesen von DNorena
The Voyageur 6:55 Gelesen von DNorena
Trailing by Torch-Light 8:29 Gelesen von DNorena
The Sombrero 7:06 Gelesen von DNorena
The Trail Recovered 8:19 Gelesen von DNorena
Wolves on the Track 7:28 Gelesen von DNorena
Across the Torrent 9:57 Gelesen von John
The Lilliputian Forest 9:18 Gelesen von Bruce McCready
Scattering the Wild Stallions 9:20 Gelesen von Bruce McCready
Lost in a Chapparal 7:14 Gelesen von TheIntern356
Encounter with Javall 10:55 Gelesen von TheIntern356
The Woods on Fire? 9:35 Gelesen von TheIntern356
Smoke and Thirst 8:26 Gelesen von TheIntern356
A Burnt Prairie 8:25 Gelesen von TheIntern356
The Talk of the Trackers 12:18 Gelesen von sanjayparikh
"Injun Sign" 7:33 Gelesen von sanjayparikh
Translating the "Sign" 9:10 Gelesen von sanjayparikh
The Steed Lazoed 8:44 Gelesen von sanjayparikh
The "Indios Bravos" 11:30 Gelesen von sanjayparikh
On the War-Trail 10:58 Gelesen von John
The Writing on the Maguey 8:46 Gelesen von John
The Southern Savage 9:14 Gelesen von John
The Subterranean Fire 12:45 Gelesen von John
A Red Epistle 11:40 Gelesen von John
More Writing in Red 9:47 Gelesen von John
An "Injun on the Back-Track" 9:35 Gelesen von John
My Plan 7:24 Gelesen von Silvia Wolf
"Painting Injun" 12:07 Gelesen von Silvia Wolf
The Last Hours on the Trail 8:30 Gelesen von Nichole James
The Comanche Camp 7:41 Gelesen von Nichole James
No Cover 9:56 Gelesen von Nichole James
Rube Consulting His Oracle 8:16 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
The Trapper's Counsel 9:05 Gelesen von Gini Rosario
Taking to the Water 9:15 Gelesen von John
Up-Stream 10:19 Gelesen von TR Love
Coup-d'oeil of the Camp 7:34 Gelesen von TR Love
A Friendly Encounter 10:09 Gelesen von TR Love
The Council 7:16 Gelesen von TR Love
Measuring the Chances 9:22 Gelesen von John
The White-Haired Chief 9:09 Gelesen von John
Speeches in Council 10:58 Gelesen von John
A Rough Courtship 9:48 Gelesen von John
The Crisis 10:22 Gelesen von John
The Last Chase 14:42 Gelesen von John

Bewertungen

Drawn at times, but interesting. Good book


(4 stars)

The author draws some scenes too much, but in general I found the book to be a good and interesting. The earless trapper was read in a voice that made him very hard to comprehend - no doubt that was the intent, but I would have preferred more modern speech.