Payback Trail
Book Four in the Trail Series
Trail
- By: David R. Lewis
- Narrated by: David R. Lewis
- Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Description
When Ruben Beeler joins Marshal Marion Daniels to investigate an incident of theft and murder, Rube is plunged into a world of dark deeds and black hearts. With the help of an abused and courageous young woman, Rube, Marion, and Marshal Addriss Tippideaux head south of the Missouri line into the hills and hollows of Northern Arkansas, and take on an entire clan to see that justice is done.
Suspicion of outsiders and hate for the government abounds, and the marshals are much farther from home than the miles they’ve traveled. Revenge is the order of the day and life is cheap on the Payback Trail.
©2014 David R. Lewis (P)2014 David R. Lewis
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Trail Series

The Trail West
By: J. A. Johnstone & William W. Johnstone
Narrated by: John McLain
Length: 8 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1848, Dooley Monahan, son of struggling Iowa pioneers, went off to to pick up a new milk cow. Young Dooley never came home. Now, nearly three decades later, Dooley Monahan has become an accidental legend, managing to plant a bullet in the chest of a dangerous outlaw. All Dooley really wants is to claim his reward at a bank in Phoenix and make... Read more »
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The Chuckwagon Trail
By: William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Framed for murder, Dewey "Mac" McKenzie is running for his life. Though Mac's never even made a pot of coffee, he talks his way onto a cattle drive heading west—as a chuckwagon cook. Turns out he has a natural talent for turning salt pork and dried beans into culinary gold. He's as good with a pot and pan as he is with a gun—which comes in handy... Read more »
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Wagon Train Baby
By: Linda Ford
Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
A life-altering betrayal leaves Donna Grace alone, unmarried, and pregnant. She's desperate to leave St. Louis, Missouri, and return to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she grew up, and the only way back is by wagon train. The wagon master refuses to let a single woman drive a wagon without a male escort. Donna knows she can't trust men, but it seems... Read more »
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The Lost Wagon Train (Retta Barre's Oregon Trail Series, Book 1)
By: Stephen Bly
Narrated by: Rebecca Cook
Length: 3 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
A simple trip into the prairie provides adventure and trouble. Soon Retta Barre is the talk of the wagon train. Her friends don't want to miss her next caper. And Retta certainly won't let them down. Read more »
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No Holding Back
By: Lori Foster
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Not needing him won’t stop her from wanting him…
Trucker Sterling (Star) Parson is no stranger to the challenges a woman faces, both in her industry and in life. But she can take care of herself. She’s never needed—or wanted—a man around...until she meets Cade McKenzie. The take-charge bar owner sets off all kinds of alarm bells for Sterling, but... Read more »

Treasure Trail
By: Morgan Brice
Narrated by: John Solo
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Erik Mitchell traveled the world uncovering art fraud and relic theft, which pitted him against spoiled billionaires, unscrupulous collectors, mobsters, and cartels. He worked with law enforcement across the US and Europe, but then a sting goes wrong, Erik ends up injured and returns to find his partner cheating. He decides to stop globetrotting... Read more »
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Trail of the Long Riders
By: Lee Martin
Narrated by: Jack Sondericker
Length: 4 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Jess Darringer gets word that the woman he loved and left behind was murdered by five ruthless thugs. Jess is driven to avenge her death. His best lead to the identity of the killers is a receipts made out to a member of the Colby ranching clan. Jess and his younger brother Sam infiltrate the Colby Ranch by signing on as gun hands. They soon... Read more »
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The Dreamgivers
By: James Walker
Narrated by: Jack Garrett
Length: 6 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
With the painful memories of Appomattox fresh in his mind, Zachary Cobb heads west to start over. His experience in battle haunts him, but also serves him well in his new career as an undercover Wells Fargo agent. Zach quickly finds himself in the Mojave Desert, hot on the trail of a multiple holdup suspect. The investigation leads toward... Read more »
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The Goodnight Trail - Abridged
By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Former Texas Rangers Benton McCaleb, Will Elliot, and Brazos Gifford ride with Charles Goodnight as he rounds up thousands of ornery, unbranded cattle for the long drive to Colorado. From the Trinity River brakes to Denver, they’ll battle endless miles of flooded rivers, parched desert, and whiskey-crazed Comanches. And come face-to-face with... Read more »
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Monahan's Massacre
By: J. A. Johnstone & William W. Johnstone
Narrated by: John McLain
Length: 10 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
The accidental gunslinger Dooley Monahan has quit wandering and settled down to a farmer's life. But when the itch for adventure gets too strong, he packs up and rides west. Along with his horse General Grant, and Blue, a dog who's too smart for his own good, Dooley rides for the Black Hills to strike it rich in the gold fields of Colorado. But... Read more »
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The Western Trail - Abridged
By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In the aftermath of the Civil War, cash-starved Texans turned to the only resource they possessed in abundance: longhorn cows. Despite the hazards of trailing longhorns across some three hundred miles of Indian Territory, this was the only way to access the railroad…
THE WESTERN TRAIL
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The Buffalo's Last Stand (Retta Barre's Oregon Trail Series, Book 2)
By: Stephen Bly
Narrated by: Rebecca Cook
Length: 3 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Retta Barre has never met a hero, except for the ones she reads about in her books. She does know they're strong and courageous. And handsome and pretty. Everything she's not. Her world doesn't expect much from her anyway. She's just a plain-looking 12-year-old who's more stubborn than brave. She owes what little strength she has to her dull... Read more »
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Wagon Train Wedding
By: Linda Ford
Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
From an award-winning author with more than one million books sold, the second book in a new series of heartwarming historical romances about life on the Santa Fe trail.
Judith Russel is devastated by the death of her fiancé and vows to never again trust her feelings toward a man.
Gil Trapper is the wagon train scout and owner of several... Read more »

Trail of the Hunter
By: Lee Martin
Narrated by: Jack Sondericker
Length: 4 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Clay Darringer finds Katherine Turner dazed and wandering in the desert. Katherine is the sole survivor of an outlaw attack, and once the killers find out she’s still alive her life won’t be worth a plug-nickel. Darringer never seems able to stay out of other people’s problems. By the time they reach town they have added a teenage boy to the... Read more »
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Die by the Gun
By: William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Length: 9 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
With one successful cattle drive under his belt, Dewey "Mac" McKenzie is on a first-name basis with danger. Marked for death for a crime he didn't commit and eager to get as far away from the territory, he signed on as cattle drive chuckwagon cook, to save his own skin—and learned how to serve up a tasty hot stew. Turns out Mac has a talent for... Read more »
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A Hill of Beans
By: William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
With two trail drives under his belt, Dewey "Mac" Mackenzie has proven to be more than a good chuckwagon cook. He's good at serving up justice, too—with a side of hot lead . . . Mac Mackenzie has enough problems on his plate. He's got bounty hunters on his tail, no one on his side, and no place to hide. Just when he thinks it can't get any... Read more »
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Hang Him Twice
By: J. A. Johnstone & William W. Johnstone
Narrated by: John McLain
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
There are a lot of ways a man can end up on a wanted poster. There's the easy way (murder), there's the hard way (robbery), and then there's Dooley Monahan's way (by accident.) On the trail west with his trusty horse and dog, the hapless gunslinger stops a mean, hungry bear from making lunch out of the legendary Buffalo Bill Cody. In turn, Cody... Read more »
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Wagon Train Matchmaker
By: Linda Ford
Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
From an award-winning author with more than one million books sold, the third book in a new series of heartwarming historical romances about life on the Santa Fe trail. Mary Mae Clark has learned the hard way not to trust what a man says. Broken promises have made her wary, and now she only wants to return to Santa Fe to help her friend Sophia... Read more »
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The Rail Kings
By: James Walker
Narrated by: Jack Garrett
Length: 11 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Zac Cobb isn't afraid of danger. Working for Wells Fargo, he doesn't back down from confrontations. When a rival railroad baron attempts to kidnap the eldest daughter of General Roberts, owner of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, Zac quickly steps in and rescues her. But as the gunsmoke clears, Zac and the woman must make a desperate run for... Read more »
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The Chisholm Trail - Abridged
By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Armed with only a Colt rifle, a Bowie knife, and courage as big as the West, Ten Chisholm—the bold, illegitimate son of frontier scout and plains ambassador Jesse Chisholm and a Cherokee woman—arrives in the heart of Comanche country with a price on his head. His only crime: loving the beautiful daughter of a powerful New Orleans gambler who has... Read more »
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The Plain Prairie Princess (Retta Barre's Oregon Trail Series, Book 3)
By: Stephen Bly
Narrated by: Rebecca Cook
Length: 3 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Retta Barre has faced a dizzying prairie storm, a stubborn buffalo, and a murderous Indian twice. But that's nothing compared to what happens when her family is left alone in the middle of the prairie. One life-threatening danger after another and Retta's in the middle of them all. Some might think she's just a plain looking 12-year-old from... Read more »
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Trail of The Fast Gun
By: Lee Martin
Narrated by: Jack Sondericker
Length: 4 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Ben Darringer is quick and deadly with a gun. That’s why beautiful Elena Barker needs his help. Greedy cattlemen are after her ranch. As a hired gun in the midst of an all out range war, Ben is forced to take justice into his own hands and rely on the only law available to him - the law of the fast gun. The unscrupulous thieves will stop at... Read more »
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The Bandera Trail - Abridged
By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The only riches Texans has left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-blazing trail drives.
Set on rescuing their old friend Clay... Read more »
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The California Trail - Abridged
By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: Yes
An extraordinary saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune
driving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier.
Across the Pecos, the Rio Colorado and La Panza mountains, the Texans and their longhorns kept charging-all the way to California gold!
Between The Bandera Range And California, They Faced All The Challenges Of Man And God,... Read more »

The Shawnee Trail - Abridged
By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Stampedes, rustlers, and hostile Indians wouldn't slow them down. They were bound for Kansas, and a Texas-sized fight!
The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maerick longhorns and the brains, brown and boldness to drive them north where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to... Read more »
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The Virginia City Trail - Abridged
By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Through a thousand miles of dust, fists, and guns, they found the courage to keep on driving.
The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an... Read more »
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The Dodge City Trail - Abridged
By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes
For a brave band of Texas pioneers, new enemies awaited on the thundering trail. But old enemies were the deadliest of all.
The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million
maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them
north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent... Read more »

The Oregon Trail - Abridged
By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length: 3 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: Yes
They Risked Their Lives To Bring Cattle to Missouri. Now They Faced A Journey Twics As Dangerous...
The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million
maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them
north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an... Read more »

Trail To Fort Smith
By: Ralph Compton & Dusty Richards
Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
Length: 5 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Hamp comes to the aid of his hot-tempered friend, Clint, after he is jailed for killing a cheating gambler, bribing the guards to let him go. But no sooner is Clint free than he kills a local rancher with vengeful friends who will do anything to see Clint hanged. Read more »
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Ralph Compton The Tenderfoot Trail
By: Ralph Compton & Joseph A. West
Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Popular Western author Joseph A. West continues the great Ralph Compton's Trail Driver series with The Tenderfoot Trail. Framed for murder and pursued by bloodthirsty killers, Luke Garrett's landed himself in a real fix this time. Read more »
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Ralph Compton Trail to Cottonwood Falls
By: Ralph Compton & Dusty Richards
Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
With over four million Ralph Compton books in print, the grand Western tradition is not being put out to pasture any time soon. After years of driving cattle and wearing a ranger's badge, disaffected Texan Ed Wright retires-intent on drowning his sorrows with whiskey. But widowed rancher Unita Nance has one last job for him, and she won't take... Read more »
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Ralph Compton The Amarillo Trail
By: Ralph Compton & Jory Sherman
Narrated by: Graham Winton
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: No
Spur Award winner Jory Sherman takes the reins for the next installment of Ralph Compton's long-running Trail Drive series. Doc Blaine has agreed to drive 3,000 head of cattle from Texas to Kansas, and the only help around are his sons Jared and Miles. But the boys are in love with the same woman, and their vow to kill each other on sight... Read more »
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Ralph Compton The Omaha Trail
By: Ralph Compton & Jory Sherman
Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
Length: 7 hours
Abridged: No
BLOOD AND BANKERS Dane Kramer looks forward to the day when his sprawling Oklahoma cattle ranch will truly be his-- no strings attached. With only one more bank payment to make, and a buyer in Omaha ready to pay top dollar for a herd of Herefords, he should finally have the banker Earl Throckmorton off his back. But Earl has a plan to keep the... Read more »
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The Nightriders
By: James Walker
Narrated by: Jack Garrett
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Popular author Jim Walker thrills fans with the riveting adventures of Wells Fargo agent Zach Cobb. When a rash of gold robberies breaks out in California, Zach is dispatched to conduct an undercover investigation. He'll need to work fast, for an angered vigilante group is interpreting the law its own way, and innocent people are being hanged.... Read more »
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Killdeer Trail
By: David R. Lewis
Narrated by: David R. Lewis
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Thirteen people are dead from the savage poisoning of a church well at the zealous hands of a vengeful old woman...
With warrants in hand for murder and flight to avoid prosecution, Ruben, Homer Poteet, and Marion Daniels take to the trail of Blanche Boggs. She has crossed the Mississippi River into the primitive wilds of southern Illinois to... Read more »
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The Kelly Trail
By: Ralph Compton & Terrence McCauley
Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
In this new Ralph Compton Western, William "Bull" Kelly brings his five sons onto the cattle drive, but when rustlers stampede the herd and injure them, he'll do anything to protect his own. Over the past twenty years, William "Bull" Kelly acquired a reputation as one of the best ramrods in Texas. He has led legendary cattle drives to almost... Read more »
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The Dead of Winter
By: A. B. Gibson
Narrated by: Donn Marshall
Length: 3 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Four young professionals pick the wrong weekend to visit a popular Pumpkin Patch Bed and Breakfast. It's the last day of the season, and the weather and the farm are picture perfect. Ma and Pa Winter are the consummate hosts, and they immediately win over Dillon, Tara, Josh and Julia with their homespun authenticity. Like the thousands of other... Read more »
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Payback Trail
By: David R. Lewis
Narrated by: David R. Lewis
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
When Ruben Beeler joins Marshal Marion Daniels to investigate an incident of theft and murder, Rube is plunged into a world of dark deeds and black hearts. With the help of an abused and courageous young woman, Rube, Marion, and Marshal Addriss Tippideaux head south of the Missouri line into the hills and hollows of Northern Arkansas, and take... Read more »
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Cutthroat Trail
By: David R. Lewis
Narrated by: David R. Lewis
Length: 6 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
When Ruben Beeler finds a rancher friend shot to death and mutilated, he calls on Marshals Marion Daniels and Homer Poteet for help. That call begins a chase that takes the men from St. Joe into Kansas and down to Hell on the Border and the Fort Smith court of Hangin’ Judge Issac Parker.
In pursuit of the killers, the marshals venture into the... Read more »
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Glory Trail
By: David R. Lewis
Narrated by: David R. Lewis
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
It was a chance for a new beginning and a better life for a wagon train of hopefuls leaving the war-torn South to relocate in Kansas. Unfortunately, new enemies and old habits die hard, and the truth can come to mean very little. Out-manned and out-gunned, Ruben, Marion, and Homer put their lives on the line as they saddle up and fight for what... Read more »
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Last Chance Cowboys
By: Anna Schmidt
Narrated by: Lesa Lockford
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Caught between a greedy corporation and a desperate love of the land, Maria Porterfield barely has time to mourn her father's death. If her family is to survive, it'll be up to her to take charge - but she can't do it alone. When a mysterious drifter rides into town, the handsome cowboy seems like an answer to her prayers. But Chet isn't... Read more »
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Nodaway Trail
By: David R. Lewis
Narrated by: David R. Lewis
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Comfortable in his new life in Deer Run, young Ruben Beeler is called away by Marshal Marion Daniels to help in an investigation of murder and mutilation north of St. Joe. That begins a search for killers and leads the men northward into unfamiliar territory, pitting them against a family of outlaws who have ruled Nodaway County since before the... Read more »
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Ogallala Trail
By: David R. Lewis
Narrated by: David R. Lewis
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Once again, Marshal Marion Daniels calls on Ruben Beeler for help in righting a terrible wrong. Cecil Man-Bear, one of Marion’s old friends, has been crippled, his wife killed, and his daughter stolen by a half-breed.
Marion and Ruben take to a trail that leads them far into the Sioux reservation of the Dakota Territory in pursuit of a man... Read more »
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Ralph Compton Red Trail
By: Ralph Compton & John Shirley
Narrated by: Chris Henry Coffey
Length: 8 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
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Ralph Compton's Trail Drive: The First Three Adventures - Abridged
By: Ralph Compton
Narrated by: Scott Sowers
Length:
Abridged: Yes
The first three books in the Trail Drive series are now together in a special collection.
The Goodnight Trail
Former Texas Rangers Benton McCaleb, Will Elliot, and Brazos Gifford ride with Charles Goodnight as he rounds up thousands of ornery, unbranded cattle for the long drive to Colorado. From the Trinity River brakes to Denver, they'll battle... Read more »
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Calico Trail
By: David R. Lewis
Narrated by: David R. Lewis
Length: 6 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
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By: Ralph Compton & Robert J. Randisi
Narrated by: Lewis Arlt
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
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By: Ralph Compton & Lyle Brandt
Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
Length: 8 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
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