The Arkansas River
Rivers West: Book #10
- By: Jory Sherman
- Narrated by: Michael Taylor
- Length: 8 hours 43 minutes
Description
Eastward, as far as the eye could see, stretched the Great Plains. Westward rose the Rockies, snow-capped peaks of grandeur. In the middle flowed a mighty river - silent, glistening, and turbulent - the bloodline of a wide and wild land. Three hard, tough men staked their claims on its potent shores; Jake Stonecipher, pioneer merchant, seeking his fortune, yet finding a war. Will Burke, a mountain man as savage as the wilderness itself. And Francisco Serrano, determined to carve a fertile ranch out of the stubborn soil. Three bold men blazing trails and forging a future. Three men blaze a trail and forge their future in this wide and wild land between Great Plains and snow-capped Rockies.
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Rivers West Series
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Narrated by: Maynard Villers
Length: 7 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
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The Colorado
By: Gary McCarthy
Narrated by: Maynard Villers
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
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The Russian
By: Gary McCarthy
Narrated by: Maynard Villers
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
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The Columbia
By: Jory Sherman
Narrated by: Maynard Villers
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
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The Gila River
By: Gary McCarthy
Narrated by: Gene Engene
Length: 11 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
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The Humboldt River
By: Gary McCarthy
Narrated by: Michael Taylor
Length: 8 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
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The Pecos River
By: Frederic Bean
Narrated by: Michael Taylor
Length: 8 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
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The Arkansas River
By: Jory Sherman
Narrated by: Michael Taylor
Length: 8 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
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The Rio Grande
By: Jory Sherman
Narrated by: Maynard Villers
Length: 8 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
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By: Frank Roderus
Narrated by: Michael Taylor
Length: 9 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
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By: Richard S Wheeler
Narrated by: Michael Taylor
Length: 11 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
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The Brazos
By: Jory Sherman
Narrated by: Michael Taylor
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
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The South Platte
By: Jory Sherman
Narrated by: Michael Taylor
Length: 6 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
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The American River
By: Gary McCarthy
Narrated by: Michael Taylor
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
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Charlie Deegan
By: Gary McCarthy
Narrated by: Michael Taylor
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
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Narrated by: Michael Taylor
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
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