A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
A. B. Guthrie, Jr., lived much of his life in Montana. He is the author of numerous books, including six Big Sky novels, as well as the screenplay for the Academy Award-winning film Shane. He received the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Way West. Guthrie, who died in 1991, is honored for his contribution to literature and his timeless portrayal of the American West.
All Books By A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
The Big It
- By: A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
- Narrator: Adam Verner
- Length: 4 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: December 18, 2012
- Language: English
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3.34(41 ratings)
In The Big It Guthrie presents thirteen imaginative and at times hilarious short stories about life on the frontier. Resilient and memorable, Guthrie’s characters bring to life the pioneer spirit and the untamed west. Perhaps best known for his remarkable and award winning novels, The Way West and The Big Sky, Guthrie is equally adept at the short stories. Dreamscape is happy to present a brand new recording of these unforgettable stories by the master of the western genre, A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
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- By: A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
- Narrator: Kevin Foley
- Length: 14 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: March 26, 2013
- Language: English
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3.96(5180 ratings)
Originally published more than fifty years ago, The Big Sky is the first of A.B. Guthrie’s epic adventure novels of America’s vast frontier. The Big Sky introduces Boone Caudill, Jim Deakins, and Dick Summers, three of the most memorable characters in western American literature. Traveling the Missouri River from St. Louis to the Rockies, these frontiersmen live as trappers, traders, guides, and explorers. The story centers on Caudill, a young Kentuckian driven by a raging hunger for life and a longing for the blue sky and brown earth of big, wild places. Caught up in the freedom and savagery of the wilderness, Caudill becomes an untamed mountain man whom only the beautiful daughter of a Blackfoot chief dares to love. With The Big Sky, Guthrie gives us an unforgettable portrait of a spacious land and a unique way of life.
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- By: A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
- Narrator: Kevin Foley
- Length: 12 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: April 16, 2013
- Language: English
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3.96(5180 ratings)
An enormously entertaining classic, The Way West brings to life the adventure of the western passage and the pioneer spirit. The sequel to The Big Sky, this celebrated novel charts a frontiersman’s return to the untamed West in 1846. Dick Summers, as pilot of a wagon train, guides a group of settlers on the difficult journey from Missouri to Oregon. In sensitive but unsentimental prose, Guthrie illuminates the harsh trials and resounding triumphs of pioneer life. With The Way West, he pays homage to the grandeur of the western wilderness, its stark and beautiful scenery, and its extraordinary people.
... Read moreThe Way West – Booktrack Edition
- By: A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
- Narrator: Kevin Foley
- Length: 12 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 27, 2018
- Language: English
The Way West: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! An enormously entertaining classic, The Way West brings to life the adventure of the western passage and the pioneer spirit. The sequel to The Big Sky, this celebrated novel charts a frontiersman’s return to the untamed West in 1846. Dick Summers, as pilot of a wagon train, guides a group of settlers on the difficult journey from Missouri to Oregon. In sensitive but unsentimental prose, Guthrie illuminates the harsh trials and resounding triumphs of pioneer life. With The Way West, he pays homage to the grandeur of the western wilderness, its stark and beautiful scenery, and its extraordinary people.
... Read moreThese Thousand Hills
- By: A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
- Narrator: Kevin Foley
- Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: April 16, 2013
- Language: English
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3.81(324 ratings)
These Thousand Hills continues the western epic of A. B. Guthrie, Jr.’s, critically acclaimed Big Sky series. This vivid American saga conjures up the world of cattle ranchers in the 1880s, focusing on a Montana community’s boisterous, wanderlusting eccentrics as they chase after love and unbridled ambitions. At its center is Lat Evens, a goodhearted cowboy who strikes out from Oregon to Montana on a cattle drive, determined to succeed as a rancher. Gradually, though, he discerns how the perils of the world, especially human nature, can conspire to frustrate a man’s best intentions
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