Francis Parkman, set out to see what it was like in the western wilderness. Young, just out of Harvard college, he began his journey into Wyoming, joining a band of war-like Dakota Indians led by The Whirlwind, a famous chieftain, then conducting war against the tribe of Snake Indians who had ambushed and slain his son. It was during his stay with the Dakota tribe that Francis learned the importance of the buffalo to the Indian people, the shortcomings of the U.S. military presence in the west and the language of the Dakota tribe.
Beginning in the fictional seaport of Bideford Quay in Devon, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Charles Kingsley's monumental novel follows the fortunes of Amyas Leigh, a young man who sets sail on a life of adventure on the high seas. After battling pirates and treasure-hunting in the Caribbean, and setting out to rescue his beloved Rose Salterne, Amyas joins Sir Francis Drake as he prepares to face England's greatest threat—the Spanish Armada.
"Whip Hand" by Dick Francis [UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK WITH TEXT] Despite the fact that he thinks she's overreacting, ex-jockey turned detective Sid Halley agrees to keep an eye on an old friend's prize race horse before a big race, at the request of his buddy's wife. Winner of the 1980 Edgar Award. Narrated by Simon Prebble
"Come to Grief" by Dick Francis [UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK WITH TEXT] By lopping off one of their feet, someone is maiming two-year-old colts, the cream of the future racing crop. When Sid Halley, jockey turned investigator, uncovers the fiend and implicates a pillar of the horse breeding community, the repercussions are horrible. Narrated by Simon Prebble
"Forfeit" by Dick Francis [UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK WITH TEXT] James Tyrone, a racing reporter for a London scandal sheet, knew that fellow reporter Bert Chekov was a drunk, but he had always been an honest one. But when Bert dies in an "accidental" fall, Tyrone suspects a clue to his death might be found in columns Bert had written touting can't-lose race horses... horses that mysteriously failed to show up on race day. Narrated by Richard Brown
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