Deadwood Dick's Doom; or, Calamity Jane's Last Adventure

Written by:
Edward L. Wheeler
Narrated by:
LibriVox Volunteers

Unabridged Audiobook

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4
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1
Release Date
January 2016
Duration
2 hours 55 minutes
Summary
This western, published around 1899, is a dime novel that has it all: roguish gun men, hostile Indians, chilvarous gentlemen to protect the hapless females, and - in Calamity Jane - even a female who can hold her own. The fictional character of the hero, Deadwood Dick, appeared in more than a hundred stories and became so famous the name was claimed by several men who actually lived in Deadwood, South Dakota. (Summary by Gesine/Wikipedia)
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Be prepared for the worst of the west in Deathnotch! A lady and her servant are trapped in the town because they missed the stagecoach. There being no women in the town, every man there is interested! When the luggage arrives on the goods train, the men see bills posted on them that say they are travelling entertainers. But when the lady is asked, not very politely, to sing, she refuses. So they force her to do so. From there all the clichés about the west seem to begin. Add in the local Indian tribe and their desire for revenge at having previously lost that town, which they owned by right of the government, and revenge for the many of their people who had been killed. There are several baddies killed, just at the nick of time when they were about to carry off the lady. Deadwood Dick shows up, and various contests like knife throwing or wrestling, take place. Some with disastrous results. Calamity Jane comes, and puts her skill into use. A Mormon arrives, pursuing a wife he had tricked into marriage and who had fled. A mad dwarf creature also brings his evil intentions into the mix. And to top it off, one of the men , with the nickname Shakespeare, spouts off his western themed poetry whenever there is a chance. But best of all is the “Unknown”, whose actions are timed just right to come to the aid of those in danger...especially the women. Fast paced and full of twists, the book is great for someone who has the stomach for the Big Bad Wild West. The readers were mostly good at reading this book.

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