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Last of the Breed

By: Louis L'Amour
Narrated by: David Strathairn
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“For sheer adventure L’Amour is in top form.”—Kirkus Reviews
 
Here is the kind of authentically detailed epic novel that has become Louis L’Amour’s hallmark. It is the compelling story of U.S. Air Force Major Joe Mack, a man born out of time. When his experimental aircraft is forced down in Russia and he escapes a Soviet prison camp, he must call upon the ancient skills of his Indian forebears to survive the vast Siberian wilderness. Only one route lies open to Mack: the path of his ancestors, overland to the Bering Strait and across the sea to America. But in pursuit is a legendary tracker, the Yakut native Alekhin, who knows every square foot of the icy frontier—and who knows that to trap his quarry he must think like a Sioux. Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Russia Fiction
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Excellent and unusual story and superb performance by David Strathairn. a master of his craft.

Brilliant entertainment

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I read this story many years ago, and then I read it again, and again a few years after that;) It's a pure adventure story and it's wonderful. you feel the cold, the vastness of Siberia, the sense of being alone.
Only problem here was that the actor chose to use an army efficient tone throughout, even when it didn't call for it and his different Russians voices were so much the same you have to really concentrate on the names of who is speaking. Plus there was the occasional blip where a word is suddenly chopped out.. as if the power in the microphone went, or an edit went wrong.

Wonderful story

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This is a story that keeps you listening way after you should be asleep! I wish Louis Lamour had written a sequel though - my only disappointment with this story,

Compelling story

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Loved it many years ago, this revisit was a pleasure.
The narration was good, apart from the occasional slightly irritating distraction due to carelessness (emphasis on the wrong word sometimes, or the hero sometimes speaking English with the wrong accent). Does Audible employ no editors?
As to the story - it may be LL"s best. It's a mid-20th century Western ; it begins with the hero, a Sioux American Air Force pilot, captive in Soviet Russia after being shot down. There are of course a series of incredible incidents in the plot but you might find, as I did, that it's easier than in most of his stories to suspend one's disbelief and just sink into this novel as into a warm bath.

Read it decades ago, hearing it now was a pleasure

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Have always enjoyed Louis L’Amour books and this is no exception. Excellent. Gripping right to the end.

Always good.

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