The Outlaw
The Crow Stories Trilogy, Book 1
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The Outlaw
Narrated by:
T. Ryder Smith
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T. Ryder Smith
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Nancy Vo
About this listen
In this spare and powerful story set in the Old West, people in a small town live in constant worry of another visit from the Outlaw. Then the Outlaw suddenly and mysteriously disappears. Time passes, and one day a stranger rides into town. He takes it upon himself to fix everything that is in disrepair - the clapboard schoolhouse, the train station platform. He even builds a horse trough. But when someone recognizes him as the Outlaw, the crowd turns on him. It takes the courage of a small boy to change the course of events.
©2018 Nancy Vo (P)2019 Recorded BooksContinue the series
An outlaw in an old west town does outlaw stuff, like presumably theft, threats, assaults, etc., and then they disappear for a while, before a stranger comes to town and starts doing philanthropic and helpful things around town. Recognising them as the outlaw, somone raised this as an issue, only for a kid to point out they are doing good now.
People can change and grow, which is a good thing. Restorative justice is good and cops and prisons are bad. BUT accountability is a thing. You don't get to decide to do some nice things you want to do and decide that everything is cool now. The people and community you wronged have to do that. That's how that works. Maybe I'm thinking too much about a story from the series that exists for nothing more than the novelty of asking Alexa to play you a story. I can't see how it's for anyone or anything other than that.
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