Title: Treasure Mountain
Series: The Sacketts, book 16
Author: Louis L’Amour
Publisher: Random House Audio Books
Narrator: David Strathairn
Duration: 6 hours, 42 minutes
Copyright: 2005
Genres: western
Filed in: Audiobook reviews
Review copy provided by Carrollton Public Library.
THE GIST: Twenty years ago, Pa Sackett led an expedition into the Rocky Mountains to find gold. He never returned. That doesn’t bother his boys, they figure if he’s still alive he'll come home sooner or later. But Ma is getting along in years and she would dearly like to know whatever became of her husband. Being the good sons they are, Tell and Oren agree to strike out and see what they can discover.
The trail begins in New Orleans, where the only survivor of Pa Sacketts expedition still resides. He’s not very talkative on the subject, however. In fact, it seems like he might be trying to hide something. The Sackett boys find plenty of adventure in the Big Easy, but eventually get the information they need an head out for Colorado. On the trail they find friends, Indians, hired guns, and horse thieves. Everything you might expect in a western audio book. Nothing will deter them from finding Pa’s trail though, not to mention the now legendary stash of gold he went to find.
MY THOUGHTS: Louis L’Amour struck gold with “Treasure Mountain!” Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Did I call L’Amour simple? My mistake. His attention to detail is right on the mark. I would have sworn that he actually lived in this period but the dates don’t quite match up. Most interesting to me in “Treasure Mountain” was the character of Judas Priest. I was never a fan of the band; is this where they got the name? Seems likely.
I love the language of Louis L’Amour’s audio books. “Treasure Mountain” is rife with old chestnuts like “licked-to-be-swallered”, and “Sunday-go-to-meetin’-clothes”. Any audio book that uses phrases like those is okay by me.
NARRATOR: “Treasure Mountain" is my second Louis L’Amour audio book. Both were from the Sackett series, and both were narrated by David Strathairn. I like that kind of consistency in audio books, and the more I listen to Strathairn, the more I like him.
FINAL WORD: Lovers of western audio books will no doubt enjoy “Treasure Mountain”, but Louis L’amour’s stories are just plain entertaining and I think anyone would enjoy this. Trust me on this, if you only read from one particular genre, you’re missing out on a lot of good audio books. Give it a try, or take a look at one of my other Sackett audio book reviews from the list below.
CHECK OUT THESE OTHER AUDIOBOOK REVIEWS:
The Sackett Brand by Louis L’Amour (Audiobook Review)
The Lonely Men by Louis L’Amour (audiobook Review)
Galloway by Louis L’Amour (audiobook Review)
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Treasure Muntain is a good one! The best part is the Sackett family. This is one I found after I'd thought I'd read them all - in chronological order, mind you - and had moved on to the other works. But I loved this, as I do most of L'Amour's stuff.
ReplyDeleteGood review, Bub! I'm smiling (As Owen Wooster famously wrote, "Smile when you say that!")
Thanks Bub! *grin*
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