The Cowboy and the Cossack
Written by Clair Huffaker and Nancy Pearl
Narrated by Phil Gigante
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Fifteen Montana cowboys sail into Vladivostok with a herd of five hundred longhorns, ready to cross a thousand miles of Siberian wilderness. When a band of Cossacks, Russia’s elite horsemen and warriors, shows up to escort these rough and ready Americans to their destination, the clash of cultures begins. The feud between American six shooter and Russian saber is embodied in two men: Shad, the leader of the Montana cowboys, and Rostov, the Cossack commander. Nature and man are enemies that will force them to work together—and a ruthless Tartar army that stands between them and their destination. The code of the cowboy West and the credo of the Cossack East seem to be two different measures of a man—but honor and courage are the same in any language when a common enemy must be faced. Lonesome Dove meets Dr. Zhivago in this rousing tale of West meets East in the days of the Russian Tsars and the Wild West.
Clair Huffaker
Clair Huffaker was a legendary western screenwriter and author. His screenplays include The Comancheros, Hellfighters, and War Wagon starring John Wayne, along with Flaming Star, Seven Ways from Sundown, Rio Conchos, and Posse from Hell. Huffaker also wrote for TV western series such as Bonanza, The Rifleman, The Virginian, and Rawhide, including eighteen episodes of Lawman. Many of his movies were based on his bestselling books. Huffaker was a cowboy, a champion boxer, a part-time smuggler, and a writer for Time, Inc. in New York. He served in the Navy in World War II, studied in Europe, and eventually returned to the US where he began his career as a freelance writer. He wrote short stories, screenplays, and novels at his home in Los Angeles, which was a gathering place for actors, stuntmen, directors, and writers who could regularly be found there shooting pool, playing poker, and exchanging tall tales.
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Reviews for The Cowboy and the Cossack
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great character development with a unique setting for cowboys. Very well done novel
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cowbos and cossaxcks driving a herd of cattle across Siberia and part of Central Asia in 1880.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A unique cowboy story, the first cowboy story I ever liked, with heros that stay with you on, and on. I don't know what happened to my copy... got to replace it so I can reread. Reminds me of the films Hidalgo and The Last Samurai, and the great novel Lonesome Dove.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book!! Don't just look at the tag that say Western, this makes for great reading!!