Audiobook

Destry Rides Again

Max Brand

In this swashbuckling Western story, Harrison Destry is a young firebrand who loves to battle if only to test his considerable skills, having never been beaten with or without weapons. However, many in the town of Wham hold a grudge against him and pass a guilty verdict based solely on circumstantial evidence when he is tried for a robbery he didn't commit. Returning from prison years later, he appears a changed man. Will he try getting revenge on those jurors who convicted him? In fear of their life, will they band together attempting to end Harry permantly? Will he win back the girl he loves? Disclaimer: this novel contains objectively racist sentiments of the time, while not in a malevolent way, nonetheless demeaning; an example of another hardship many folks of the day had to endure. - Summary by Scotty Smith