Last of the Great Scouts: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Last of the Great Scouts, credited to Helen Cody Wetmore, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Last of the Great Scouts by Helen Cody Wetmore. Read in English by Barry Eads A biographical account of the boy who became "Buffalo Bill" written by his sister. A wide variety of experiences from his first job as a mule-driver on the Kansas plains, as a Pony Express rider, a cavalry scout and Indian fighter, a buffalo hunter, and a celebrity with his famous "Wild West Show." - Summary by Barry Eads

Recording facts

• Recording title: Last of the Great Scouts
• Author credits: Helen Cody Wetmore
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 32
• Listed recording duration: 8:30:22

Catalogue topics

• history
• biography
• buffalo bill
• William Cody

Opening tracks: first 24 of 32

1. 00 - Preface — 3:14
2. 01 - Chapter 01: The Old Homestead in Iowa — 14:50
3. 02 - Chapter 02: Will's First Indian — 11:34
4. 03 - Chapter 03: The Shadow of Partisan Strife — 9:52
5. 04 - Chapter 04: Persecution Continues — 13:10
6. 05 - Chapter 05: The "Boy Extra" — 15:13
7. 06 - Chapter 06: Family Defender and Household Tease — 14:33
8. 07 - Chapter 07: Indian Encounter and School-Day Incident — 23:32
9. 08 - Chapter 08: Death and Burial of Turk — 19:17
10. 09 - Chapter 09: Will as Pony Express Rider — 11:26
11. 10 - Chapter 10: Echoes from Sumter — 15:04
12. 11 - Chapter 11: A Short but Dashing Indian Campaign — 14:06
13. 12 - Chapter 12: The Mother's Last Illness — 21:33
14. 13 - Chapter 13: In the Secret-Service — 19:21
15. 14 - Chapter 14: A Rescue and a Betrothal — 18:58
16. 15 - Chapter 15: Will as a Benedict — 26:45
17. 16 - Chapter 16: How the Sobriquet of "Buffalo Bill" was Won — 14:47
18. 17 - Chapter 17: Satanta, Chief of the Kiowas — 15:05
19. 18 - Chapter 18: Will Made Chief of Scouts — 11:14
20. 19 - Chapter 19: Army Life at Fort McPherson — 19:40
21. 20 - Chapter 20: Pa-has-ka, the Long-Haired Chief — 16:27
22. 21 - Chapter 21: The Hunt of the Grand Duke Alexis — 13:41
23. 22 - Chapter 22: Theatrical Experience — 16:54
24. 23 - Chapter 23: The Government's Indian Policy — 16:21

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