Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout, credited to J. W. Buel, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout by J. W. Buel. Read in English by Jairus Amar; Lynne Thompson; Jothi Tharavant; micnc08; fdneal; DJRickyV; drsxj; Itsjustlib; deongines; Richard Corfield; cheeni BEING A TRUE AND EXACT HISTORY OF ALL THE SANGUINARY COMBATS AND HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCOUT AND SPY AMERICA EVER PRODUCED. "Wild Bill, as a frontier character of the daring, cunning and honorable class, stands alone, without a prototype; his originality is as conspicuous as his remarkable escapades. He was desperate without being a desperado; a fighter without that disposition which invites danger or craves the excitement of an encounter. He killed many men, but in every instance it was either in self-defense or in the prosecution of a duty which he deemed justifiable. Wild Bill was a necessary character in the Far West during the period which marked his career. He was essentially a civilizer, in the sense of a vigilance posse. The law and order class found in him an effective agent for the correction of the lawless; it was fighting the desperate with one of their kind, and Bill had the cunning to remain on the side of society and to always flank his enemies." - Summary by from the book

Recording facts

• Recording title: Life and marvelous adventures of Wild Bill, the Scout
• Author credits: J. W. Buel
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 2:35:27

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 01 - Peculiarities of Wild Bill’s Nature — 3:41
2. 02 - Wild Bill's Early Life — 4:45
3. 03 - First Evidence of Pluck — 4:02
4. 04 - Desperate Fight at Rock Creek — 11:55
5. 05 - A Running Fight with Confederates — 2:10
6. 06 - Enters The Union Army as a Spy — 3:47
7. 07 - A Ride with Death — 3:39
8. 08 - Captured and Condemned to Death — 5:21
9. 09 - A Fight with Three Bushwhackers — 4:00
10. 10 - Bowie-Knife Duel with an Indian Chief — 6:33
11. 11 - Indian and Buffalo Speculation — 3:21
12. 12 - Bill’s Duel at Springfield — 8:39
13. 13 - A Quadrangular Duel in Nebraska — 5:32
14. 14 - Wild Bill’s Opinion of Yankees — 3:49
15. 15 - How Bill Killed Jack Strawhan — 4:39
16. 16 - Bill Mulvey’s Last Row — 2:44
17. 17 - A Fight with Fifteen Soldiers — 5:27
18. 18 - A Death Fight with Texas Gamblers — 4:50
19. 19 - A Reward of $5,000 in Gold Offered for Bill’s Heart — 4:17
20. 20 - Bill Thompson’s Fatal Surprise — 3:33
21. 21 - Wild Bill makes Twenty Men Ask an Apology — 2:45
22. 22 - Bill’s Fight with Phil Cole’s Cousin — 3:34
23. 23 - Removes to Kansas City — 4:00
24. 24 - A Prize Fight in a Chicago Billiard Room — 2:04

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