The Silent Rifleman: A Tale of the Texan Prairies: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Silent Rifleman: A Tale of the Texan Prairies, credited to Henry William Herbert, 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 The Silent Rifleman: A Tale of the Texan Prairies by Henry William Herbert. Read in English by EJWiley "Two, four, six, eight," he muttered to himself at intervals. "Yes, there are eight of them." Again he laid his ear to the ground and listened. "Yes, there are eight of them, sure enough," he again muttered; and then, after a pause, he added: "But two of them are mules, I think; and they are coming right down hitherward." Then he looked to his rifle lock, and cocked his piece. "Unless they turn aside when they reach the timber, they will be on me in five minutes; and if they know the forest, they will not turn, that's certain; for here's the only place where you can find hard bottom to ride in and out of the old Bravo, for ten miles up and down." He paused from his soliloquy, listened again, and then a smile crept across his intelligent face. A tale from the 1800s in the Texas plains written by British author Henry William Herbert. - Summary by E.J. Wiley

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Silent Rifleman: A Tale of the Texan Prairies
• Author credits: Henry William Herbert
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 9
• Listed recording duration: 2:05:31

Catalogue topics

• western
• jackson's novels
• rifleman

Track guide

1. 01 - The Horse and the Rider — 16:37
2. 02 - The Lieutenant's Story — 10:59
3. 03 - The Passage of the Bravo — 9:25
4. 04 - The Double Traitor — 9:08
5. 05 - The Night Alarm — 5:54
6. 06 - The Beleaguered Camp — 30:30
7. 07 - The Ruined Rancho — 12:27
8. 08 - The Parting Supper — 7:44
9. 09 - Spanish Honour — 22:47

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