Review - Tinhorn's Daughter

 

Tinhorn's Daughter
by L. Ron Hubbard
Publisher: Galaxy Press
Pub. Date: October 20, 2014
ISBN: 978-1592123438
Running Time: 123 minutes
Buy Link: Audio, Paperback, Kindle

Review:
 
While audiobooks have been around for decades, I didn't really start listening to these types of books until I was introduced to the Stories from the Golden Age series from Galaxy Press. This series features the short stories from the 1930s and 1940s by author L. Ron Hubbard. Galaxy Press has been adapting these stories into audiobooks for a whole new generation to enjoy. The stories are also being released on Kindle and paperbacks.

The western audiobook Tinhorn's Daughter was released just a few a months back and features the voices of Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson), Corey Burton, R.F Daley, Jim Meskimen (who also directs) and Tait Ruppert. The two-disc audiobook also features the short story When Gilhooly Was In Flower.

Tinhorn's Daughter first appeared in the December 1937 issue of Western Romances and centers on a man named Sunset Maloney, who is trying to fight back against the cruel land-stealer Slim Trotwood in the Big Sky country of Montana. While Slim may look like just another gambler, he has been stealing the Puma Pass lan from the homeowners. Sunset is known for his fast shooting  and he plans on taking Slim down that is until he meets the tinhorn's daughter, Betsy. Now blinded by love for his enemy's daughter, his trail for justice will be a lot harder than he thought it would be.

When Gilhooly Was In Flower was originally titled Robin Hood Of The Range and first appeared in the August 1938 issue of Romantic Range. The story centers on Jigsaw Gilhooly, a man who is deeply in love with the schoolteacher Mary Ann. He wants to propose to her, but it seems he isn't romantic enough like the men in the books that Mary Ann reads. Jigsaw turns to the classic book Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott for help.


I have listed to many of the audiobooks from Stories from the Golden Age and while L. Ron Hubbard has added romantic elements to some of his other stories, these two stories has the romance as the central plots instead of as a side-story. Both stories have a great voice-cast and outstanding sound effects. Overall, Tinhorn's Daughter is an entertaining audiobook from start to finish.

*Disclaimer - I received a complimentary copy in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.