Audiobooks narrated by David Strathairn

The Daybreakers (Lost Treasures): A Sackett Novel

"As part of the Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials! Tyrel Sackett was born into trouble but vowed to justice. After having to kill a man in Tennessee, he hit the trail west with his brother Orrin. Those were the years when decent men and women lived in fear of Indians, rustlers, and killers, but the Sackett brothers worked to make the West a place where people could raise their children in peace. Orrin brought law and order from Santa Fe to Montana, and his brother Tye backed him up every step of the way. Till the day the job was done, Tye Sackett was the fastest gun alive. Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures is a project created to release some of the author's more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. In Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volumes 1 and 2, Beau L'Amour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father was never able to publish during his lifetime. L'Amour's never-before-seen first novel, No Traveller Returns, faithfully completed for this program, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. Additionally, many beloved classics are being rereleased with an exclusive Lost Treasures postscript featuring previously unpublished material, including outlines, plot notes, and alternate drafts. These postscripts tell the story behind the stories that millions of readers have come to know and cherish."

Louis L'Amour (Author), Dan John Miller, David Strathairn, Jason Culp (Narrator)

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The Lonesome Gods (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures): A Novel

"The classic Western, now newly repackaged as part of Bantam's Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures program-with never-before-seen material from Louis and his son, Beau L'Amour. 'I am Johannes Verne, and I am not afraid.' This was the boy's mantra as he plodded through the desert alone, left to die by his vengeful grandfather. Johannes Verne was soon to be rescued by outlaws, but no one could save him from the lasting memory of his grandfather's eyes, full of impenetrable hatred. Raised in part by Indians, then befriended by a mysterious woman, Johannes grew up to become a rugged adventurer and an educated man. But even now, strengthened by the love of a golden-haired girl and well on his way to making a fortune in bustling early-day Los Angeles, the past may rise up to threaten his future once more. And this time only the ancient gods of the desert can save him. Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures is a project created to release some of the author's more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. In Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 1 and Volume 2, Beau L'Amour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father was never able to publish during his lifetime. L'Amour's never-before-seen first novel, No Traveller Returns, faithfully completed for this program, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. Additionally, many beloved classics will be rereleased with an exclusive Lost Treasures postscript featuring previously unpublished material, including outlines, plot notes, and alternate drafts. These postscripts tell the story behind the stories that millions of readers have come to know and cherish."

Louis L'Amour (Author), Dan John Miller, David Strathairn, Jason Culp, Oliver Wyman (Narrator)

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Last of the Breed

""For sheer adventure L'Amour is in top form."-Kirkus Reviews Here is the kind of authentically detailed epic novel that has become Louis L'Amour's hallmark. It is the compelling story of U.S. Air Force Major Joe Mack, a man born out of time. When his experimental aircraft is forced down in Russia and he escapes a Soviet prison camp, he must call upon the ancient skills of his Indian forebears to survive the vast Siberian wilderness. Only one route lies open to Mack: the path of his ancestors, overland to the Bering Strait and across the sea to America. But in pursuit is a legendary tracker, the Yakut native Alekhin, who knows every square foot of the icy frontier-and who knows that to trap his quarry he must think like a Sioux."

Louis L'Amour (Author), David Strathairn (Narrator)

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American Classics

Alice Walker, Amy Tan, Donald Barthelme, Edgar Allan Poe, Eudora Welty, John Cheever, John Sayles, Joyce Carol Oates (Author), Carmen De Lavallade, Christine Baranski, David Strathairn, Freda Foh Shen, Jerry Stiller, Malachy Mccourt, Rene Aubergenois, Stockard Channing (Narrator)

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The Rivalry

"Academy Award-nominees Paul Giamatti and David Strathairn star in Norman Corwin's electrifying dramatization of the history-making Lincoln-Douglas debates. This fierce rivalry between rising legislator Abraham Lincoln and incumbent Senator Stephen A. Douglas tackled some of the day's most passionate and controversial issues - above all those of slavery and the American concept of freedom. As seen through the eyes of Douglas' young wife Adele, the play illuminates two of the most charismatic politicians of any era. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Paul Giamatti as Stephen A. Douglas David Strathairn as Abraham Lincoln Lily Rabe as Adele Douglas James Gleason as Rep. Committeeman and Reporter Directed by Eric Simonson. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles."

Norman Corwin (Author), David Strathairn, James Gleason, Paul Giamatti (Narrator)

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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

"This star-studded recording brings to life a history-changing political battle. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates made history and changed its course through seven legendary match-ups between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas during the 1858 Illinois senatorial race. Although he lost the election, Lincoln's gift for oratory and his antislavery stance made him a nationally known figure, and led to his election to the presidency in 1860. Never before presented in audio, these debates and great statesmen are brought to life by narrators Richard Dreyfuss (Douglas) and David Strathairn (Lincoln). The Lincoln-Douglas Debates provide a soundtrack to a nation discovering its better self."

Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas (Author), David Strathairn, Richard Dreyfuss (Narrator)

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Thalia Book Club: Richard Ford's The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land

Richard Ford (Author), David Strathairn, Isaiah Sheffer, Richard Ford (Narrator)

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Tales of Betrayal

"In this compilation characters make choices that define their lives and suffer consequences often dire or disquieting. Abraham prepares to slay Isaac; siblings fall in love with the same man; a Thai man hides his secret guilt from his best friend on draft selection day; delve into the secret lives of people and discover what drives them to betrayal."

Adam Haslett, Galina Vromen, John Biguenet, John Cheever, Rattawut Lapchraroensap, Tessa Hadley (Author), Anne Meara, B. D. Wong, David Strathairn, Jane Curtin, John Shea, Shohreh Aghdashloo (Narrator)

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Welcome to the Monkey House

"Kurt Vonnegut is a master of contemporary American Literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Siren's of Titan in 1959 and established him as ''a true artist''* with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He is, as Graham Greene has declared, ''one of the best living American writers.'' Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, what these superb stories share is Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision. *The New York Times"

Kurt Vonnegut (Author), David Strathairn, Maria Tucci (Narrator)

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The The Sackett Brand: The Sacketts: A Novel

"In The Sackett Brand, Louis L'Amour spins the story of a courageous man who must face overwhelming odds to track down a killer. Tell Sackett and his bride, Ange, came to Arizona to build a home and start a family. But on Black Mesa, something goes terribly wrong. Tell is ambushed and badly injured. When he finally manages to drag himself back to where he left Ange, she is gone. Desperate, cold, hungry, and with nothing to defend himself, Tell is stalked like a wounded animal. While he hides from his attackers, his rage and frustration mount as he tries to figure out who the men are, why they are trying to kill him, and what has happened to his wife. Discovering the truth will be risky. And when he finally does, it will be their turn to run."

Louis L'Amour (Author), David Strathairn (Narrator)

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High Lonesome

"Considine and Pete Runyon had once been friends, back in the days when both were cowhands. But when Runyon married the woman Considine loved, the two parted ways. Runyon settled down and became a sheriff. Considine took up robbing banks. Now Considine is planning a raid on the bank at Obaro, a plan that will pit him against Runyon . . . and lead to riches or suicide. The one thing he never counted on was meeting a strong, beautiful woman and her stubborn father, hell-bent on traveling alone through Apache territory to a new life. Suddenly Considine must choose between revenge and redemption-and either choice could be the last one he makes."

Louis L'Amour (Author), David Strathairn (Narrator)

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Hondo

"He was etched by the desert's howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and the ways of staying alive. She was a woman alone raising a young son on a remote Arizona ranch. And between Hondo Lane and Angie Lowe was the warrior Vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men. Now the pioneer woman, the gunman, and the Apache warrior are caught in a drama of love, war, and honor."

Louis L'Amour (Author), David Strathairn (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by David Strathairn