Sixteen in Nome
Written by Max Brand
Narrated by David Stuart
4/5
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About this audiobook
Sixteen In Nome is narrated by young Joe May, an Arizonian who has come to Alaska to "make his stake for a ranch." Joe finds being on his own difficult as he reflects "Sixteen is a bad age for a boy. It is too full of growing and not enough full of strength." Joe's coming of age story in Alaska during the gold rush of the 1890's is an intertwining backdrop to the conflict between Hugh Massey and Arnie Calmont.
Massey and Calmont were a legend in the Yukon, partners in all until they clash over a most extraordinary and powerful dog known as Alec the Great, and over a mystery woman, Marjorie, who puts herself up for auction to the highest bidder among the Nome miners. Calmont wins the auction but Massey wins Marjorie's heart, just as he had won Alec's heart when Alec belonged to Calmont.
Max Brand
Max Brand® (1892–1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Orphaned at an early age, he studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He became one of the most prolific writers of our time but abandoned writing at age fifty-one to become a war correspondent in World War II, where he was killed while serving in Italy.
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Reviews for Sixteen in Nome
4 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great story of how friends are better together than apart. I Recommend highly
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Set in the gold rush period of Alaska at the turn of the last century, the book opens in Nome with narrator Joe May bemoaning that "sixteen is a bad age for a boy" - no longer a child, but not quite a man, either. Joe is in Alaska to earn a stake so he can buy a ranch and a herd back home in Arizona, but is, instead, starving. He is taken in by Hugh Massey, famous throughout Alaska for the ongoing feud he has with his old partner, Arnie Calmont, over a dog. In fact, there was even a court judgement ordering the two men not to fight with one another when Massey was awarded custody of the dog. When Massey also ends up harboring Calmont's woman - won fair and square in a public auction - he decides to take her across Alaska to Forty Mile, near the Canadian border, hoping to draw Calmont into a pursuit. Either Calmont will attack him first, forcing Massey to fighting in self-defense, or they can cross over into Canada and fight legally. Joe comes along to act as chaperone, and Alec the dog heads up the team pulling the sled. Most of the rest of the story chronicles the dangers and adventures that occured on the trip. Of course, they eventually meet up with Calmont, but that doesn't quite go as planned. Late in the book, Joe is contemplating that the three most important things in Massey's life are the woman Marjorie, the ongoing fight with Calmont, and Alec the dog. Massey's highest priority of all these, though, is the dog.A fun, tradional Western adventure story. Fairly short and easy to read. I didn't realize that Max Brand was anyone special, though. Turns out, Max Brand is a pen name for Frederick Faust, one of the most prolific writers in the 20th century - selling many of his works to be adapted for the screen. He was the creator of the characters Destry and Dr Kildare. Anyway, I enjoyed this book.