A Deal in Wheat and other Stories of the New and Old West


Read by Don W. Jenkins

(4.6 stars; 7 reviews)

This collection of Frank Norris' stories was published after his death in 1902. These stories range in topic from the machinations of the commodities market in Chicago in "A Deal in Wheat" to a desperate race for love in "The Riding of Felipe." "A Deal in Wheat" contains the kernel of Norris' last novel The Pit. - Summary by Don W. Jenkins (5 hr 4 min)

Chapters

A Deal in Wheat 24:58 Read by Don W. Jenkins
The Wife of Chino 33:10 Read by Don W. Jenkins
A Bargain with Peg-Leg 20:43 Read by Don W. Jenkins
The Passing of Cockeye Blacklock 26:19 Read by Don W. Jenkins
A Memorandum of Sudden Death 37:02 Read by Don W. Jenkins
Two Hearts that Beat as One 25:38 Read by Don W. Jenkins
The Dual Personality of Slick Dick Nickerson 34:03 Read by Don W. Jenkins
The Ship that Saw a Ghost 34:57 Read by Don W. Jenkins
The Ghost in the Crosstrees 26:31 Read by Don W. Jenkins
The Riding of Felipe 41:11 Read by Don W. Jenkins

Reviews


(4 stars)

The reader is super. As good as any I've heard. I hope he will record The Pit.