Gary Cartwright has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators. The most-rated is Social Studies from Texas Monthly.
Showdown at Waggoner Ranch
Summary
In partnership with Texas Monthly, Gary Cartwright's "Showdown at Waggoner Ranch" is now available as an audio download, where the length and timeliness of a podcast meets the high-quality production of a full-length audio program. "Showdown at Waggoner Ranch" is the saga of Texas's second-largest ranch and its shambles of an inheritance left by W.T. Waggoner to his descendants. It is a history of a sliver of Texas's elite, how they made their money and how they, often scandalously, spent their time. Simultaneously, it is a nod to the cowboy lifestyle that stands at risk should the feud of the Waggoner inheritance actually put the fate of the ranch at risk. With a rollicking cast of characters - Native American chiefs, Teddy Rooosevelt, an eight-time divorcee, the best and richest of East Coast society - Gary Cartwright offers a rich exploration into the creation of an empire and its imminent downfall.
©2018 Gary Cartwright (P)2018 Random House Audio
Dirty Dealing
Summary
Minutes into this rollicking good story, the central figure, Lee Chagra, comes alive: "[Lee] washed his morning cocaine down with strong coffee and remembered the time he had met Sinatra, how genuine he appeared." Everything you'll need to know and remember about Chagra - the son of Syrian immigrants to Mexico and an attorney who spun the world of dope-running, border-crossing, high-living outlaws along the El Paso-Juarez border around his finger like the gaudy rings he favored - can be neatly summarized in that one sentence. Chagra dies not long after, yet he haunts the rest of this cautionary tale like a high-rolling specter.
©1984, 1998 Gary Cartwright (P)2020 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
Social Studies from Texas Monthly
Summary
In partnership with Texas Monthly, the following articles focusing on Texas society are now available in a bundle as an audio download: "Busting Out of Mexico" by Jan Reid, read by Bruce DuBose "Showdown at Waggoner Ranch" by Gary Cartwright, read by Bruce DuBose "Cops and Robbers" by Katy Vine, read by Lydia Mackay "Lost and Found" by Katy Vine, read by Lydia Mackay "The Trouble With Innocence" by Michael Hall, read by Christopher Ryan Grant "Busting Out of Mexico" by Jan Reid details the unbelievable story of an eclectic group of Texans who broke Americans out of a Mexican jail. "Showdown at Waggoner Ranch" by Gary Cartwright is the saga of the Waggoner family and their fight over the inheritance of the second largest ranch in Texas. "Cops and Robbers" by Katy Vine investigates the Panama Unit, a group of police officers tasked with cleaning up the drug trade along the Southern Texas and Mexico border who instead became a part of it. "Lost and Found" by Katy Vine profiles the refugee community of Amarillo, Texas, and one woman who volunteers to help them settle into their new lives. "The Trouble with Innocence" by Michael Hall explores one man's journey through the Texas justice and prison system and asks how, after seeking innocence for 39 years, he could deny his own exoneration.
©2018 Katy Vine, Michael Hall, Gary Cartwright, and Jan Reid (P)2018 Random House Audio