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Powder River, Season Two

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POWDER RIVER IS AN EXCELLENT RADIO SERIES. IT IS WELL WRITTEN AND HAS GREAT DEPTH OF ITS CHARACTERS. NOW THAT THE SERIES IS AVAILABLE ON CD, CASSETTE AND MP3 IT WILL OBVIOUSLY GAIN MORE FAN DUE TO GREATER ACCESS. IF YOU LIKE WESTERNS YOU WILL ENJOY POWDER RIVER. I CAN'T GET ENOUGH!

For those of us who grew up with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, The Lone Ranger, and enjoy all those Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns, we can get our fix of the ole wild west in the audio drama format now, too. POWDER RIVER is written in the style of the 1940s and '50s radio drama, where a central ensemble of characters carry on surviving what life in a frontier town throws at them. The series is set in Clearmont, Wyoming near Fort Sheridan, at a time when American Indians were being "resettled" from one reservation to another and the railroad was being built, and law and order were yet fully established so there is plenty of action to be had here. One of the things that I like about Powder River, is that it is "family friendly," with language and situations appropriate for children to listen to with parents. For a good old shoot 'em up western, I highly recommend the POWDER RIVER series of audio dramas... especially great in the car!

Powder River is an amazing series. In season one, the show was "finding it's way." In season two, it found it, and quickly takes the listener off on an amazing journey with more plot twists and unexpected turns than you can shale a stick at. Why is it classic? YOu care about the characters, and the town they live in. One episode, titled "Blood on Montana Snow" is a great example of the chemistry with this cast. This show is every bit as good as Gunsmoke, or Bonanza, or even the Lone Ranger. The last episode in this 15 episode set is a cliff hanger of epic proportions. Someday in the future, this series will be hailed as one of the GREAT all-time westerns. It blows Louis La'Mour Theatre out of the water.