An overland journey vs The Quick and the Dead: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Overland journeys to the Pacific, Frontier and pioneer life
An overland journey
The following letters, as is generally known, were written to The New York Tribune during a journey through Kansas, Utah, and California, last summer. No one can be more conscious than the writer that they present the…
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The Quick and the Dead
When Duncan McKaskel decided to move his family west, he knew he would face dangers, and he was prepared for them. He knew about the exhausting terrain, and he was expecting the punishing elements. What he worried about…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Quick and the Dead highest: The Quick and the Dead 4.0 · An overland journey 3.8.
- The Quick and the Dead is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for An overland journey.
- The Quick and the Dead has the widest readership — 7104 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| An overland journey | The Quick and the Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (7104) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.8 (10) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (126) |
Reception
| An overland journey | The Quick and the Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 7104 |
| Editions | 40 | 18 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 7124 |
| Pages | 388 | 185 |