Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life vs Pardners: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns, Fiction
Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life
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Stewart Edward White’s 1904 collection of thirteen short stories entertain readers with wild and wooly tales of the American frontier, including narratives about prospecting and logging.
Pardners
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Pardners is a Fiction Short Story Book. "Most all the old quotations need fixing", said Joyce in tones forbidding dispute. "For instance, the guy that alluded to marriages germinating in heaven certainly got off on the…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Pardners is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 4 for Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life | Pardners | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.3 (11) | 3.7 (11) |
Reception
| Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life | Pardners | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 11 | 11 |
| Editions | 15 | 34 |
| Citations | 2 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 13 | 11 |
| Reading it now | — | 2 |
| Written reviews | 2 | 3 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 601 |
| Pages | 260 | 128 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life or Pardners?
Pardners has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Pardners 3.8/5, Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life or Pardners?
Pardners is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Pardners (128 pages, ≈ 2 h 22 m); Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life (260 pages, ≈ 4 h 49 m).
Which is harder to read: Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life or Pardners?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life: Challenging; Pardners: Challenging.