The gentle desperado vs The Lost Wagon Train: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Westerns, Fiction
The gentle desperado
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The Gentle Desperado is comprised of the following stories, which were originally published in Western Story Magazine and written under the pen name "George Owen Baxter" The Gentle Desperado, The Terrible Tenderfoot,…
The Lost Wagon Train
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The story of a Civil War soldier finding his humanity in the face of horrible savagery.Emerging from the Civil War a shamed and broken man, Stephen Latch turns to a life of thievery and murder. Still hoping to uphold…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The gentle desperado is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for The Lost Wagon Train.
- The gentle desperado has the widest readership — 12 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| The gentle desperado | The Lost Wagon Train | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (12) | 4.3 (10) |
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Reception
| The gentle desperado | The Lost Wagon Train | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 12 | 10 |
| Editions | 9 | 32 |
| Pages | 195 | 384 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The gentle desperado or The Lost Wagon Train?
The Lost Wagon Train has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Lost Wagon Train 3.9/5, The gentle desperado 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: The gentle desperado or The Lost Wagon Train?
The gentle desperado is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The gentle desperado (195 pages, ≈ 3 h 37 m); The Lost Wagon Train (384 pages, ≈ 7 h 07 m).
Which is harder to read: The gentle desperado or The Lost Wagon Train?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The gentle desperado: Moderate; The Lost Wagon Train: Challenging.