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Silver canyon was my first foray into the world of louis l amour. A mixture of good plotting, strong characters, romance and gunplay is coupled with some beautiful descriptive passages. There, he changed his name to louis lamour and settled down to try to make. Louis l amour, truly americas favorite storyteller, was the first fiction writer ever to receive the congressional gold medal from the united states congress in honor of his lifes work, and was also awarded the medal of freedom. Silver canyon the louis lamour collection by louis lamour isbn. Louis lamour 19081988 was an american author whose western stories are loved the world over. Last of the breed by by louis lamour this last of the breed book is not really ordinary book, you have it then the world is in your hands. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read flint. Silver canyon by louis lamour overdrive rakuten overdrive.
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L amour s books, primarily western fiction, remain enormously popular, and most have gone through multiple printings. Fueled by youth, courage, and quickness with a gun. Unfollow louis l amour books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. I havent read any of his books and id like to start off on the right hoof. But in one day, matt became a changed man, for on that day a beautiful woman dared him to live, a powerful landowner set him up for a beating, and a good friend. Collected short stories of louis lamour the frontier stories. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the world. Silver canyon louis lamour first edition first printing scarce. Ive got a comstock lodesize folder of electronic louis lamour western novels. Western novel writer louis lamour made himself a successful career as a writer, focusing on the theme of the american frontier up until his death in 1988 at the age of 80. There are more than 265 million copies of his books in print worldwide. Macon fallon had never needed more than a deck of cards, a fast horse, and a ready gun. Western fiction is basically a literary genre which exploits the topic of the frontier, which usually refers to the lands west of the mississippi river, and the conquest of the american west in the 18th and the 19th century.
A novel by lamour, louis and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. His dream was to build magnificent steamboats to ply the rivers of the american frontier. Silver canyon is a novel written by louis lamour set in southcentral utah territory in 1881. His books consisted primarily of western novels though he called his work frontier stories, however he also wrote historical fiction the walking drum, science fiction the haunted mesa, nonfiction frontier, as well as poetry and shortstory collections. Louis lamour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and woman who settled the frontier. Read rivers west a novel by louis lamour available from rakuten kobo. Louis lamour book list sackett series in fictional story order not the order written. Silver canyon 1956 sitka 1957 son of a wanted man 1984. Top 10 books by louis lamour best book recommendations.
At the time of his death all 101 of his works were in print 86 novels, 14 shortstory collections and one fulllength work of nonfiction and he was considered one of the worlds most. Utah is in arizona and silver appears to be in nevada or utah. Born in north dakota, louis dearborn lamour was an american novelist. Sacketts land barnabas sackett to the far blue mountains barnabas sackett. Chapter one i rode down from the high blue hills and across the brush flats into hattans point, a raw bit of spawning hell scattered hit or miss along the rocky slope of a rusttopped mesa. Keep up to date on louis l amour news, new book releases, articles and much more. L amour really was the master of the genre and this book is typical of his best work. It then was published in hardback in 1956 by avalon books and in paperback by bantam books in 1957. This was the country for a man, a big country to grow in, a country where every man stood on his own feet and the wealth of a new land was his for.
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In one, the former gunman is left a ranch by will and in another on a deathbed will. Kilkenny louis lamours lost treasures a novel ebook by louis l. There are often slight discontinuities in his work for example in this book he met wild bill for the first and last time then several chapters later met him ag. Louis lamour collection silver canyon bantam book padded leatherette books, silver. The benefit you get by reading this book is actually information inside this reserve incredible fresh. Rivers west ebook by louis lamour 9780553899689 rakuten kobo. Download louis lamour ebook collection books epub torrent or any other torrent from ebooks category. It was originally published in a shorter version, named riders of the dawn, in the magazine giant western in june 1951. Although he wrote even short stories and scaled genres such as science fiction and historical fiction, louis lamour s best sellers were.
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