Cowboys, indians, gunslingers, outlaws, texas rangers and frontier marshals are authentically recreated in the novels, short stories, videos and audio cassettes of one of the worlds best selling authors. This is the second louis lamour book i read, the first was about twenty years ago and i vaguely remember it being about miners i think. The proving trail by louis lamour overdrive rakuten. Louis lamour project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read.
In the first in this trio of western stories by louis lamour black rockjim gatlin, a texas trail driver, arrives in the town of tucker where he finds himself quickly drawn into the middle of an allout battle. Tucker 1972 the man from skibbereen 1973 the quick and the dead 1974 the californios 1945 the proving trail 1978 the iron marshal 1979. Free ebook last of the breed by louis lamour across multiple fileformats including epub, doc, and pdf. Audio recordings of novels and short stories by louis l. Tucker by louis lamour free mobi epub ebooks download. As another western fan of louis lamour, zane grey, max brand, etc. Louis lamour 19081988 was an american novelist, or as he would say, an american storyteller. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Louis lamours lost treasures is a project created to release some of the authors more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. Born in jamestown, north dakota on march 22, 1908, louis lamours adventurous. Last of the breed follow these steps to enable get access last of the breed. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the.
Louis lamour is currently considered a single author. Born in jamestown, north dakota, he was the most decorated author in the history of american letters. Mass market paperback revised ed westerns general book. We met nolan sackett in mojave crossing and it was pretty clear that there was more to him than met the eye. There are more than 300 million copies of his books in print around the world. Volumes 1, beau lamour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father. If a man wont fight for what is rightly his, then he aint much account. At the end of the bloody trail shell tucker was a legendand a man. Americas storyteller, louis lamour, brings to life the american frontier. Our foremost storyteller of the american west, louis lamour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and woman who settled the frontier. Louis lamour s 115 titleplus bibliography is astonishing on its own. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading silver canyon. A novel by louis lamour and read this book on kobos.
Dreaming of adventure, tucker had wanted to join their gang. Based on a novel by louis lamour, this comedic western tells of a thieving man who tries to get his hands on two million dollars of government cash while trying to avoid his friendwho happens to be a lawman. And most of her stories about 28 of em are here for free. Once, impressed by their tales of gunplay and thievery, young shell tucker had been eager to call them his friends. His books consisted primarily of western fiction novels though he called his work frontier stories, however. His books consisted primarily of western fiction 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, free book online in epub, txt, pdf at. Furthermore, he also wrote historical fiction, science fiction, nonfiction, short stories and poetry. Louis lamour books list of books by author louis lamour.
Husband looking for free western novels mobileread forums. See more ideas about louis l amour, books and author. Louis dearborn lamour was an american novelist and shortstory writer. The hills of homicide louis lamours lost treasures ebook by. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Read sacketts land by louis lamour available from rakuten kobo. He succeeds against improbable odds after numerous escapes from what should have been sure death, by persistence and because, justice. Description of the book louis lamour western collection. The ferguson riflethe mountain valley warnorth to the railsreillys luck tucker boxed set, author. After discovering six gold roman coins buried in the mud of the devils dyke, barnabas sackett enthusiastically invests. Tucker held my interest and i must admit, i couldnt put it down. Last of the breed louis lamours lost treasures ebook. Here is a collection of louis lamour detective storiesvivid tales as memorable and exciting as his beloved frontier fiction. Josh mcclendonoctober 25, 2011oral and written communicationmr.
There are more than 270 million copies of his books in print. Her happy family seems real to me and their situations more human and humorous. Simply being prolific, however, does not a bestselling author make. With this challenge from his dying father, young shell tucker rode out. Then he saw the men in bob heseltines gang from the other side, when they robbed his father of twenty thousand in hardearned money. Bowdrie, texas ranger lawman, manhunter, peacemakerit takes a. This is a story based in colorado around the 1860s. Louis l amour download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. She doesnt write the traditional fast gun against great odds kind of story. Laste ned eller lese pa net to tame a land bok gratis pdfepub. The author was focused on writing stories about the old west before it was highly populated by new settlers and miners. Louis lamour author our foremost storyteller of the american west, louis lamour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and women who settled the frontier. March 22, 1908 june 10, 1988 was an american novelist and shortstory writer. The author is known for his western pieces, many of them have become movies.
With this challenge from his dying father, young shell tucker rode out after three men who had stolen the twenty thousand dollars his father was carrying. He wants the readers to know what the west used to be like, how few cities and towns there were, what the government was like, even how people treated one another. The majority of his work was western novels which he referred to as frontier novels, although he had some science fiction and historical fiction books in there as well. Tucker s schtick is that he becomes the vengeful nemesis of the men who stole his money, just by following them. Two of the men he hunted, doc sites and kid reese, were his friends.
The official louis lamour web site offers you exclusive photos, essays, and information about louis lamour and. Louis lamour 19081988 was an american author whose western stories are loved the world over. Download louis lamour ebook collection books epub. In the first in this trio of western stories by louis lamour black rock jim gatlin, a texas trail driver, arrives in the town of tucker where he finds himself quickly drawn into the middle of an allout battle for the xy ranch when, due to a case of mistaken identity, he kills the segundo of wing carys flying c ranch. In 1982 he was the first american author ever to be awarded a special national gold medal by the united states congress for lifetime literary achievement, and in 1984 president reagan. Louis lamours lost treasures an exploration of the. Louis lamour is the only novelist in history to receive both the presidential medal of freedom and the congressional gold medal. Tucker tells the coming of age tail of a boy who becomes a man without even realizing it. Louis dearborn lamour was an american journalist and a short story writer who was born on 22 march 1908. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. See more ideas about louis l amour, books and my books.
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