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Post by mel64us on Jan 29, 2019 11:06:56 GMT -5
I have most of his novels and some of his short stories. He researched the areas in his stories before he wrote about them.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jan 29, 2019 11:28:11 GMT -5
I've never heard of him. I must check him out.
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Post by sperrytops on Jan 29, 2019 11:30:14 GMT -5
One of America's most famous wild west novelists.
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Post by AJ on Jan 29, 2019 11:32:06 GMT -5
I believe I have read everything he wrote and published a minimum of 3-4 times. “The Last of the Breed”, “Haunted Mesa”, “The Lonesome Gods”, and “Jubal Sackett” are my favorites. I believe “The Last of the Breed” was the only novel he wrote that he didn’t physically go to the area to research the typography. I was so disappointed that he passed away before he could write the sequel to this favorite of mine.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2019 11:32:59 GMT -5
One of America's most famous wild west novelists. +1 ^^^^^^^ I’ve enjoyed reading a few of this authors books👍 |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jan 29, 2019 11:55:03 GMT -5
 The real deal, if you want to know American, you read him.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 29, 2019 12:06:39 GMT -5
That's why his books stand the test of time. Zane Gray also did extensive research. Elmer Keith was his guide from Missouri to Montana.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 29, 2019 12:07:16 GMT -5
I've never heard of him. I must check him out. You are environmentally deprived. |
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Post by AJ on Jan 29, 2019 12:23:16 GMT -5
I've never heard of him. I must check him out. You are environmentally deprived. “I’m sorry, I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there!”  AJ |
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Post by Butch Cassidy on Jan 29, 2019 12:27:43 GMT -5
Wonderful American Author.....................
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Post by Legend Lover on Jan 29, 2019 12:49:03 GMT -5
I've never heard of him. I must check him out. You are environmentally deprived. To be fair, I'm deprived in many other areas too. |
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Post by kirk13 on Jan 29, 2019 13:00:56 GMT -5
You are environmentally deprived. To be fair, I'm deprived in many other areas too. I am surprised there,given our collective fascination with the American in Norn Irn. Saying that,I only became aware of Louis L'amour as a teenager in SA |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 29, 2019 14:34:44 GMT -5
I prefer Zane Grey, who preceded L'Amour.
I especially like the novel "The U.P.Trail".
This is not to say that I don't like L'Amour, but I think he leans a lot more on romantic interests whereas Grey tends to focus on the relationship between the man and the land.
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Post by Baboo on Jan 29, 2019 17:57:08 GMT -5
I've got em all read em all... some twice. Zane Grey also. Exciting relaxing easy reads that I'll revisit again and again.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 29, 2019 17:59:55 GMT -5
The Code of The West : (one version)
1. Live each day with courage
2. Take pride in your work
3. Always finish what you start
4. Do what has to be done
5. Be tough, but fair
6. When you make a promise, keep it
7. Ride for the brand
8. Talk less and say more
9. Remember that some things aren’t for sale
10. Know where to draw the line
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Post by acefour on Jan 29, 2019 18:18:08 GMT -5
Great writer!
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Post by driftingfate on Jan 29, 2019 19:35:50 GMT -5
"Fair Blows the Wind" is one of my all time favorite books.
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Post by Chuckus on Jan 29, 2019 19:43:41 GMT -5
Read them all some a couple times.He was a pretty interesting guy if you check his bio.Loved his sense of humor.
My favorites are
The Key-Lock Man
Last of the Breed
Was I you I'd read a couple,that is, if'n you like Westerns.
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Post by LSUTigersFan on Jan 29, 2019 19:50:50 GMT -5
I have all but one volume of his short stories. GREAT STUFF!
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Post by JimInks on Jan 29, 2019 21:07:29 GMT -5
Count me in as a Louis L'amour fan. A fair number of his stories are on audio, and they are well done.
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Jan 30, 2019 7:40:40 GMT -5
I have a box full of his books and I'm sure I don't have all of them, good reads and you can finish one of his books in about 2 hours
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 10:05:27 GMT -5
My mother, of all people, was a great fan of LL'A back in the eighties and read all his books. She eventually went back to reading mysteries and was still reading bestsellers up to the day she died at age 94. Her favorite in her last years were the Michael Connelly novels, which I used to buy for her in books with large-sized print. There must be some link between an active reader's mind and longevity, although of course I'm sure that there are also many other contributing factors.
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The real deal, if you want to know American, you read him.
