Louis lamours lost treasures 27 books by louis lamour sold by. Americas storyteller, louis lamour, brings to life the american frontier. He is best known for his western fiction novels but has also written historical fiction, science fiction, nonfiction, poetry and short stories. March 22, 1908 june 10, 1988 was an american novelist and shortstory writer. By clicking our links to purchase ebooks, you are helping our efforts to maintain the official web site and community.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Louis lamour was an american novelist and short story writer. How to read louis lamour stories online pen and the pad. Click here for a plain text version of this checklist. Louis lamour is a good writer, whos books are predictable and fun to read. I have the full set of 128 louis lamour books in leatherette for sale.
He published ninety novels, thirty shortstory collections, two works of nonfiction, a memoir, education of a wandering man, and a volume of poetry, smoke from this altar. Yes this is a classic louis lamour book, it has adventure, romance, redemption and some strong characters that makes you want to root for them, even if they are on different sides of a conflict. Most of the books are fine but i have a few where the printing is upside downbackwards. Louis dearborn lamour was an american journalist and a short story writer who was born. Sacketts land, to the far blue mountains, the warriors path, jubal sackett, ride the river book 1 of 2. The louis lamour 4 book western bundle riders of the dawn, lit a shuck for texas, trail to crazy man, showdown trail. Lamours western stories, as written by a reallife adventurer, capture the survivalism and code of honor on which. With more than 120 titles still in print, louis lamour is recognized the world over as one of the most prolific and pop. Bowdrie now including louis lamours lost treasures bonus material postscript. Download and read online for free ebooks written by louis lamour. The sackett novels title code novels, continued ttitle code short stories title code. Americas storyteller the louis lamour trading post, books, short. These entertaining selections range from the first four chapters of a chilling western horror novel to a complete movie treatment on the middle eastern adventures of a swashbuckling archeologist.
Sacketts land the first novel in what was to be the sacketts series, this book from louis lamour was originally published in 1974. Summoned to a dark desert plateau by a desperate letter from an old friend, renowned investigator mike raglan is drawn into a world of mystery, violence, and explosive revelations. Louis dearborn lamour was an american journalist and a short story writer who was born on 22 march 1908. Lamour books consisted mainly of western stories, though he normally referred them as frontiers. Louis lamour ebooks epub and pdf format louis lamour ebooks. Popular louis l amour reading list books showing 150 of 115 lord jim paperback by. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the. Kid rodelo by louis lamour and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. All this rapidly led to louis lamour becoming one of the most highly regarded novelists within his field, with both commercial and critical success achieved during his time. About ebooks faq the official louis lamour website. If you want unexpected plot twists and bad guys to be heros pick another author. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the world.
For centuries the sudden disappearance of these people baffled historians. Sitka is one of three louis lamour books published in 1957 and the 12th book of his ive read in my quest to read them all them by year of publication. Ive only read a few other western authors, and most have left me prefering good old louis lamour. Last of the breed by louis lamour, hondo by louis lamour, down the long hills by louis lamour, to the far blue mountains b. Sitka is a bit different from the typical lamour book that ive read so far. Read the collected short stories of louis lamour, volume 1 frontier stories by louis lamour available from rakuten kobo. Louis lamour books list of books by author louis lamour.
More mysterious stories, unfinished manuscripts, and lost notes from one of the worlds most popular novelists part of. If you look at the picture below, youll see that im showing you the front of the book. Order of louis lamour books louis lamour 19081988 was an american novelist, or as he would say, an american storyteller. The illustrated guide to cowboys, indians, gunslingers, outlaws and texas rangers, by english lamour worshipper bruce wexler, a 192page hardback with many neat photos and sketches. 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. From generation to generation they pushed ever westward with a restless. Louis lamour librarything catalog your books online. Willie nelson reads six and one is fully dramatized by nelson, johnny cash, kris kristofferson, and the late waylon jennings, who together were known as the highwaymen. Cowboys, indians, gunslingers, outlaws, texas rangers and frontier marshals are. Popular louis l amour reading list books goodreads. Louis lamour ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall.
Louis lamour is the only americanborn novelist in history to receive both the presidential medal of freedom and the congressional gold medal. 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. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. 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. Joseph conrad shelved 2 times as louislamourreadinglist avg rating 3. The isbn is for the paperback edition except when only a hardcover exists. And there on the already discounted remainder table, was the wild, wild west of louis lamour. What i have attempted to do is take some of my favorites, the sackett, chantry and talon novels and put them in chronological order.
Indeed, the more i read the more lamour novels i plan to read until ive no more to read. Someone recently told me that of all the lamour novels, he thought that sitka was the best. I think of myself in that oral traditionas a troubadour, a village taleteller, the man in the shadows of the campfire. Simply being prolific, however, does not a bestselling author make.
The second reason is the printing in some of the books. The collected short stories of louis lamour, volume 1. Unfollow louis l amour books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Louis lamour s lost treasures is a project created to release some of the authors more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. I was a preteen at the time, and it sparked my interest in westerns. Louis lamours 115 titleplus bibliography is astonishing on its own.
Sacketts land, to the far blue mountains, the warriors path, jubal sackett, ride the river. Furthermore, he also wrote historical fiction, science fiction, nonfiction, short stories and poetry. Bendigo shafter now including louis lamours lost treasures bonus material postscript. 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. I read it every few years, usually taking a few hours. Louis lamours lost treasures an exploration of the. A list of books written by louis lamour the following list was taken from the official website, the isbn numbers are said to be for the paperback editions. Up until now most of lamours stories have taken place in the us s. A list of books written by louis lamour mmt observatory. He wrote 89 novels and i dont know how many short stories and poems. 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. Young tyrel sackett, but 18 years old, kills a man who was going to shoot his unarmed brother, orrin.
In louis lamour s lost treasures volume one, beau lamour presents twentytwo of his fathers unpublished manuscripts. The complete series list for talon and chantry louis lamour. Buy now with 1click hondo louis lamours lost treasures. The sacketts are the unforgettable pioneer family created by master storyteller louis lamour to bring to vivd life the spirit and adventure of the american frontier. This collection, presented in a wood gift box, gathers seven popular louis lamour stories, performed by a starstudded cast. Even since his death in 1988, louis lamour has remained one of the most popular englishlanguage writers in the world. Several volumes of short stories, published posthumously, have only enhanced his worldwide reputation and popularity. This western novel from the prolific louis dearborn lamour 1908 1988 is the first of the 17 sackett novels. For those wishing to read his works online, here is. Louis lamour is currently considered a single author. Considered one of his best works, it is set in 1866.
It was a sale day at the local booksamillion, so i dropped in to see if i could find anything interesting. Wellknown writers of western fiction include zane grey from the early 1900s and louis lamour from the mid 20th century. The official louis lamour web site offers you exclusive photos, essays, and information about louis lamour and. Louis lamours lost treasures 27 books by louis lamour and beau lamour nov 19, 2019. They are the men and women who challenged the untamed wilderness with their dreams and their courage.
489 805 726 780 929 362 1299 1496 643 500 359 1137 78 69 507 415 1406 1478 319 223 759 349 385 942 1337 175 1454 719 194 432 1021 1129 346 534 861 755 26 229 1356 1223 87 359 729 1328 180 455