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Set in the turbulent years of the early 1900s, green was training horses, trading cattle, and running his own ranch by age 16. 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. Furthermore, he also wrote historical fiction, science fiction, nonfiction, short stories and poetry. B western cowboy comics links to a huge collection of comic books of western classics and of western movie heroes.
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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. The recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, mcmurtry was a wallace stegner fellow at stanford university. The second louis lamour 4 book western bundle showdown on the hogback, rider of lost creek, the rider of the ruby hills, ride, you tonto raiders. United states marshal western series book 1 by randall dale, scott harris, et al. Handpicked recommendations to authors who have a similar writing style to louis lamour. 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. Books and quotes by the author of western fiction louis dearborn lamour was a novelist and shortstory writer best known for his gamut of western novels. When i first discovered this top 10 classic western novels of all time post, i faved it and continue to check it out. I love a good western novelbut there are so few writers who can do them well, avoiding the dusty cliches and tropes of the genre to deliver a powerful, memorable, original story with fleshandblood characters.
The burning hills was released in august, 1956, after both hondo and guns of the timberlands and offers excellent example of the early western writings of louis lamour. Lamour books consisted mainly of western stories, though he normally referred them as frontiers. It was during the 1950s following his service in the army that louis began to sell novels with a primarily western slant. This book is one of many hilarious, informationpacked, heartfelt shortstory books by green. His first novels wasnt a western, and several of his last novels. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new. Louis dearborn lamour was an american novelist and shortstory writer. The isbn is for the paperback edition except when only a hardcover exists. Free western ebooks by some of your favorite authors are here for you to download and enjoy. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the world. The complete series list for sacketts louis lamour. 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.
Louis lamour author of last of the breed goodreads. March 22, 1908 june 10, 1988 was an american novelist and shortstory writer. Louis lamour, one of the most popular authors in world history, created iconic. Authors like louis lamour may be household names, but there are plenty of undertheradar western authors who have contributed much to the history of the genre.
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. If you yearn for action packed tales that take place in arid, desolate. Hondo was the first fulllength novel written by louis lamour and is considered his best work. During the heyday decades of western books and magazines so many of em were published that im still discovering authors and titles ive missed. Lamours books, primarily western fiction, remain enormously popular, and most have gone through multiple printings. Free audio books in genre westerns that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. He was also known for delving into sciencefiction, and many of his novels were also made into movies too.
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Glory riders by louis lamour collected for the first time in a single book are six of lamours finest western stories. This is a great collection of classic western novels. He visited all of the western states plus england, japan, china, borneo, the dutch east indies, arabia, egypt, and. Lasso up these classic best western books for your reading rodeo. Louis lamour 19081988 marcial lafuente estefania 19031984, his pen name. 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. The first novel in what was to be the sacketts series, this book from louis lamour was originally published in 1974. Download and read online for free ebooks written by louis lamour. At western authors, our goal is to make it easier to find all sorts of western books and authors from the 19th century to today. Mar 31, 2017 louis dearborn lamour was an american author. Books about western stories sorted by popularity project gutenberg books about western. And more recent writers are even now riding out of the untamed lands. Project gutenberg offers 61,679 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone.
His favorite family is, of course, the sacketts, a mountain family of rough and tumble straight shooters literally. In this book tabitha canterbury has one goal in life, to open a bookshop. The second louis lamour 4 book western bundle showdown on the hogback, rider of lost creek. In the 1950s, stories from his westerns he called them frontier stories began to be made into movies. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this. Yet, for me, the book remains one of the better novels mr. Glory riders book by louis lamour official publisher. The making of the western mind by holland, tom book the cheap fast. Weve rounded up the all the best and most famous western novel authors to make the ultimate list of westerns. This is a list of some notable authors in the western fiction genre. Americas storyteller the louis lamour trading post, books, short. His books consisted primarily of western novels though he called his work frontier stories.
Publishing his first novel, westward the tide, in 1951, his fate as a western novelist was sealed finally getting him the recognition he was hoping for. Lamours western stories, as written by a reallife adventurer, capture the survivalism and code of honor on which the american frontier mythology rests. The rustlers of west fork 1951 as by tex burns the trail. Americas storyteller the louis lamour trading post, books. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers.
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I enjoyed lonesome dove, but havent felt like rereading it for that reason. The truth finally came out in june 1991, when the authors family released the rustlers of. My leisure time was spent either gallivanting ahorseback through the rocky mountains surrounding my home, or buried in a. Louis lamour, one of the most popular authors in world history, created. I have a great book a collection of his western stories, and they are clean, no sex, just good gritty tales mostly of fighting the apaches and a few others. The genre gained the popularity in the 20th century when a lot of writers are fond of stories about american settlers and their hard lives. There are so many great ones to choose from and it is all very subjective. Born on march 22, 1908, louis dearborn lamour was a novelist and shortstory writer best known for his gamut of western novels, which he. Louis was my fave, but next to him, elmore leonard is next. Click here for a plain text version of this checklist. A book is also a considerate option when giving to an acquaintance such as a coworker. Authors similar to louis lamour goodreads share book.
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