Americas storyteller, louis lamour, brings to life the american frontier. Louis dearborn lamour was an american novelist and shortstory writer. In the 1950s, stories from his westerns he called them frontier stories began to. Louis lamour was born on march 22, 1908 in jamestown, north dakota, usa as louis dearborn lamoore. A small publisher in oklahoma published a book of lamours poetry, smoke.
There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the world. Among them were stranger on horseback, 1955 starring joel mccrea, the. This is one of my favorite louis lamour books, probably because of the kids. Keep up to date on louis lamour news, new book releases, articles. Louis lamour bantam books, 1993, 1965 this short novel by louis lamour is a western that takes place in arizona just after the civil war. Westward the tide by louis lamour, paperback barnes.
The first novel in what was to be the sacketts series, this book from louis lamour was originally published in 1974. Hondo 1985 hondo is the epitome of a cowboya tough, squintyeyed loner with an underlying gentlenesswho comes upon a woman and her son living in hostile indian territory. Louis lamours most popular book is where buzzards fly louis lamour. After the massacre hardy and betty sue were left with only a horse and a knife. Thats when they came across an old irish horse trader who offered them two fine. He is one of the great western writers of the 20th century. His epic stories such as jubal sackett, the lonesome gods, the walking drum, to the far blue mountains, fair blows the wind, bendigo shafter, etc these are the best stories. Filled with men and women who embody the values we cherish most, lamours frontier tales satisfy our longing for the inspiration provided by those who struggle against the. A personal guide to the sackett novels by louis as number 9. This book is a great story and read by a very good illustrator. But his books are always full of great metaphors, such as. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the sackett brand. And he was counting on those things now, as he led an unsuspecting group of settlers into an abandoned mining town. Top 10 western books american cowboy travel people.
The roan spun like a top and then bucked and the wouldbe rider was piled into the water trough and his screams brought bowdrie and the marshal running, for the roan had grabbed the thiefs shoulder in his teeth. Joel mccrea brings law and order to the range in stranger on horseback. Louis lamour s lost treasures is a project created to release some of the authors more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. Westerns based on the works of louis lamour louis lamour, a veteran of world war ii, was a prolific author who began his career writing for the pulps under a variety of names. There are several groups in the book looking for 300 pounds of gold. It starts off with a man known only as the keylock man named for the brand on his horse being hunted by a posse of 6 men and is accused of shooting a man in the back. Complications arise with a host of bad guys, but the story has as much romance as it.
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. However, the bookends of this series are great reads. With a knife, a horse, and the survival lessons his father taught him, hardy must. The official louis lamour web site offers you exclusive photos, essays, and information about louis lamour and. Several of louis lamours short stories were adapted as televison episodes throughout the 1950s. He was a white man as cunning as any indian, a brooding man who trusted in nothing but his weapon and his horse. Louis lamour, american writer, bestselling author of more than 100 books. Mccrea plays a travelling judge who makes it his mission in life to clean up the town of bannerman.
The televison episodes listed below are confirmed louis lamour items. Music is scored by paul dunlap and cinematography by ray rennahan. Lamour captures the heart and free spirit of the american old west in his descriptions of the land and the people that inhabited it, including the title character for this one, conn conagher. Macon fallon was a stranger to the town of seven pines, and fortunately for him he was a stranger with a fast horse. A classic rangewar western, this novel features that powerful, romantic, strangely compelling vision of the american west for which lamours fiction is known. Stranger on horseback is the least known of jacques tourneurs westerns, which include two other joel mccrea vehicles, wichita and stars in my crown not really a western in my view, but widely regarded as such, and the justly celebrated canyon passage.
In the authors words, it was a land where nothing was small, nothing was simple. The late, great, vastly prolific lamour jubal sackett, 1985, etc. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading westward the tide. His epic stories such as jubal sackett, the lonesome gods, themore i think that all of louis lamours book are good. I own a copy of each of these tv episode and i have seen lamours name listed in the credits of each episode. Most of the characters show a love of family, trust, friendship, a love for nature, and dedication. Mccrea portrays a circuit judge richard thorne, who comes to a small western town in the course of making his rounds. This book was released late in louis lamours career, with him having less than 3 years left to live. The collected short stories of louis lamour, volume 3. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. But while fallon prepared to pass the ghost town off as a gold mine in the making, a funny thing happened.
Louis lamour was commissioned to write four hopalong cassidy books in the spring and summer of 1950 by doubledays double d western imprint. There he finds the town and surrounding area under the feudal thumb of an oldline family headed by josiah bannerman john mcintire. Louis lamour has 535 books on goodreads with 5469 ratings. The shadow riders book by louis lamour thriftbooks. As the shadows of world war ii gather, the ss lichenfield is westbound across the pacific carrying eighty thousand barrels of highly explosive naphtha. Louis lamours down the long hills tv movie 1986 imdb.
But then he came across a european hunting party, and a brave and beautiful woman, stranded and defenseless. Two young survivors of a wagontrain massacre battle horse thieves as they take a prize stallion through utah. End of the drive captures all the grit, grandeur, and glory of the men and women who wielded pistol and plow, bible and branding iron to tame a wild country. 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. Now bantam books proudly presents this special centennial edition of education of a wandering man, in which lamour vividly recalls many of the books he read, the places he visited, and the people he met that catalyzed his. Joel mccrea, miroslava, kevin mccarthy, jaclynne greene, nancy gates, john carradine, john mcintire, emile meyer, robert cornthwaite, james bell, walter baldwin. Louis lamours classic novels of the west make for perfect fathers day gifts. Download and read online for free ebooks written by louis lamour. Having written over 100 books in his lifetime he is the master of the western.
Lamour captures the heart and free spirit of the american old west in his descriptions of the land and the people that inhabited it, including the. Louis lamour 19081988 was a prolific western writer who. Rig barrett papers state that henry drako had trouble with a man named sackett over a stolen horse in tennessee and was run out of the state. Shortly before his death in june 1988, louis lamour completed writing his most unique adventure story. The essence of louis lamours timeless appeal can be found in these unforgettable short stories. If a reader enjoys this novel it is an apt suggestion that he or she will also be interested in the californios, another book by louis lamour, though that book is not in the sackett series. Any western fan has heard of and read books by louis lamour. His novels are not overly complex or filled with numerous subplots. The tightlyconstructed story involves a circuitriding judge. My horse headed back in such a hurry that youd a thought hed left somethin at the hotel. The 2nd and 3rd books in louis lamours hopalong cassidy series really left me disappointed. 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. This book is a great example of the qualitites that you can find in most of his books.
Down the long hills now including louis lamours lost. Fallon read the first chapter of the novel by louis lamour. Louis lamours lost treasures is a project created to release some of the authors more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. Reillys luck louis lamours lost treasures by louis l. Good readkeeps moving and definitely keeps your interest. Hills louis lamours lost treasures and millions of other books are available for. Lamours books, primarily western fiction, remain enormously popular, and most have gone through multiple printings.
Most of the tales feature homeric diction and wonderful hooks. Adapted from a novel by louis lamour, stranger on horseback is one of joel mccreas shorter western vehicles, zipping merrily along at a mere 66 minutes. He swung down and tied his horse to the hitching rail, then stepped up to the boardwalk, a tall young man in a black, flat crowned hat and buckskin shirt. Stranger on horseback is directed by jacques tourneur and adapted to screenplay by herb meadow and don martin from a story written by louis lamour. Stranger on horseback is a 1955 american anscocolor western film directed by jacques tourneur and starring joel mccrea. Louis lamour s longlost first novel, faithfully completed by his son, takes readers on a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. The skyliners sacketts book 17 and millions of other books are available for. 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. If you like any of louis lamours other books, you will love the shadow riders. Fallon macon fallon had never needed much more than a deck of cards, a fast horse, and a ready gun. Mustang man is a fairly short book, but it is packed with action and intrigue.
Although i have been a fan of mr l, amour for years this is one of my favorites. They were the first novels he ever had published and he denied writing them until the day he died, refusing to sign any of them that fans would occasionally bring to his autograph sessions. 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. The hero, nolan sackett, gets caught up in the race when he tries to help a stranded group.
The screenplay is based on a story by louis lamour. This book once listed as number 6 in the sackett series, is now listed in the sackett companion. Based on his classic short story from the collection, buckskin run, thi. If youre not looking to read the entire series, go ahead and just add the rustlers of west fork and trouble shooter to. The outlaw roan the horse thief jerked free of the tierope and leaped into the saddle. Stranger on horseback 1955 stranger on horseback 1955. Set in 1699 it featured the story of protagonist barnabas sackett as he relates his tale, which is a narration of a voyage that saw him trading various furs with the chesapeake indians. His books sold 200 million copies in 20 languages, and at least 30 of his.
With a knife, a horse, and the survival lessons his father taught him, hardy must face the challenges of the open prairie. The horse thief jerked free of the tierope and leaped into the saddle. In those later years and books such as one to ride the river with, the last of the breed, and passin through, became not only watch words for lamour the writer in other books, but became titles for the later books he wrote. Shalako was determined to cross the bleak sonoran desertthe apaches killing groundby himself. Shalako knew that he had to stay and help them survive. Volume 1 and volume 2, beau lamour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that.
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