Louis L'Amour





Louis L'Amour

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born
in Jamestown, North Dakota, The United States
March 22, 1908

died
June 10, 1988

gender
male

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Louis L'Amour was an American author. L'Amour's books, primarily Western fiction, remain enormously popular, and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death all 101 of his works were in print (86 novels, 14 short-story collections and one full-length work of nonfiction) and he was considered "one of the world's most popular writers".
-Wikipedia


Average rating: 3.89 · 124,028 ratings · 5,015 reviews · 427 distinct works · Similar authors
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 2,518 ratings — published 1961 — 27 editions
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More books by Louis L'Amour…
“The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast,
and you miss all you are traveling for.”
Louis L'Amour

“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning. ”
Louis L'Amour

“For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time.”
Louis L'Amour

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