Louis L'Amour is an American legend, a master storyteller whose tales of action and heroic adventure echo his own intrepid exploits. Relentless sus...
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Jun 30, 2009
Kate
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While spending some time in our local library, I decided to try one of my husband's favorite authors. I chose a novel which turned out to be a good collection of short stories written by Louis L'Amour. He is a great author with a talent in writing action stories. He is well written, although his style and character development would appeal more to men. I liked all of the stories, but was disappointed with the treatment of the female characters. All of the female characters were damsels in d
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Mar 26, 2011
Greg
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This is clearly some of Louis L'Amour's early writing, a little rougher than his later books, but still enjoyable. While it doesn't have the pizzaz of his westerns for me, the short stories in this small volume are interesting for what they reveal about his early vagabond years. They are a jumble of seafaring stories, professional boxing, adventure stories, and detective stories, most of which he seemed to have some experience at one time or another. I have always liked L'Amour's storytelling, a
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Mar 08, 2009
Ryan
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Another collection where L'amour tries to branch out from his Western niche, but you can dress up the cowboy in shorts and a Hawaiian shirt, but he still walks like a cowboy.
May 10, 2010
Craig
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A few good stories, but I guess I do not like short stories. They can only develop one or two characters, and not very much, then it is over. Did not finish
Apr 27, 2010
kirsten
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I only read the short story "diamonds of Jeru" I really liked it. It was fun and just an easy read.
Nov 26, 2011
Trudy
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Generally I'm not a fan of short story collections, but I really do like Louis L'Amour and my sister and brother both liked it. I did to!
Aug 26, 2008
Elizabeth
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Sorta random and I didn't really see the point, but it was an ok read.
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