Louis L'amour must reads?

[mestiza letty]

Just the little I've read of your stories, Hollywood need to pay attention  Do you have anything published?
Letty

[Forty Rod]

Legends

Cavanaugh: The Last Bounty

gun.slick@juno.com

We'll talk.

Thanks.

terse (turs)  adj. free of superfluous words; concise in a polished smooth, way; succinct - SYN. concise

[Will Ketchum]

Forty Rod, I do plan to order your books.  Send me a PM when you get a chance.

Will Ketchum

[Texas Lawdog]

Will, You and Forty are a couple of Old Marines, so you ought to enjoy Forty's books.

[Stillwater]

Will, You and Forty are a couple of Old Marines, so you ought to enjoy Forty's books.

Uncle Sams Misguided Children...?      

The devil made me do that, or it was my half brother who was a Marine lifer...!

Bill

[Jake MacReedy]

"Flint", "Showdown at Yellow Butte", "Passin' Through", "High Lonesome", and "Last Stand at Papago Wells" are Louis L'Amour stand-outs that I highly recommend!

Jake

[Forty Rod]

gun.slick@juno.com

It will get you info on my books. 

[Jake MacReedy]

Forty Rod,

Would you mind if I dropped you a line for info about your books as well?

Thank,
Jake

[Russ McCrae]

One book of his I find hard not to reread is "Matagorda" of course I've Texas Gulf Coast cowed some so it could be I can relate to the places he talks about

And of the Sacketts is good, The skyliners with the irish travelers was interesting, as is "Sackett" the one where it's they're ancestor and one of the first white men to venture west. Hmmm I might have to go dig that one out

[Hill Beachy]

L'Amour wrote several contemporary books, including a few "modern Westerns".  Haunted Mesa, for example, is set in the present, and continues the development of an idea and concept -- sort of an inter-dimensional rift -- that he first put forward in one of his regular Westerns (the title escapes me at the moment).  He also wrote several non-Westerns that fictionalized some of his world-wide wanderings

Those are some pretty good recommendations that you've been given.  Certainly, LL wrote some great novels and short stories, both westerns and non-westerns. 

AFTER you read a few of them, I'd recommend reading his autobiography, Education of a Wandering Man.  It provides some unique insights into the author and many of the real-life adventures which formed the basis for his fictional works.

[Forty Rod]

Forty Rod,

Would you mind if I dropped you a line for info about your books as well?

Thank,
Jake

The more the merrier.  

BTW, if anyone is going to be in the Upland California area next weekend (April 23-25) stop by the Lemon Festival in the old town center.  I'll be signing books there and there are all kinds of other stuff going on from gunfights to recipe contests.  Parking is a bear, but other than taht it should be a hoot.

[Drayton Calhoun]

I have read Lamours books,most all of them but I am not a fan. They are allright  but I highly reccomend Elmer Keltons works. He passed away recently  and his passing will be sorely missed. His books are a lot more true to life and factual than almost any "western" aurhor that I have read.
I had the pleasure to get to know Mr. Kelton several years ago  and his knowledge of Texas history was unvelievable. I have amost all of his books, several he signed for me.
His style of writing was based of people that he knew and his knowledge of Texas Agriculture and cowboys from the beginning up to present day.
'The Man who rode Midnight", "The time it never rained""The Good Ole Boys""The day the Cowboys Quit"  "Stand Proud" are classics that contain characters like folks i know and have worked with and family over the years so the stories ring true.
Over the years he always attended the National Cowboy Gathering and Symposium in Lubbock in September each year. I always had an opportunity to drink a cup of coffee with him  and Tuffy Cooper(Member Cowboy Hall of Fame) Henry Torres ,NT (Hef) Hefner and many others  of the old timers. Sadly , thier ranks are growing thin and we'll not see their like again. Men who still remembered gathering cattle without pens and were raised in dug outs and adobe.
If you want to know what its like to live the cowboy life in Texas,read Elmer Keltons Books.They are not great shoot'em ups but closer to folks that are real.You will not be disappointed.

I have to agree on Kelton. He had a way of getting inside the character and make them totally human. Much harder than making him a superman.

[Forty Rod]

I finished L'Amour's To The Far Blue Mountains about two weeks ago.  Maybe third or fourth time I've read it.  My wife finally asked if she could read it too.  Hasn't put it down and will have it done by tomorrow night.  Says she enjoys it a lot.