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Our foremost storyteller of the american west, louis lamour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and women who settled the frontier. In 1984 he was also awarded the medal of freedom by president reagan. See all books authored by louis lamour, including sacketts land, and to the far blue mountains, and more on. Browse louis lamours bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. His books consisted primarily of western fiction novels though he called his work frontier stories, however he also wrote historical fiction the walking drum, science fiction the haunted mesa, nonfiction frontier, as well as poetry and shortstory collections. About the collected short stories of louis lamour, volume 1. Free download of adventure stories on audio books mp3 and wma in the. There are more than 300 million copies of his books in print around the world. Ive already started listening to louis lamour title, and ive got to tell you, the introductory material in which lamour himself tells stories from his own life, is absolutely riveting its amazing, amazing stuff.
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From his roots in north dakota, he traveled the world, from punching cows to sailing the high seas. Louis lamour began writing no traveller returns in 1938. The louis lamour collection the worlds finest collection of authentic western novels ever written. Listen to louis lamour collection by louis lamour at. The first novel in what was to be the sacketts series, this book from louis lamour was originally published in 1974. Louis dearborn lamour 1908 1988 was an american author of primarily. The sackett novels title code novels, continued ttitle code short stories title code. Louis lamour and the story of the sacketts youtube.
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Welcome to the fan page of author louis lamour and the facebook home of louislamour. March 22, 1908 june 10, 1988 was an american novelist and shortstory writer. As said by in a reveiw by another audible listener this book ends as if there is to be a sequel, i. The first of its kind, a unique volume of twentyone unpublished gems from one of the twentieth centurys most popular and prolific writers. Born in jamestown, north dakota, he was the most decorated author in the history of american letters. Louis dearborn l amour 1908 1988 was an american author of primarily western fiction. Louis dearborn lamour19081988 wrote over 100 western novels and short stories.