| The Collected Short Stories of Louis l'Amour, Volume 5: Frontier Stories Contributor(s): L'Amour, Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553805290 ISBN-13: 9780553805291 Publisher: Bantam OUR PRICE: $23.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: With more than 120 titles still in print, Louis L'Amour is recognized the world over as one of the most prolific and popular American authors in history. Though he met with phenomenal success in every genre he tried, the form that put him on the map was the short story. Now this great writer - who "The Wall Street Journal recently compared with Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson - will receive his due as a great storyteller. This volume kicks off a series that will, when complete, anthologize all of L'Amour's short fiction, volume by handsome volume. Here, in Volume Two, is a treasure-trove of 35 frontier tales for his millions of fans and for those who have yet to discover L'Amour's thrilling prose - and his vital role in capturing the spirit of the Old West for generations to come. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Westerns - General - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007011454 |
| Series: Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour |
| Physical Information: 1.41" H x 6.22" W x 9.3" (1.42 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Country/Cowboy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The stories of Louis L'Amour are built around the dramatic moments when men and women cast their fears, doubts, and pasts behind them and plunge into the unknown--into split-second decisions with life-and-death consequences. Nowhere is that more evident than in this quintessential collection of stories set on the American frontier. Here L'Amour takes us across a bold, beautifully rendered landscape where old scores haunt new lives, the wrong choice leaves unwitting victims, and strangers may come to trust--or kill--one another. Fugitives, visionaries, fortune seekers, drifters, and young women trying to build homes on a lawless frontier, the characters in these pulse-pounding stories are vintage L'Amour. Together in this vivid, rollicking collection, they bring to life the spirit of adventure and confirm Louis L'Amour's place in the pantheon of American writers. |