| The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Unabridged Selections From The Frontier Stories, Volume 5 Large Print Edition Contributor(s): L'Amour, Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739327348 ISBN-13: 9780739327340 Publisher: Diversified Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback - 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 | Westerns - General - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Crime |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003058724 |
| Series: Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour |
| Physical Information: 1.76" H x 5.96" W x 9.14" (2.31 lbs) 800 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Country/Cowboy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Louis L'Amour's world is built on those 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 latest collection of stories set on the American frontier. Here L'Amour takes us across a bold, beautifully rendered landscape where strangers may come to trust-or kill-one another; where old scores haunt new lives and the wrong choice leaves unwitting victims. Even at the best of times, this is a world in which every man and woman must be responsible for their own survival. This keepsake volume features unforgettable moments and timeless characters. From fugitives to visionaries, from fortune seekers and drifters seeking a new life to young women trying to build homes in an all too often lawless world, the characters in these pulse-pounding stories are vintage L'Amour. Together in this vivid, rollicking collection of stories, they bring to life the American spirit and confirm Louis L'Amour's place at the very top of the pantheon of American writers. |