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Louis L'Amour


Born
in Jamestown, North Dakota, The United States
March 22, 1908

Died
June 10, 1988

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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Westerns


Louis Dearborn L'Amour was an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels, though he called his work "frontier stories". His most widely known Western fiction works include Last of the Breed, Hondo, Shalako, and the Sackett series. L'Amour also wrote historical fiction (The Walking Drum), science fiction (The Haunted Mesa), non-fiction (Frontier), and poetry and short-story collections. Many of his stories were made into films. His books remain popular and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death, almost all of his 105 existing works (89 novels, 14 short-story collections, and two full-length works of nonfiction) were still in print, and he was "one of the world's most ...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 494,336 ratings · 25,151 reviews · 993 distinct works • Similar authors
Last of the Breed
4.27 avg rating — 14,982 ratings — published 1986 — 46 editions
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Sackett's Land (The Sackett...
4.16 avg rating — 14,397 ratings — published 1974 — 62 editions
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Hondo
4.06 avg rating — 14,399 ratings — published 1953 — 102 editions
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The Walking Drum
4.24 avg rating — 10,009 ratings — published 1984 — 49 editions
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To the Far Blue Mountains (...
4.20 avg rating — 9,650 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions
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The Lonesome Gods
4.23 avg rating — 9,433 ratings — published 1983 — 43 editions
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Sackett (The Sacketts, #8)
4.26 avg rating — 8,921 ratings — published 1961 — 74 editions
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Jubal Sackett (The Sacketts...
4.25 avg rating — 8,850 ratings — published 1985 — 45 editions
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The Daybreakers (The Sacket...
4.27 avg rating — 8,726 ratings — published 1960 — 91 editions
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Flint
4.25 avg rating — 7,175 ratings — published 1960 — 64 editions
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Sackett's Land To the Far Blue Mountains The Warrior's Path Jubal Sackett Ride the River The Daybreakers Lando
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Fair Blows the Wind The Ferguson Rifle Rivers West Borden Chantry North to the Rails Over on the Dry Side The Man from the Broken Hills
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4.09 avg rating — 25,021 ratings

Rustlers of West Fork: A Novel The Trail To Seven Pines The Riders of High Rock Trouble Shooter
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Bowdrie: Stories Bowdrie's Law: Stories
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“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”
― Louis L'Amour
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“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.”
― Louis L'Amour, Matagorda/The First Fast Draw: Two Novels in One Volume
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“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning. ”
― Louis L'Amour
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