War Party By LAmour Louis

by Louis L'Amour

A collection of tales of the frontier features the story of Bud Miles who must bury his father to become a man Tell Sackett s transport of dangerous freight across the country and Laurie Bonnet a mail order bride Reissue Bud Miles was a boy when he crossed the Mississippi But Bud buried his father after an Indian attack and as the wagon train pushed on through Sioux country the boy stood as tall as any man Tell Sackett killed cougars at fourteen and fought a war at fifteen Now Tell was hauling dangerous freight a soldier s wife and a fortune in gold knowing that someone wanted him dead Laurie Bonnet was a mail order bride who thought she was a failure on the frontier But when the chips were down she was the only one who could save her husband s life In these marvelous stories of the West Louis L Amour tells of travelers gunfighters homesteaders and adventurers men and women making hard and sudden choices and fighting battles that could cut a person s life short or open up a bold new future on the American frontier Bud Miles was a boy when he crossed theaaMississippi But Bud buried his father after an Indianaaattack and as the wagon train pushed on throughaaSioux country the boy stood as tall as any man aaTell Sackett killed cougars at fourteen and fought aaawar at fifteen Now Tell was hauling dangerousaafreight a soldier s wife and a fortune inaagold knowing that someone wanted him dead Laurie Bonnetaawas a mail order bride who thought she was aaafailure on the frontier But when the chips were down aashe was the only one who could save her husband saalife In these marvelous stories of the West aaLouis L Amour tells of travelers gunfighters aahomesteaders and adventurers men and women makingaahard and sudden choices and fighting battles thataacould cut a person s life short or open up a boldaanew future on the American frontier Bud Miles was a boy when he crossed theandandMississippi But Bud buried his fath

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About the author

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 popular writers".

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[Jan]

3.5 Short story