Trail to Pie Town

by Louis L'Amour

Dusty Barron discovers a teenage girl and a boy traveling in the desert in a covered wagon whose father has died.

Louis L’Amour (1908-1988) was a prolific writer of novels and short stories, usually frontier stories of the American West. Book sale estimates of 230 million and 330 million rank L’Amour among the bestselling authors in world history. L’Amour’s fiction continues to enjoy immense popularity as books, audiobooks, and films. L’Amour received many awards, including the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

L’Amour was born in Jamestown, North Dakota, the seventh child of a large animal veterinarian. He was a voracious reader and largely self-taught. He traveled the world as a merchant seaman, earned money as a professional boxer, worked as a rancher, miner, and lumberjack, and served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army in World War II.

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Genres: Westerns

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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".

Reviews

[J.D. Frailey · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book would be loved by 12 to 15-year-old boys in the 1950s. Hokey stereotyped good guys in white hats and evil interlopers. Oh, and a pretty young woman who’s in deep Doo Doo until our hero arrives. It doesn’t take them long to fall in love and realize the future is bright and beautiful, once the bad guys are disposed of. I listened to this very short book while driving in Arizona near near Pie Town, a real place. wanted to give one of the old-time masters of western fiction a try, will be my last one.

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

On the run from brothers of a failed gunfighter, Man finds a wagon in the desert with a boy and girl, their pa died on the trail, He had paid for a ranch that they were on their way to claim. This was a Good Read.

[Druss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading L’Amour to see how it’s similar to David Gemmell.

[Cindy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Everything was believable. Great descriptions.

[Lauren Brinegar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and sweet!

[DeeDee Porter · Rating 5 out of 5]

a good quick read, the storyline will hold your attention and the ending is sweet.

[Lisbeth Zabihi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hurtig lille novelle fra det vilde vesten. På trods af den korte historie, bygges historien fint op. Og der er både western-stemning og en kamp mellem de gode og de onde.

[Peter Charleston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked the short story western.