The Sacketts 5 Volume Set

The Sacketts #Box5

by Louis L'Amour

Sackett family saga from Europe to the early West, narrated first person by many big brave bold pioneers, from rebels, pirates, to American West. Matriarch Em shows women as strong as men. They fight for justice with fast guns, smooth tongues, and hammer fists, against harsh nature - desert, hurricane - and villains. A nose for gold and weakness for ladies bring trouble.

Genres: Westerns, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Mass Market Paperback

Published January 1, 1981

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

[Cateline · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'd forgotten how much I love this series until reminded on a thread here on GoodReads.
The Sackett Saga is one of L'Amour's best ever. A great combination of all the Western heroes, making this country great. Hard men, good men, some real louses...but all forging their way West toward their hopes and dreams. Some fulfilled, some shattered, all striven for...that's what counts. The striving. The wanting. The dreaming.
And, it's one helluva adventure!

[Jean · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great read. This particular edition is an anthology of three novels about the Sacketts. All three are captivating with characters I admired, and plot lines I couldn't put down. The three novels included in this text are: The Daybreakers; Sackett; and Lando. Each of them with Sackett family characters and plots very different from each other. A must-read.

[Frank Dupree · Rating 4 out of 5]

Growing up in Long Island in the 1950's I loved great men like Davey Crockett, Kit Carson and others. When I read the Sacketts I found another group of people I was fascinated with. If you like novels that have history interspersed in the stories you will probably like The Sacketts just like I did.

[Monica Audiobook Queen · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[Chris Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Magnificent

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

I started to read the first volume of the Sacketts. It melded well with my having recently finished The Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. It begins in the late 16th century and reinforces the genealogical studies I've been doing on my own family. However, I found the coincidences in the plot too distracting. I did appreciate Lamour's historical "accuracy" and detail. I can see later where the western novels will evolve to. But I just can't stomach contrived coincidence.

[P.S. Winn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an amazing collection. Taking readers back in time to just after the civil war, when the west was open to possibilities and men and women headed out to find a new life. The author adds a few stories that interlock as the Sackett brothers join the surge and find hardship, romance, and a whole lot of trouble. Some of which followed them to the west. The author knows history and brings it to life in an amazing collection.

[Cathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was my first foray into the Louis L'Amour realm. I found him enjoyable, a good storyteller, albeit somewhat repetitious. While his phrasing is in keeping with the time in which his story is set, it is different and takes a little getting used to. I will most definitely return to L'Amour and give another story a try in the future.

[Deb White · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read the entire Sackett series and enjoyed them very much. He is a fine writer and story teller. I recomend reading them in order if you can. These are real westerns, the kind of stuff they use to make movies abo
ut. Fun and easy to read.

[Robert Orr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent reading

[Christian Korsmo]

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[Brian Higgin-houser]

Great series!!

[Stephen Reid · Rating 5 out of 5]

The summer we went ot Colorado and I read the Sackett novels.

[T. Jackson · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of my all time favorites. Read it about a dozen or more times.

[Aaron · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this series

[David Habermehl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read all of these when I was a kid. Loved them. I'll make sure my kids get to read them too

[Troy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good fun Read

[Jennifer Cassidy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Little house on the prairie for grown ups with pirates!