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Louis L'Amour (1908–1988)

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Born in Jamestown, North Dakota on March 22, 1908, Louis L'Amour's adventurous life could have been the subject of one of his novels. Striking out on his own in 1923, at age 15, L'Amour began a peripatetic existence, taking whatever jobs were available, from skinning dead cattle to being a sailor. mostra altro L'Amour knew early in life that he wanted to be a writer, and the experiences of those years serve as background for some of his later fiction. During the 1930s he published short stories and poetry; his career was interrupted by army service in World War II. After the war, L'Amour began writing for western pulp magazines and wrote several books in the Hopalong Cassidy series using the pseudonym Tex Burns. His first novel, Westward the Tide (1950), serves as an example of L'Amour's frontier fiction, for it is an action-packed adventure story containing the themes and motifs that he uses throughout his career. His fascination with history and his belief in the inevitability of manifest destiny are clear. Also present and typical of L'Amour's work are the strong, capable, beautiful heroine who is immediately attracted to the equally capable hero; a clear moral split between good and evil; reflections on the Native Americans, whose land and ways of life are being disrupted; and a happy ending. Although his work is somewhat less violent than that of other western writers, L'Amour's novels all contain their fair share of action, usually in the form of gunfights or fistfights. L'Amour's major contribution to the western genre is his attempt to create, in 40 or more books, the stories of three families whose histories intertwine as the generations advance across the American frontier. The novels of the Irish Chantry, English Sackett, and French Talon families are L'Amour's most ambitious project, and sadly were left unfinished at his death. Although L'Amour did not complete all of the novels, enough of the series exists to demonstrate his vision. L'Amour's strongest attribute is his ability to tell a compelling story; readers do not mind if the story is similar to one they have read before, for in the telling, L'Amour adds enough small twists of plot and detail to make it worth the reader's while. L'Amour fans also enjoy the bits of information he includes about everything from wilderness survival skills to finding the right person to marry. These lessons give readers the sense that they are getting their money's worth, that there is more to a L'Amour novel than sheer escapism. With over 200 million copies of his books in print worldwide, L'Amour must be counted as one of the most influential writers of westerns in this century. He died from lung cancer on June 10, 1988. (Bowker Author Biography) Louis L'Amour, truly America's favorite storyteller, was the first fiction writer ever to receive the Congressional Gold Medal from the United States Congress in honor of his life's work, & was also awarded the Medal of Freedom. There are over 260 million copies of his books in print worldwide. (Publisher Provided) mostra meno

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Opere di Louis L'Amour

The Haunted Mesa (1987) 1,397 copie
The Walking Drum (1984) 1,366 copie
Sackett's Land (1974) 1,285 copie
Jubal Sackett (1985) 1,245 copie
Hondo (1953) 1,222 copie
To the Far Blue Mountains (1976) 1,194 copie
Sackett (1961) 1,174 copie
The Daybreakers (1960) 1,162 copie
The Lonesome Gods (1983) 1,136 copie
Education of a Wandering Man (1989) 1,110 copie
The Warrior's Path (1980) 1,084 copie
Lungo il fiume (1983) 1,035 copie
Flint (1960) 956 copie
The Sackett Brand (1965) 938 copie
Lonely on the Mountain (1980) 870 copie
Lando (1962) 861 copie
Mojave Crossing (1964) 833 copie
Ride the Dark Trail (1972) 829 copie
The Lonely Men (1969) 824 copie
Comstock Lode (1981) 822 copie
Mustang Man (1966) 816 copie
Treasure Mountain (1972) 814 copie
The Sky-Liners (1967) 797 copie
Bendigo Shafter (1979) 768 copie
Galloway (1970) 756 copie
The Quick and the Dead (1973) 736 copie
Bivacco sulla neve (1968) 721 copie
The Ferguson Rifle (1973) 713 copie
Sitka (1957) 712 copie
The Cherokee Trail (1982) 707 copie
Silver Canyon (1951) 702 copie
The Iron Marshall (1979) 697 copie
Reilly's Luck (1970) 696 copie
Conagher (1969) 688 copie
Son of a Wanted Man (1984) 683 copie
Fair Blows the Wind (1978) 672 copie
How the West was Won (1962) 672 copie
The Shadow Riders (1982) 666 copie
Passin' Through (1985) 663 copie
The Man Called Noon (1970) 661 copie
Borden Chantry (1977) 648 copie
The Californios (1974) 642 copie
Guns of the Timberlands (1955) 628 copie
The Rider of Lost Creek (1976) 619 copie
Crossfire Trail (1954) 619 copie
Bowdrie (1983) 613 copie
The Mountain Valley War (1978) 610 copie
Milo Talon (1981) 610 copie
To Tame a Land (1955) 608 copie
Tucker (1971) 607 copie
Kiowa Trail (1965) 605 copie
The First Fast Draw (1959) 596 copie
The Man from Skibbereen (1973) 591 copie
Utah Blaine (1954) 589 copie
Last Stand at Papago Wells (1957) 589 copie
Fallon (1963) 587 copie
Dark Canyon (1963) 586 copie
High Lonesome (1962) 584 copie
The Tall Stranger (1957) 584 copie
The Proving Trail (1979) 583 copie
Heller with a Gun (1955) 581 copie
The Broken Gun (1966) 580 copie
Showdown at Yellow Butte (1953) 578 copie
Chancy (1968) 576 copie
The Key-Lock Man (1965) 576 copie
Westward the Tide (1977) 575 copie
The Burning Hills (1956) 574 copie
The Empty Land (1969) 573 copie
Over on the Dry Side (1975) 571 copie
Under the Sweetwater Rim (1971) 568 copie
The Rustlers of West Fork (1979) 562 copie
Hanging Woman Creek (1964) 562 copie
End of the Drive (1997) 551 copie
Kid Rodel (1966) 544 copie
Brionne (1968) 543 copie
The Outlaws of Mesquite (1990) 542 copie
Matagorda (1967) 540 copie
North to the Rails (1971) 536 copie
The High Graders (1965) 536 copie
Kilkenny (1954) 536 copie
Buckskin Run (1981) 535 copie
Shalako (1962) 531 copie
Callaghen (1972) 531 copie
Catlow (1962) 529 copie
Rivers West (1975) 527 copie
Radigan (1958) 524 copie
Bowdrie's Law (1972) 522 copie
The Trail to Seven Pines (1951) 517 copie
Where the Long Grass Blows (1976) 511 copie
War Party (1975) 502 copie
Taggart (1959) 499 copie
Kilrone (1966) 497 copie
The Strong Shall Live (1980) 483 copie
Long Ride Home (1989) 480 copie
Killoe (1962) 480 copie
Law of the Desert Born (1946) 475 copie
West of Dodge (1996) 467 copie
The Riders of High Rock (1951) 467 copie
Monument Rock (1998) 465 copie
Off the Mangrove Coast (2000) 459 copie
Dutchman's Flat (1986) 452 copie
The Trail to Crazy Man (1986) 435 copie
May There Be a Road (2001) 433 copie
Riding for the Brand (1986) 431 copie
Lonigan (1988) 431 copie
Yondering (1980) 430 copie
Valley of the Sun (1995) 422 copie
The Rider of the Ruby Hills (1986) 422 copie
Trouble Shooter (1951) 415 copie
With These Hands (2002) 408 copie
Night Over the Solomons (1986) 335 copie
West from Singapore (1987) 307 copie
From the Listening Hills (2003) 275 copie
Smoke from this Altar (1990) 217 copie
A Man Called Trent (1965) 133 copie
Frontier (1984) 132 copie
The Sixth Shotgun (1949) 132 copie
West of the Tularosa (1986) 115 copie
The Sacketts Volume 1 (1980) 101 copie
Grub Line Rider (1951) 100 copie
Showdown Trail (1986) 95 copie
The Sacketts Volume 3 (1980) 94 copie
The Sacketts Volume 4 (1972) 92 copie
The Shadow Riders [1982 TV movie] (1982) — Novel by — 87 copie
The Sacketts Volume 2 (1980) 78 copie
Big Medicine (1986) 75 copie
No Traveller Returns (2018) 65 copie
Man Riding West (1986) 57 copie
The Lawless West (2007) 53 copie
Trailing West (1800) 52 copie
Mistakes Can Kill You (1986) 49 copie
Desert Death-Song (1950) 46 copie
Riders of the Dawn (1993) 45 copie
The Sacketts Volume 5 (1985) 43 copie
The Sacketts (1979) 38 copie
The Golden West (2003) 38 copie
Glory Riders (2011) 34 copie
Showdown on the Hogback (2005) 33 copie
Shalako/Catlow (2008) 32 copie
Booty for a Bad Man (1991) 26 copie
Lone Star Law (2005) 25 copie
A Gun for Kilkenny (1986) 23 copie
Lost Trails (2007) — Collaboratore — 21 copie
Lit a Shuck for Texas (1986) 20 copie
McQueen of the Tumbling K (1986) 16 copie
Rowdy Rides to Glory (1987) 16 copie
Sackett's Gold 13 copie
The Turkeyfeather Riders (1986) 13 copie
Tales from the Old West (2005) 11 copie
Showdown (2009) 11 copie
One For The Pot (1975) 11 copie
Keep Travelin', Rider (1986) 10 copie
Bannon (2017) 10 copie
Unguarded Moment (1983) 8 copie
A Job for a Ranger (1983) 8 copie
Bowdrie Passes Through (1983) 8 copie
The Diamond of Jeru (2000) 8 copie
Ride, You Tonto Raiders! (1949) 8 copie
L'Amour: a collection (2010) 7 copie
A Trail to the West (1983) 7 copie
No Man's Man (2000) 7 copie
Four-Card Draw (1986) 7 copie
Fork Your Own Broncs (1986) 7 copie
Bill Carey Rides West (1990) 7 copie
Down Sonora Way (1984) 7 copie
His Brother's Debt (1986) 6 copie
The Nester and the Piute (1986) 6 copie
Survival (Louis L'Amour) (1999) 6 copie
The Courting of Griselda (1997) 6 copie
Louis L'Amour (1994) 6 copie
MCNELLY KNOWS A RANGER (1984) 5 copie
Lännen mies (1979) 5 copie
Dead Man's Trail (1983) 5 copie
Where Buzzards Fly (1984) 5 copie
Horse Heaven (1950) 5 copie
Trail to Pie Town (1886) 4 copie
The Guns Talk Loud (1947) 4 copie
The Marshal of Sentinel (1995) 4 copie
Strange Pursuit (1984) 4 copie
L'envoi de l'aigle (1988) 4 copie
One Last Gun Notch (1942) 3 copie
Fighter's Fiasco (2002) 3 copie
Stay Out of My Nightmare (1983) 3 copie
Két szekér arany (1988) 3 copie
Sackett Family (1992) 3 copie
Guns of the Timberland [1960 film] (2014) — Novel — 3 copie
Tales from the Trail (2007) 3 copie
Dead-end Drift (1987) 3 copie
Red Butte Showdown (2003) 2 copie
Law of the Desert (2014) 2 copie
West of the Pilot Range (1995) 2 copie
Teksasin miehet tulevat (1983) 2 copie
Old Doc Yak (1992) 2 copie
Louis L'Amour Collection (2006) 2 copie
Westerns (2008) 2 copie
Rock Bannon (1980) 2 copie
Apache (1997) 2 copie
Shalako. (1969) 2 copie
Collect from a Corpse (1983) 2 copie
More Brains than Bullets (1983) 2 copie
Shandy Takes the Hook (1989) 2 copie
Trap of Gold (1951) 2 copie
Jackson of Horntown (1947) 2 copie
Louis lamour 2 copie
La Longue Chasse (1981) 1 copia
Le canon de la folle (1971) 1 copia
Le Train Du Kansas (1980) 1 copia
LES DESPÉRADOS (1970) 1 copia
Showdown at Yellow Butte (1972) 1 copia
Sackett # 4 1 copia
Sackett Et Son Mustang (1976) 1 copia
Les implacables. (1971) 1 copia
Man Alleen 1 copia
Guldfloden 1 copia
Lost Trails 1 copia
Monument Rock 1 copia
Hunted Mesa 1 copia
℗I ℗due nemici (1986) 1 copia
Bad Place to Die (1989) 1 copia
Barney Takes a Hand (1986) 1 copia
Hævnens vej 1 copia
War Party (1973) 1 copia
Jacob Sackett 1 copia
Hondo (2023) 1 copia
Big Country, Volume 3 (2012) 1 copia
Lunga fuga 1 copia
North Cape 1 copia
Big Man 1 copia
Duffy's Man 1 copia
Author's Tea 1 copia
The Admiral 1 copia
Glorious! 1 copia
Wings over Khabarovsk (1986) 1 copia
The Goose Flies South (1986) 1 copia
Tailwind to Tibet (1986) 1 copia
Pirates with Wings (1986) 1 copia
Mission to Siberut (1986) 1 copia
South of Suez 1 copia
With Death in his Corner (1983) 1 copia
I Hate to Tell His Widow (1983) 1 copia
Crash Landing 1 copia
Coast Patrol 1 copia
When a Texan Takes Over (1995) 1 copia
No Man's Mesa (1995) 1 copia
Gila Crossing (1995) 1 copia
That Slash Seven Kid (1995) 1 copia
In Victorio's Country (1995) 1 copia
Life 1 copia
McVey 1 copia
The Gladiator 1 copia
Picture 1 copia
Old Jerry 1 copia
Question 1 copia
In Protest 1 copia
Tranquillity 1 copia
Hildebrand 1 copia
The Weary One 1 copia
Steppe 1 copia
Yacodhapura 1 copia
Decadence 1 copia
The Pioneer 1 copia
Twilight 1 copia
Nocturne 1 copia
Riding On (1951) 1 copia
That Packsaddle Affair (1990) 1 copia
No Rest for the Wicked (1990) 1 copia
The Drift (1990) 1 copia
The Ghost Maker (1990) 1 copia
Alkali Basin 1 copia
What Gold Does to a Man (1961) 1 copia
Winter 1 copia
Forest People 1 copia
Secret Pass 1 copia
Banked Fires 1 copia
Let Me Forget 1 copia
Mutation 1 copia
Rain 1 copia
Let It Snow 1 copia
Winter Winds 1 copia
Calloway 1 copia
Fünf Partner (1965) 1 copia
Ein Mann wie Kid Rodelo (1966) 1 copia
Das war der wilde Westen (1969) 1 copia
all works 1 copia
Vol. 1 - Westerns (1997) 1 copia
Fuego en las Mantanas (1981) 1 copia
Fortune de feu (1986) — Autore — 1 copia
Samotář (1995) 1 copia
Psanec (2009) 1 copia
Poklad 1 copia
Osamělý jezdec (2005) 1 copia
Na mušce (2011) 1 copia
Yksinäiset jumalat (1985) 1 copia
Paperback 1 copia
La lunga fuga (1990) 1 copia
Die schnelle Hand (1959) 1 copia
Caprock Rancher (1997) 1 copia
Desperate Men (1997) 1 copia
Rustler Roundup (1997) 1 copia
Time of Terror (2000) 1 copia
The Rounds Don't Matter (2000) 1 copia
The Unexpected Corpse (2000) 1 copia
The Cross and the Candle (2000) 1 copia
The Skull and the Arrow (1997) 1 copia
Kuiskaavan tuulen laakso (1983) 1 copia
Punainen hevonen (1983) 1 copia
Tie Coloradoon (1983) 1 copia
Wilderness Trek (1965) 1 copia
THOH (1983) 1 copia
Noi Sackett 1 copia

Opere correlate

The Big Book of Adventure Stories (2011) — Collaboratore — 115 copie
The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories (1982) — Collaboratore — 102 copie
The Quick and the Dead [1987 TV movie] (2003) — Original book — 100 copie
The Sacketts [1979 film] (2006) — Original book — 52 copie
Great Tales of the West (1982) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
Ghost Towns (2010) — Collaboratore — 28 copie
Shalako [1968 film] (1968) — Original book — 17 copie
The Best of the American West II (1999) — Collaboratore — 15 copie
The Western Hall of Fame Anthology (1997) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
Catlow [1971 film] — Original book — 3 copie

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Informazioni generali

Altri nomi
LaMoore, Louis Dearborn (birth name)
Burns, Tex
Mayo, Jim
Data di nascita
1908-03-22
Data di morte
1988-06-10
Luogo di sepoltura
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California, USA
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
Jamestown, North Dakota, USA
Luogo di morte
Los Angeles, California, USA
Causa della morte
cancer (lung)
Luogo di residenza
Los Angeles, California, USA
Istruzione
self-educated
Attività lavorative
novelist
gold miner
merchant seaman
professional boxer
Relazioni
L'Amour, Angelique (daughter)
L'Amour, Beau (son)
Organizzazioni
WPA Writers Project
Premi e riconoscimenti
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1984)
Congressional Gold Medal (1982)
Theodore Roosevelt Roughrider Award (1972)
Saddleman Award (1981)
National Book Award (1979)
Breve biografia
Louis Dearborn L'Amour (March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American novelist and short-story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels; however, he also wrote historical fiction, science fiction, non-fiction, as well as poetry and short-story collections. Many of his stories were made into films.

Louis Dearborn L'Amour was born in Jamestown, North Dakota, in 1908. He left home at the age of fifteen and enjoyed a wide variety of jobs. In 1983 Mr. L'Amour became the first novelist to ever to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress in honor of his life's work. In 1984 he was also awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Reagan.

Louis L'Amour died on June 10, 1988.

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Opere
811
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Utenti
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Popolarità
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Voto
3.8
Recensioni
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ISBN
3,293
Lingue
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