Louis L'Amour Summary

L'amour, Louis (1908-1988) One of the best-selling authors of all time, Western and adventure writer Louis L'Amour penned more than 100 books that have sold 200 million copies worldwide ... Read more

Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) was a prolific western writer who once said "I write my books to be read aloud and I think of myself in that oral tradition." He wrote over 400 short stories and 100 novels, ... Read more

Louis L'Amour was a book publisher's dream. At 6'2" and 215 pounds he looked as if he had stepped off the pages of his most recent Western novel. Combining an indefatigable zest for writing with an ac... Read more

Critical Essay by Michael T. Marsden Louis L'Amour is the best selling Western writer of all-time. The reasons for his remarkable success in the marketplace are many, but none seems as pervasi... Read more

Critical Essay by Michael T. Marsden Popular Western fiction has strong ties to the oral tradition in American culture. In his works, L'Amour clearly considers himself to be in the tradition o... Read more

Critical Essay by John D. Nesbitt To the person who reads with a slightly less abandoned mind, and to the critic who does not dismiss L'Amour with ridicule and contempt, L'Amour'... Read more

Critical Essay by John D. Nesbitt Readers who wish to get a full sense of Louis L'Amour's productions, for whatever purposes, must inevitably take on his two blockbusters, Bendigo Shaft... Read more