The strength of L'Amour's fiction lies in its action, its use of detail, and its description. Hondo begins tensely with a group of Apaches tracking Hondo.
L'Amour increases the tension by writing short, bare sentences. The typical pattern of a L'Amour plot is a building of tension to an action-packed, violent encounter which resolves the tension and then a new build-up of tension every three or four pages.
L'Amour is also known for packing his novels with factual detail, in Hondo's case with information about the desert, Indians, ranching and weather.
These details are interesting, and they also validate the moral pronouncements of the narrator. If.....
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