Louis L'Amour Or Old West Fans?

[waynesan]

I have read a slew of Louis L'Amour books over the years and have a stack still to be read. I came across this 15 minute interview of LL on 60 minutes from years ago. If you are a fan of his books or are just interested in the old west you will probably like watching this. He dispels some of the common myths about life in old west days.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7423068n

 

 

Louis L'Amour has made a profession out of a private passion: the Old West. The prolific and best-selling author tells Morley Safer about some of the real-life gunslingers and outlaws who inspired his work.

Edited September 6, 2013 by waynesan

[rugerla1]

I used to read them all the time when I was a kid. My Dad had probably all of them, not sure how many he may have been missing but wasn't many. Thanks for bringing it up, may go pick up a couple from him and read them again.

[TrickyNicky]

I'm really more of a Larry McMurty fan myself but I'll check out the interview anyway. Haven't read any L'Amour since high school, maybe it will rekindle some interest for me.

[Timestepper]

Read pretty much everything he ever wrote and own most, if not all, of it. Also a fan of Elmer Kelton.

 

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[Moped]

Don't know if I've read all of his stuff, but I've sure read a lot of it!  A couple of summers back I re-read the Sackett series and then The Walking Drum!  He was a great writer and story teller!

[klamb5]

I've read all of his before he died and some of the ones his family released after he died. His are book you can read over and over.

[TNMTBik3r]

I've read most of his stuff. My dad had almost the complete, leather bound collection that I read growing up. I have a handful of his books myself now.
He was a great writer, Hopalong Cassidy, The Sacketts, lots of good stuff.

[waynesan]

Louis L'Amour embodied the meaning of an author who could "paint a picture with words." There may be some who could do it as well, but no one ever did it better.

Edited September 7, 2013 by waynesan

[LCPfraTN]

I've read a bunch, but not all his books. I stayed up all night several times when I was a teenager reading one of his books because I couldn't put it down until I finished it. Zane Grey was good too.

[Grunt67]

My Dad read him a lot. I read mostly William Johnstone, Raph Compton, Ralph Cotton, some L'Amour. All good.

Love the old west stories.