I’ve never read anything by this guy or Zane Grey.
Which book of L’Amour’s does anyone recommend?
I’ve read all his westerns… twice.
Any of the Sackett books
Sitka
Hondo
Bendigo Shafter
Mustang Man
The Broken Gun
Absolutely awesome writing!!!
Dallas Cowboys Coach, Tom Landry was a big fan of his. He told Louis once, “Just write, Louis. Just write!”
You do not know what you missed. Any of the Sacketts. Take your pick.
Not a western, but Last of the Breed is excellent. The last sentence is stellar
I was introduced to Louis by reading FLINT. Loved it and now have dozens and dozens.
Donated.
Zane Grey. Border Legion
Louis L’Amour - His Sackett family novels are really well done, and he actually starts the arc in 1699 England (Sackett’s Land) then carries on with the descendants in the American West.
Zane Grey - Riders of the Purple Sage is a good place to start.
And if you like short novels or long ones.
Bendigo Shafter is a personal favorite of mine because the idea of "How does a Town start" is an interesting one for me.
"Comstock Lode" is about a mining town, "Hondo" is your basic Western. "The Ferguson Rifle" is pre civil war.
"Fair Blows the Wind" is set in the 1600s and has much to do with Ireland It starts the saga of the Chantry Family.
"The Walking Drum" is set in the 12 century and is about merchant caravans.
"Reilly's Luck" is a Western but they travel to other parts of the world as well.
"The Iron Marshal" is a fish out of water when a New York city gang member end up in Kansas.
"Sackett's Land" is set in the Elizabethan era and is the start of the saga of his most famous family The Sacketts.
Finally you have "The Last of the Breed" which is set in the 1980s. An American Pilot captured by the Soviets escapes and decides that if his ancestors could cross the Bering straits to reach America he could do the same to get back home.
So, depending on your tastes, you have a great deal to choose from.