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Bowdrie's Law

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Approximately 20 yrs. ago I read my first western and it was a Louis L'Amour book. Since then I have bought and read every book published by Louis and or his daughter. of all the books Louis published I found only two that I did not like. I recommend L'Amour's books to everyone regardless of age. He does a fantastic job describing people and scenry in a few words, not chapters like some authors. His stories are believable and fun. You will enjoy them all. the Bowdrie series is very good.

Was the West really "Wild?" What did it take to be a Texas Ranger in the mid-nineteenth century?

Let Louis L'Amour tell you in this story about Chick Bowdrie, Texas Ranger. He uses Bowdrie in some of his other stories, just as he used the Sacket brothers in another series. When he created a good hero, he used him!

Typical L'Amour heroes were dependably tall, broad of shoulder, narrow of hip and tough as whang leather. His stories were filled with action, and his protagonists were unfailingly "good guys" who sought to correct injustice and right wrongs. The kind of man with whom you like to identify.

The late Louis Dearborn L'Amour (originally Lamoore) wrote a hundred stories, and more of them were million copy best-sellers than any other author. Furthermore, he knew about the environment and people of whom he wrote. His details were therefore accurate. He was a Westerner, and had traveled the world as a circus roustabout, boxer, merchant seaman, army officer in WWII, cowboy, miner and logger. He was a man's man, and he wrote great stories. I always looked forward to his books, and have derived hours of pleasure from them. This one is no exception.

Joseph H Pierre
Author of The Road to Damascus: Our Journey Through Eternity

Chick Bowdrie is a Texas Ranger, and he is a typical Western hero. Tough as leather, and fast with a gun. And he takes no lip from nobody.

Bowdrie's Law (along with "Bowdrie") are collections of short stories from L'Amour starring this great character. These were the first L'Amour books I read (short stories are easier to experiment with) and they kicked off my fandom.

If you like a good adventure story about the frontier, or if you are simply interested in the Texas Ranger modus operandi (L'Amour is famous for his historical accuracy and amount of research that goes into his books), you can do no better than beginning with the tales of Chick Bowdrie.

EXCELLENT READING FOR CHICK BOWDRIE FANS. QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT....ANOTHER WORK OF ART FROM MR. L'AMOUR.

Like "Bowdrie," this book offers a number of short stories revolving around a Texas Ranger by that name. The stories' lengths ensure that you can read one on your lunch hour and not be distracted for the rest of the afternoon wondering what happened in the end! Each one gives the reader a good plot and interesting characters. Also noteworthy is that between each story is a factual account of the Old West, such as a thumbnail sketch of a real Texas Ranger, John Coffee Hays. The author knows how to grab our interest and keep us wanting more. My biggest complaint is that there are no more Bowdrie stories!