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Callaghen: A Novel

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Enjoyed reading this book alot. Have always liked any & all of Louis L'Amaur's books about the old west. It was a much simpler life-style, thouh at times also more dangerous. People seemed to have been more nicer to eachother & more helpful to their neighbors. Today everthing is such a "Rush-Rush" ...!

It's a good book you keep wondering what's going to happen until the end.

I really liked Callaghen for the most part. It's one of L'Amour's very typical stories that become very predictable after reading five or six. But it had a strong hero, which L'Amour was famous for, and I guess that's why so many people like to read his stuff. The guy I really like, that I kept comparing L'Amour's writing to while I read Callaghen, is a guy named Kirby Jonas, who critics are calling The New Louis L'Amour. I can see why they call him that, but even though I like L'Amour, Jonas's writing is much better and more authentic. He, too, scouts out the places in his books. He keeps them clean, too. Reading Callaghen, I feel like it's a book that was kind of L'Amour's staple, and Kirby Jonas has perfected this kind of book with similarly strong heroes but more believable. If you like Callaghen, give Kirby Jonas a try, too.

wow wonderful book and all of loui are