The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Volume 2 [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Louis L'Amour (Author)

Book Description

Series: Louis L'Amour | Publication Date: October 26, 2004

With more than 120 titles still in print, Louis L'Amour is recognized the world over as one of the most prolific and popular American authors in history. Though he met with phenomenal success in every genre he tried, the form that put him on the map was the short story. Now this great writer—Wall Street Journal recently compared with Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson—will receive his due as a great storyteller. This volume kicks off a series that will, when complete, anthologize all of L'Amour’ s short fiction, volume by handsome volume.

Here, in Volume One, is a treasure-trove of 35 frontier tales for his millions of fans and for those who have yet to discover L'Amour’s thrilling prose—and his vital role in capturing the spirit of the Old West for generations to come.

Editorial Reviews

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"L'Amour never writes with less than a saddle creak in his sentences and more often with a desert heatwave boiling up from a sunbaked paragraph. A master storyteller.... for reading under the stars."—Kirkus Reviews
 

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With more than 120 titles still in print, Louis L'Amour is recognized the world over as one of the most prolific and popular American authors in history. Though he met with phenomenal success in every genre he tried, the form that put him on the map was the short story. Now this great writer – who The Wall Street Journal recently compared with Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson – will receive his due as a great storyteller. This volume kicks off a series that will, when complete, anthologize all of L'Amour's short fiction, volume by handsome volume.

Here, in Volume One, is a treasure-trove of 35 frontier tales for his millions of fans and for those who have yet to discover L'Amour's thrilling prose – and his vital role in capturing the spirit of the Old West for generations to come.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 848 pages
• Publisher: Random House Large Print (October 26, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375433929
• ISBN-13: 978-0375433924
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.7 x 9.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,086,775 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #56 in Books > Large Print > Poetry & Short Stories

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than ever, April 5, 2006

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Ralph Ranieri - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Volume 2 (Hardcover)

I have been reading Louis L'Amour's novels most of my adult life. I only recently came across this volume (II) of short stories. I found the short stories even better than the full length books. They were action packed, with good plots and great characters. From hard working ranchers to flaming guns to horses with the endurance that you can count on in a crisis, this book delivers entertainment and information about the Old West. The best stories were those about Chick Bowdrie, Texas Ranger, as he solves crimes and hunts down fugitives from justice.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Collected short stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume II, March 14, 2006

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ziggy (Rock Island, Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Volume 2 (Hardcover)

The first volume of this set was a Christmas gift from my daughter. I then purchased this volume. It was really great reading if you like Western short storiies, and even if you don't!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Gift, August 23, 2007

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L. Sells "'L'" (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Volume 2 (Hardcover)

This is my mothers favorite author & the fact that I could get it in large print was so helpful. She has really enjoyed it & I hope to find the other volumes in large print as well. Even as much as she has read Louis L'Amour she said she had never come across any of these short stories before.