Flint (Center Point Premier Western (Large Print)) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Louis L'Amour (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2010 | Series: Center Point Premier Western (Large Print)

He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America—and one of the most feared and hated.

Now, suffering from incurable cancer, he has come back to New Mexico to die alone. But when an all-out range war erupts, Flint chooses to help Nancy Kerrigan, a local rancher. A cold-eyed speculator is setting up the land swindle of a lifetime, and Buckdun, a notorious assassin, is there to back his play.

Flint alone can help Nancy save her ranch…with his cash, his connections—and his gun. He still has his legendary will to fight. All he needs is time, and that’s fast running out….

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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He came out of Malpais, the terrible volcanic badlands where nothing can live, riding a giant red stallion no other man could put a hand to. His boots were polished, his speech was gentle, but his guns were quick and smooth as silk. He shot first and talked later. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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He came out of Malpais, the terrible volcanic badlands where nothing can live, riding a giant red stallion no other man could put a hand to.His boots were polished, his speech was gentle, but his guns were quick and smooth as silk.He shot first and talked later. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 225 pages
• Publisher: Center Point Large Print; Lrg edition (May 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1602857474
• ISBN-13: 978-1602857476
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,010,397 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

"I think of myself in the oral tradition--as a troubadour, a village tale-teller, the man in the shadows of a campfire. That's the way I'd like to be remembered--as a storyteller. A good storyteller."

It is doubtful that any author could be as at home in the world re-created in his novels as Louis Dearborn L'Amour. Not only could he physically fill the boots of the rugged characters he wrote about, but he literally "walked the land my characters walk." His personal experiences as well as his lifelong devotion to historical research combined to give Mr. L'Amour the unique knowledge and understanding of people, events, and the challenge of the American frontier that became the hallmarks of his popularity.

Of French-Irish descent, Mr. L'Amour could trace his own in North America back to the early 1600s and follow their steady progression westward, "always on the frontier." As a boy growing up in Jamestown, North Dakota, he absorbed all he could about his family's frontier heritage, including the story of his great-grandfather who was scalped by Sioux warriors.

Spurred by an eager curiosity and desire to broaden his horizons, Mr. L'Amour left home at the age of fifteen and enjoyed a wide variety of jobs, including seaman, lumberjack, elephant handler, skinner of dead cattle, and miner, and was an officer in the transportation corps during World War II. During his "yondering" days he also circled the world on a freighter, sailed a dhow on the Red Sea, was shipwrecked in the West Indies and stranded in the Mojave Desert. He won fifty-one of fifty-nine fights as a professional boxer and worked as a journalist and lecturer. He was a voracious reader and collector of rare books. His personal library contained 17,000 volumes.

Mr. L'Amour "wanted to write almost from the time I could talk." After developing a widespread following for his many frontiers and adventure stories written for fiction magazines, Mr. L'Amour published his first full length novel, Hondo, in the United States in 1953. Every one of his more than 120 books is in print; there are more than 300 million copies of his books in print worldwide, making him one of the bestselling authors in modern literary history. His books have been translated into twenty languages, and more than forty-five of his novels and stories have been made into feature films and television movies.

The recipient of many great honor and awards, in 1983 Mr. L'Amour became the first novelist to ever to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress in honor of his life's work. In 1984 he was also awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Reagan.

Louis L'Amour died on June 10, 1988. His wife, Kathy, and their two children, Beau and Angelique, carry the L'Amour publishing tradition forward with new books written by the author during his lifetime to be published by Bantam.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Foot stompin good!, May 25, 2001

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Paul Miller "___[_]D___" (Memphis) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flint (Paperback)

Three of L'amour's westerns recieved special accolades. "Down the Long Hills" recieved the golden spur in 1968. "Hondo" and "Flint" were voted in among the best 25 westerns of all time by the Western Writers Association. "Flint" is throw your hat in the air foot stompin good! L'amour's descriptions of the terrain saddle up the reader's brain pan and ride it to the Malpais lava beds in New Mexico. The action is fast and the story well and intelligently written. L'amour's "Flint" and his best western "Conagher" leave most other westerns eatin trail dust.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best, January 10, 2003

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elanorh "secondseven" (Sheridan, WY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flint (Paperback)

I've read every Louis L'Amour novel (a legacy from my father), and enjoyed them all.

Flint is my favorite. The character development and plot development are both phenomenal, and the descriptions of fight scenes are great as well. I'm a sucker for the 'orphan raised by gunslinger' theme, as well, I guess ... I really like the background story for Flint.

I think the theme which dominated for me, in the book, was the attention to the fact that since Flint believes he will die anyway (and has nothing to live for, regardless) -- he becomes such a dangerous man to the villains -- because he doesn't play by the rules they're used to -- he attacks them head-on.

In the end, Flint is like a good cup of hot cocoa, or your favorite homemade meal ... it's comfort food for me as a reader, and I have to dive into it every once and awhile.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars L'Amour's most insightful, November 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Flint (Paperback)

I'm a big fan of this author, a tradition passed down through my family. My high school English teacher was apalled when she saw me reading one of his books, and laughed at me in front of the class. She's one of the type that only read stuff like Lord of the Flies or Grapes of Wrath. I'll admit that it's not high literature, but for an American adventure writer, L'Amour certainly did his best. Flint contains a unique story unequaled by many of the most symbolic novels or short stories. The character development, description, and emotion are powerful and moving, as well as the sense of breath-taking adventure characteristic of L'Amour at his best. I'd recommend this to anyone who likes adventure, Western, American, romance, and just generally good novels.