Galloway [Hardcover]

Louis L'Amour (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 13, 1979

The Sacketts were men and women who challenged the wilderness with their dreams and courage. Pushing ever westward, they were a strong and united family.

Editorial Reviews

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Galloway was thinking of Flagan Sackett. Somewhere in those mountains, without weapons, in a rugged country where the only humans he found we apt to be enemies, he would have to fight for his life alone. Galloway knew what Flagan must do to survive because he knew what he would do -- and because Flagan was his brother in thinking as well as in blood. And for Sackett there was no easy way. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Filled with action, adventure, mystery, and historical detail, the Sackett saga is an unforgettable achievement by one of America's greatest storytellers. In Galloway, two brothers must struggle to survive in a wild and beautiful land to build themselves a ranch and a future.

A desperate stand. . .

Trouble was following Flagan Sackett with a vengeance. Captured and tortured by a band of Apaches, he had escaped into the rugged San Juan country, where he would try to stay alive until his brother Galloway could find him.

But the brothers were about to find worse trouble ahead. Their plan to establish a ranch angered the Dunn clan, who had decided that the vast range would be theirs alone. Now Galloway and Flagan would face an enemy who killed for sport -- but as long as other Sacketts lived, they would not fight alone. . . --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd; New edition edition (December 13, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0709143052
• ISBN-13: 978-0709143055
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Sackett brothers start a ranch, November 16, 2003

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Richard J. Brzostek (New England, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Galloway (Sacketts) (Mass Market Paperback)

"Galloway," by Louis L'Amour, is part of the Sacketts series and takes place circa 1875-1879. Read alone or as part of the series, the reader will have plenty of action, suspense, and adventure. Sacketts don't hunt for trouble, but when it comes they don't shy away from it.

Flagan Sackett manages to escape from being captured by the Indians, but without weapons and clothing, the task is a challenge for survival. Flagan and Galloway Sackett intend on starting a ranch, but the Dunns don't like the idea because they think they own all the land in the whole area and they don't like others coming in. The Dunns have pushed and scared others away in the past and they think they can do the same to the two Sackett brothers. They were wrong, as Sacketts from around the area all show up to help, as if fighting one is like fighting them all.

Although the book is called "Galloway," Flagon Sackett takes more of a leading role and narrates most of the story. The story switches back and forth, from being told by Flagon to a general narrator.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good novel from a great American storyteller, March 10, 2011

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New England Pat (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Galloway (Sacketts) (Mass Market Paperback)

Galloway, Flagan and Logan Sackett team up with a band of assorted trail hands and Utes to build a cattle ranch in Colorado amid threats from a rival outfit that has laid claim to a wide area of rich grassland and fertile valleys. The Sacketts, a clannish, fighting family from the Tennessee mountains with several family members scattered throughout the west, only want to be left alone but are pushed into a range war and prove to be more than equal to the task of defending their lives, livestock and the homes they plan to build. The story centers around Flagan more than Galloway, the title character, because the book details Flagan's brush with Apaches and Utes and how he struggles to survive in the wilderness after sustaining serious injuries while trying to elude the Indians and keep his hair. L'Amour's encyclopedic knowledge of the old west and the pioneer spirit makes his story very authentic and an enjoyable reading experience.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best!, February 7, 2010

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rider - See all my reviews

This review is from: Galloway (Sacketts) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is one of the best L'Amour fictions. The highlight is the dog/wolf in the story and shows that a real man can still have a heart. This is one for the ages. I've read 95% of his stuff and this is one of the top.