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The Man from Skibbereen

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L'Amour takes a raw lad from Ireland ans sends him west for a railway laboring job. Having missed reboarding the train in the middle of nowhere, he winds up teaching himself to use guns for self protection from renegades and effectively rescues the big brass ans saves the heroine. Fine action & narration. Try Aymond by Burkhart, also here at Amazon, for similar action by a young lad in the West, now that L'Amour is no longer with us.

The thing that I love about L'Amour is that he is more of a storyteller than an author. His economic style of writing keeps the story going and the action fast. One can easily imagine him telling this story by a campfire. This is a fish out of water tale that takes place in Wyoming shortly after the Civil War. If you need a visual reference, check out the movie Dances with Wolves and your set. The characters are likable, Crispin Mayo particularly. Bar none, no one can write a fight scene better than L'Amour and he surpasses himself (at least from what I've read of him)in this story. I also recommend The Empty Land, The Walking Drum and A Man Called Noon.

My only problem with this book is that the main character goes from just-arrived-from-Ireland to skilled westerner in just a few days. But, I didn't live in Ireland in the 1800's, so maybe they did have the skills to survive in the American West with little training. Anyway, it's an enjoyable read, just like all of L'Amour's books.

The Man From Skibbereen The Man From Skibbereen is a book about a helping Irishman who came from Ireland to work on a railroad, but was let to help a colonel's daughter rescue her father from renegades. Overall Ithink this was a good book. It mostly tells about the confederates and the rebels. L would recommend this book to readers who are interested in the Civil War. I would not suggest this book to readers who do not like reading about the west. This book is 184 pages long. The author is Louis L'amour. He is the most highly rated western bookwriter in the country today. He has written other books including, shalako, River West, Sacket, and more.