Remembering Louis L'Amour [Paperback]

Reese Hawkins (Author), Meredith Wallin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0970062478 | ISBN-13: 978-0970062475 | Publication Date: April 30, 2001

Louis L'Amour is one of the fastest selling writers of all time. By December 1999, over 330 million of his books were in print. No one knows more about the settlement of America than this unique writer.

Reese Hawkins was a close friend of Louis L'Amour. Now Hawkins shares this friendship with L'Amour's legions of fans.

Sit with Reese in L'Amour's study where characters were born and stories came to life.

Travel with Louis and Reese to Colorado, Carolina, North Dakota and Tennessee. Visit actual sites used in L'Amour's frontier stories.

Join them and listen to the discussions of the writing process and how his stories took shape. Learn about L'Amour's lifelong quest for knowledge and his philosophy of life.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Hawkins' interviews demonstrate L'Amour's pursuit for knowledge that MADE his novels historically accurate." -- Erin Froslie, Entertainment Editor, The Forum, Fargo ND

About the Author

Reese Hawkins is a native of Greer, South Carolina. His friendship with Louis L'Amour spanned many years, during which Hawkins was a pharmacist-owner of the drug store in L'Amour's home town in North Dakota. Meredith Hawkins Wallin, who co-wrote Remembering Louis L'Amour, lives in North Carolina, where she received a state Arts Council grant in literature to pursue her writing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: Mccleery & Sons Pub (April 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970062478
• ISBN-13: 978-0970062475
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,774,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for any L' Amour fan., February 15, 2006

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Kenneth H. Weber (Goodrich, ND USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Remembering Louis L'Amour (Paperback)

This book celebrates the friendship that Mr. Hawkins (who ran a drugstore in L'Amour's hometown of Jamestown, ND) had with the great writer Louis L'Amour. It is interesting reading how this friendship developed, which I will not reveal here because it is an intregal part of the book. The story of this friendship gives the reader great insights into the real Louis L'Amour that you will find in no other source. Unlike a biography this book was written by a man who had a true friendship with Mr. L'Amour, because of this we get a special look at Mr. L'Amour was as a regular person, and not what a publicist would manufacture.
The author continues to advocate honors for Louis L'Amour in his hometown to this day.