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The Rider of the Ruby Hills

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All the short stories written by L'amour are actually better than some of the long ones. Trent, sometimes a name used for Lance Kilkenny is one of the most interesting heroes created by L'amour, perhaps the ultimate warrior-like person who could ever be created by one of the greatest authors ever lived and contributed. There is one thing that Bantam Book and L'amour's offsprings didn't do yet. They should line up the whole works of L'amour and mark the 1, 2, 3 numbers for the readers to follow. Like Sackett saga, they should tell the reader to start reading from "To The Far Blue Mountain", then, "Jubal Sackett", then which one should be read first about Tell Sackett, Orrion, or Tyrel Sackett. Readers picking up and finising a book and found out that should come later after the other ones is so annoying and frustrated. If there is a character who would appear again and again as a certain series, the publisher and the heir of L'amour should mark them clearly. Like I've read Tell finally lost his wife, Angee, and then the next one I've picked up was Angee was still alive, because this is the one I should have read first, but without knowing it is such an annoying mixup.

This was the second Louis L'Armour I read, and it disappointed me a bit. There is too much action on too little pages, and it spoils the story. So I am glad that Mr. L'Armour later converted these stories to complete books.I am looking forward to reading them.

Not one of Louie L'Amour's best stories, and I've read many. This one was an audiobook I listened to this time. The reader was good, better than average for a Louie L'Amour reader and he had a flavor of the old west in his speech, I liked that. And the story started promising but faded toward the end with little more to like about the main characters than first described.

Story goes like this, lone rider rides into town from off the plains, see's the woman he's goin' ta marry, determines the land he's goin' ta own, runs into the city-slicker and the other men he's gonna hav' ta kill and goes about takin' care of business. A formula I like really, but in other Louie L'amour books it's been done so much better.

Of recent stories I've read or heard I'd suggest Crazy Man, The Lonely Men, or Mojave Crossing for a better read. Also Larry McMurtry's Commanche Moon is a good western read. Enjoy!

The good guy with two guns comes to a town under the thumb of an evil rancher who is trying to gobble up every thing.
Good guy beats bad guy in fist fight and saves girl.
Typical of what made L'Amour famous.
Good reading.