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Treasure Mountain (Louis L'Amour)

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In Treasure Mountain, Orrin and Tell Sackett set off to find their father, who has been missing for twenty years. Their mother is near the end of her life and wants to know if he'll be waiting for her at the end of the road.

During their search, the brothers split up and both run into the Baston family--who are just about as nasty as the Higginses--who seem to have information about their father, but who aren't about to let it be known. Andre is the seemingly more dangerous due to his bulk, but sister Fanny is the more insidious, using her charming ways to lure both Orrin and Tell into trouble.

Eventually Tell finds the daybook left behind by his father that tells that side of the story. This lends a level of suspense to Treasure Mountain that isn't usually present in other Sackett novels. We, as well as Tell, want to know what happened and the knowledge is revealed piece by piece. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Tell has to face the final showdown on his own, which shows both him and us what he is truly made of.

Treasure Mountain is likely the best Sackett novel I have read since Sackett's Land. William Tell Sackett is definitely my favorite Sackett and I look forward to reading more in this later part of the series featuring the brothers.

(Trivia: Flagan and Galloway Sackett from the previous novel in the series, Galloway, also make a short appearance here.)

This was the first book I've ever read by Louis L'amour and now I am hooked on his novels. This book is totally complete with references to history, a great plot, and humor also. Once you start reading this book, I can guarantee you wont be able to set it down. An all around pleasure to read!

Treasure Mountain by Louis L'Amour is easily the best western I have ever read. It is a very adventurous story and has much suspense to it. Treasure Mountain is a story about two brothers who set out to search for the reamains of their father. He went on a journey twenty years earlier and never returned. These boys felt it their responsibility to find out what happened to their father.
On their journey to uncover the mystery they have many encounters with different people which causes some problems. In this book it shows the love of a family and how a family works together. It'ds hard to put this book down because you don't want to be left hanging.
I would recommend this book to anyone who loves mysteries and suspense. If you want that excitement while reading I would recommend that you read Treasure Mountain by Louis L'Amour. I'm not a big western fan but I absolutely loved this book.

Superb audio tape .... as always. Well read .... I enjoyed thoroghtly enjoyed it.

Very sad ending, but excellant reading. A real tear jerker when you come to an the end. Since 1967 I have read hundreds of books written by this author. He never fails to keep my mind active.

I enjoy L'Amour and particularly his Sackett tales. I attempted to purchase all of them, some dozen paperbacks. I had recently moved and so had to change my address. My feeble efforts were ignored by the web site, so the books probably remain on the steps of an unoccupied house. Lesson: When making a significant change, always make a trial run that does not involve a significant amount of money.

I have been reading Louis L'Amour books since I was a teenager and now that I am grown that still hasn't changed (only now I listen to the audios due to busy schedules and long commutes). This was truly a good addition to my library and I will be buying more. The Sackett and Chic Bowdrie series are my absolute favorite!

All the Sackett stories are good and this one does not disappoint although I have always had issues with some of the basic plot. Tell and his brothers have gone looking to find out what happened to their father, who has been missing for 20 years. They talk about what a good father he was and then wonder if he's really dead. Of course he's dead; he's been missing for 20 years. If he's not dead, he's either a lousy father and husband for leaving them all (which doesn't square with the character they've remembered) or he's lost his memory. That would be unusual in any time and you'd think that people would have heard about it. All that said, it's a storyline that you have no trouble getting immersed in. Nobody can spin a yarn like Louis L'Amour and this one has you caught up in it from page one.

The book was shipped on time and the condition as described. I would gladly use this seller again in the future.

The Boys and all their friends cain't wait for a new book. They love to read them.