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The Haunted Mesa: A Novel Mass Market Paperback – May 1, 1988

4.4 out of 5 stars 2,168

The Navajo called them the Anasazi, the “ancient enemy,” and their abandoned cities haunt the canyons and plateaus of the Southwest. For centuries the sudden disappearance of these people baffled historians. Summoned to a dark desert plateau by a desperate letter from an old friend, renowned investigator Mike Raglan is drawn into a world of mystery, violence, and explosive revelations. Crossing a border beyond the laws of man and nature, he will learn of the astonishing world of the Anasazi and discover the most extraordinary frontier ever encountered.

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The Navajo called them the Anasazi: an enigmatic race of southwestern cliff dwellers. For centuries, the sudden disappearance of this proud and noble people has baffled historians. Summoned to a dark desert plateau by a desperate letter form an old friend, renowned investigator Mike Raglan is drawn into a world of mystery, violence, and explosive revaltion. Crossing the border beyond the laws of man and nature, he will learn the astonishing legacy of the Anasazi -- but not without a price. Set in the contemporary Southwest, The Haunted Mesa draws on Louis L'Amour's extensive knowledge of Indian lore and mysticism. In this extraordinary book L'Amour tells a tale of epic adventure that takes his readers across the most extraordinary frontier they have ever encountered.

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The Navajo called them the Anasazi: an enigmatic race of southwestern cliff dwellers. For centuries, the sudden disappearance of this proud and noble people has baffled historians. Summoned to a dark desert plateau by a desperate letter form an old friend, renowned investigator Mike Raglan is drawn into a world of mystery, violence, and explosive revaltion. Crossing the border beyond the laws of man and nature, he will learn the astonishing legacy of the Anasazi -- but not without a price. Set in the contemporary Southwest, The Haunted Mesa draws on Louis L'Amour's extensive knowledge of Indian lore and mysticism. In this extraordinary book L'Amour tells a tale of epic adventure that takes his readers across the most extraordinary frontier they have ever encountered.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0553270222
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bantam (May 1, 1988)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780553270228
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0553270228
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 720L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.15 x 1.2 x 6.86 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 2,168

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Louis L'Amour
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"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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Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2024
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Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2020
I read this book back in 1988 or 89 and was astonished by how good it was. Not only was it a superb, extremely well-written story, but the location descriptions were so vivid that I packed up the family on an impromptu vacation, and drove out to all the key locations because I "had to see it with my own eyes." That meant crisscrossing the four-corners area, Mesa Grande, Bluff, Blanding, and various points in between. A long drive from Southern California for sure, but I had to see it. We even drove up the Moki Dugway on our way to Bluff. I also climbed down into a carefully restored Native American Kiva in the middle of nowhere. All this because of this great book.

The story itself involves Native American themes, the southwest, and the Anasazi. This is NOT a Western. Mike Raglan is an excellent character. who goes on a quest at the request of a friend. There is an element of science-fiction and "mysteries of the unknown. But mainly this is an action-adventure story. And Louis L'Amour does it right.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2023
Enjoyed the read and the extras in the back about the writing of the book.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2024
L'amour would be a fantastic writer in any genre, I love everything that I have ever found in print of his, lots of his novels I've read multiple times and most likely will read again!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2017
Louis L'Amour has been one of my favorite authors for decades or long before his passing. Most of his fans know him as one of the most gifted authors of the western genre. After reading his autobiography, "Education of a Wandering Man", I realized there was far more to the man & the author than his most popular western paperbacks. So, it was I began to seek out his more obscure works like his detective short stories, his brilliant historical novels "The Walking Drum" & "The Lonesome Gods". Only recently did I become aware that he had written a science fiction novel late in his life, "The Haunted Mesa". In fact, I believe that Louis was working at editing this book right up to the time of his death. Some of the other readers that have critiqued "The Haunted Mesa" did not like the build up of the central character asking many of the same questions over & over. Some of the questions have depth & I believe Louis was trying to get his readers to think deeply about those questions & ideas being presented. Sometimes to form an idea or opinion, it takes a lot of soul searching. I think that line of reasoning is what Louis was trying to portray with his character of Mike Raglan. I found the book like many written by Louis L'Amour to be quite enjoyable while teaching valuable history lessons from the author's lifetime of experiences. The other idea that I came away with from reading "The Haunted Mesa" is that Louis L'Amour could have been a great science fiction author if he had chosen to go down that path rather the commercially successful western for its time period. Like Louis once said about Edgar Allen Poe, the great author of suspense & the macabre story might have made an equally successful storyteller in another genre. At the time of Poe, scary stories of suspense was where the money was at. Louis became popular with the game changing advent of the paperback novel & westerns being the most popular film genre. It may be hard for a younger generation to fathom but the paperback was just as much a game changer as the Kindle reader has been in transforming print media into a digital world. If you read "The Haunted Mesa" with an open mind, I believe that you will agree that Louis L'Amour should be considered a great author regardless of the genre being used!
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Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2023
As La'Mour's last book he does get a bit repetitive at times.
I have to say not his best written book.
The topic is very interesting especially if you have any knowledge of the Ananazi indians.
The Las third of the book does move quickly and the climax is riveting.
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2023
I always knew that he was a great writer however never would have believed he could write like this. I would strongly suggest that you not read this novel at night or when you are camping out.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2023
I read this book as a teenager when it first came out. It was great then and great now. Louis L’Amour was the best story teller.
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Paul Kingsley
5.0 out of 5 stars Arrived very fast
Reviewed in Canada on July 26, 2020
This is one of L'Amours better modern books. He is an excellent writer.
Jimmy Dixon another cracking set of stories about the adventures of the crockett brothers travels in
5.0 out of 5 stars The haunted mesa
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 27, 2017
This is a well written tale that makes you think about the world we live in. Is it possible that there is a parallel existence that's we are unaware off. It makes one wonder. I Will recommend this story to my friends and watch for their reactions
geoff rogers
5.0 out of 5 stars Good 3rd dimension story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2021
To Read
Mark
5.0 out of 5 stars Crackling Good Read
Reviewed in Canada on June 30, 2019
Excellent book written by the master storyteller himself. Excellent setting for the story. Must read.
SJSC
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2015
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