Comstock Lode Louis LAmours Lost T..., Louis LAmour
Comstock Lode Louis LAmours Lost T..., Louis LAmour
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Comstock Lode (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)

Author: Louis L'Amour

Narrator: Erik Singer, Jason Culp, Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 15 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/29/2012


Synopsis

The classic Western, now newly repackaged as part of Bantam's Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures program--with never-before-seen material from Louis and his son, Beau L'Amour.

It was just a godforsaken mountainside, but no place on earth was richer in silver. For a bustling, enterprising America, this was the great bonanza. The dreamers, the restless, the builders, the vultures--they were lured by the glittering promise of instant riches and survived the brutal hardships of a mining camp to raise a legendary boom town. But some sought more than wealth. Val Trevallion, a loner haunted by a violent past. Grita Redaway, a radiantly beautiful actress driven by an unfulfilled need. Two fiercely independent spirits, together they rose above the challenges of the Comstock to stake a bold claim on the future.

Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures is a project created to release some of the author’s more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives.
 
In Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures: Volume 1 and Volume 2, Beau L’Amour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father was never able to publish during his lifetime. L’Amour’s never-before-seen first novel, No Traveller Returns, faithfully completed for this program, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas.
 
Additionally, many beloved classics will be rereleased with an exclusive Lost Treasures postscript featuring previously unpublished material, including outlines, plot notes, and alternate drafts. These postscripts tell the story behind the stories that millions of readers have come to know and cherish.

About The Author

Our foremost storyteller of the American West, Louis L’Amour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and woman who settled the frontier. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the world.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on March 10, 2018

I remembered this as one of my favorite L'Amour stories. It follows a number of settlers on their way west & the growth of a mining town over the course of a decade. That's really interesting, although fairly scanty. A lot of tidbits & half stories such as the mention of the Pony Express. It briefly......more

Goodreads review by Set on July 08, 2022

The rise of a boomtown is more interesting than the basic main plot, which gets a little repetitive and kinda outstays its welcome somewhat. There is also too little characterisation spread out over too many characters. Characters (especially antagonists) that should've been a presence from early on......more

Goodreads review by John on December 11, 2020

Great story. Trevallion is a wonderful evocative character. His story of revenge and honesty and steadfastness is entertaining and informative. Supporting his friends and reunited with Grita now an actress. The evolution of a small mining town into a boomtown is well written. My favorite character w......more

Goodreads review by Scott on September 23, 2015

"A successful man can share his success. His troubles are his own." Louis L'Amour knocked out some of his finest work in his later years, and this is one of his finest. An epic tale of a couple of characters who have a troubled childhood, and end up in a mining town in Nevada. This is a bit lengthier......more

Goodreads review by Megan on February 13, 2023

I did enjoy this book but not my favorite of this author. It took a couple of hundred pages before I felt like it was going anywhere after the initial few scenes. I enjoyed reading about the building of the town and the usual history he sprinkles into his novels. I thought the main character was fla......more