How the West Was Won

How the West was won Conocida en español como "La conquista del oeste" se trata de un muy buen intento de resumir en trescientas páginas un período de más de cincuenta años durante los cuales el oeste americano fue invadido para siempre y nunca volvió a ser lo mismo. La novela está dividida en cinco p......more

More of a 3.5, but quite good, more meat than the typical L'Amour. Sort of a quick version of John Jakes' Bicentennial series, just focused on the mid to late 1800's. I was surprised to find out that L'Amour just wrote the novelization of the screenplay, not the original story.......more

Louis L'Amour was not one of the most technical or long-winded writers, he was short, succinct, and to the point and had a way that grabs you into the story immediately. The descriptions of the scenery, events, people, and situations made you feel as if you were right there living it side-by-side wi......more

I was prepared to give this book three stars - until Zeb went West. The first half of the book was a poor imitation of the movie. The second half, however, is superior to the movie. Once Zeb goes west, L'Amour takes over and offers us context, back stories and complexity that the movie could not exp......more

A sprawling book written with the usual L'Amour skill. The movie was a bit of a mess but the book was much cleaner if still somewhat messy.......more