The Collected Short Stories of Louis ..., Louis LAmour
The Collected Short Stories of Louis ..., Louis LAmour
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The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Unabridged Selections from The Frontier Stories: Volume 1

Author: Louis L'Amour

Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd

Abridged: 3 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/04/2003


Synopsis

No one more vividly captures the rugged majesty and enduring spirit of the American West than Louis L'Amour. Now, collected for the very first time, here are seven unabridged frontier tales from a legendary master of the genre. Volume One celebrates this remarkable voice in American fiction with a captivating blend of some of his best-beloved work.

Listeners are brought face-to-face with heroism in a most unexpected place in The Gift of Cochise, as a single mother faces down an Apache war party. Desperate Men follows four escaped convicts running a gauntlet of double and triple crosses in a hunt for gold that will leave only one of them alive. In Skull and the Arrow, a beaten man finds the strength to confront his enemies in the discovery of a simple arrowhead. In Marshal of Canyon Gap, a new face in town means nothing but trouble to Marshal McLane--not only for Canyon Cap, but for the secret he's kept for too many years. In The Defense of Sentinel, a whiskey-soaked drunk wakes to find that he's only hope for a town surrounded by marauders. Let the Cards Decide is the story of a woman whose future hangs on the outcome of a card game, and the adventures continue with Home is the Hunter, the tale of a hardened gunfighter and the little who changes his rough way of life.

Brimming with history, unforgettable characters, and the pride of place that his listeners have come to expect, this first volume of The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour is a lasting tribute to one of the greatest short-story writers of all time.

About The Author

Louis L'Amour, truly America's favorite storyteller, was the first fiction writer ever to receive the Congressional Gold Medal from the United States Congress in honor of his life's work, and was also awarded the Medal of Freedom. There are more than 265 million copies of his books in print worldwide.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Werner on December 08, 2020

Note, Dec. 8, 2020: When I read short story collections intermittently over a long period of time, my reactions are similarly written piecemeal, while they're fresh in my mind. That gives the reviews a choppy, and often repetitive, quality. Recently, I had to condense and rearrange one of these into......more

Goodreads review by A Turtles on June 27, 2014

My first read by L'more was "Off the Mangrove Coast". I have been hooked ever since.......more

Goodreads review by Bob on September 23, 2014

A True Story Teller I just like Louis L'amour stories. There is a simplicity to them that is a joy to read. Louis L'amour is a story teller and that is what you sometimes with a good story. The characters are either good or bad. Sometimes they start off bad but come to that fork in the road where the......more

Goodreads review by Emily on February 10, 2021

With a collection of 35 stories I figured there'd be some I didn't like or would skim. This book is excellent, so much so that I would love to buy a copy to keep (I read a library copy). Every story was gripping, the resolutions satisfying, and the experience one I look forward to repeating.......more

Goodreads review by hotsake on November 09, 2024

Louis L'amour is the ultimate comfort read for me. While I'm not the biggest short story fan this collection was just a blast for me.......more