The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Unabridged Selections from The Frontier Stories: Volume 3

Note, Dec. 31, 2018: In keeping with my usual practice with short story collections that I read in bits and pieces, intermittently between other books, I started this review some time ago, after my first stint in reading these stories (in which I read the first ten of the 28, plus "A Gun for Kilkenn......more

This was another solid collection of stories. Reading these collections back to back allowed me to notice both the temple stories L'Amour wrote, as well as the wide range of stories outside of those familiar templates.......more

Watched Red River last night (Howard Hawks directed, John Wayne starred, Montgomery Clift costarred, Walter Brennen was the obligatory coot natch) and, since it was just about the perfect Western, I was jonesing for more Western. Had this sitting around and it has been filling the bill nicely, thank......more

I read the first four stories. They were fine and I learned new things but all very Same ish. And not really my style. But I did enjoy his writing. In other words, it’s not him, it’s me!......more

Haven't? I read you somewhere before? If you like Louis L'amour you will like this collection. And if you like Louis l'amour you probably read half the stories before in other books. There ought be a law about mixing previously published stories in with newer stories. At least I think there newer. An......more