Louis lamour was born on march 22, 1908 in jamestown, north dakota, usa as louis dearborn lamoore. Filmed as the abc television series hondo in 1967 starring ralph taeger. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the. Louis lamour is probably the bestselling western writer of all time and hondo his first big, and perhaps his best, novel. And between hondo lane and angie lowe was the warrior vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men. A traditional western with a little bit of romance, this book was reportedly dubbed the finest western john wayne had ever read. Hondo has 20 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Hondo is based on the 1952 short story the gift of cochise published in colliers magazine july 5th, 1952. When lamour wrote the novel hondo he worked from the screenplay. The movie was based on a screenplay,not written by lamour, that was quite a bit different from lamours short story, for instance the screen writer is the one who came up with hondo lane and the dog sam. And between hondo lane and angie lowe was the warrior vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white. Four complete novels the tall stranger kilkenny hondo showdown at yellow butte by louis lamour and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
March 22, 1908 june 10, 1988 was an american novelist and shortstory writer. Hondo louis lamours lost treasures by louis lamour. The first edition of the novel was published in april 1983, and was written by louis lamour. Louis lamour beau and angelique lamour discuss louis lamours lost treasures duration. He was a man etched by the deserts howling winds, a big, broadshouldered man who knew the ways of the apache and ways of staying alive. Born in north dakota, louis dearborn lamour was an american novelist.
Louis lamour wrote a short story that was made into the movie hondo. Lamour has been described as a good storyteller, but a mediocre writer. Hondo was a dispatch rider who loved his cigarettes, his dog, and the land. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The unclipped dust jacket, sleeved in mylar, is fine. He wrote more than 400 short stories and 100 novels, as well as numerous television scripts and screenplays. Hondo by louis lamour 1985, paperback for sale online.
Louis lamour westerns louis lamour movies louis lamour hondo louis lamour john wayne hondo trailer based on the louis lamour story the gift of cochise, this sparkling western has wayne as a halfindian cavalry scout who, with. Free download or read online the lonesome gods pdf epub book. Lamours neverbeforeseen first novel, no traveller returns, faithfully completed for this program, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. As part of the louis lamour s lost treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials. The story is told third person past tense from multiple points of view, hondo lane, mrs. The louis lamour leatherette collection louis lamours great adventure the diamond of jeru son of a wanted. Hondo by louis lamour in thirty five years, louis lamour wrote over one hundred books.
Canonical western author louis lamour transports us into the rugged frontier with this enduring genre classic. When you start late and publish over one hundred books, it. Although he wrote even short stories and scaled genres such as science fiction and historical fiction, louis lamours best sellers were. All this rapidly led to louis lamour becoming one of the most highly regarded novelists within his field, with both commercial and critical success achieved during his time.
As part of the louis lamours lost treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials. Read hondo louis lamours lost treasures a novel by louis lamour available from rakuten kobo. Laid in is a newspaper article alerting to the signing event and, also, a picture of louis lamour signing copies of this title. Louis lamours hondo special 30th aniversary edition by.
The book hondo was a novelization of the film also written by lamour, and published by gold medal books in 1953. Louis lamour hondo the louis lamours lost treasures. The volume has a light vertical line on the front panel near the foreedge. The setting is in the dessert of arizona back in the cowboy and indian days. Louis lamour is an old friend to all who devour his books. He was a writer, known for hondo 1953, east of sumatra 1953 and taggart 1964. After weeks and months of reading things for workor even pleasuretheres just nothing like settling in for a couple evenings of a louis lamour story. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Louis lamour is currently considered a single author.
Ive read dozens of his books and hondo is unquestionably my favorite. Louis lamours popular novels were what he called his frontier stories, which were characteristic for being about the american frontier, or what you may call the wild west. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 576 pages and is available in paperback format. Click download or read online button to get louis l amour book now. Louis lamour hondo lane was a man whod come to terms with the hard land in which he lived. Our foremost storyteller of the american west, louis lamour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and woman who settled the frontier. He was etched by the deserts howling winds, a big, broadshouldered man who knew the ways of the apache and the ways of staying alive. I used to read a lot of louis lamour and zane grey. Four complete novels the tall stranger, kilkenny, hondo, showdown at yellow butte louis lamour. Download and read online for free ebooks written by louis lamour.
I have read all of louis lamours books at least once, and some of them i have read several times. Hondo book by louis lamour half price books marketplace. These exciting publications will be followed by louis lamours lost treasures. Hondo was author louis lamours 1953 publication, and shares with arthur c. His books consisted primarily of western fiction novels though he called his work frontier stories, however he also wrote historical fiction the walking drum, science fiction the haunted mesa, nonfiction frontier, as well as poetry and shortstory collections. The main character of this book of course is hondo lane, and the antagonist in my opinion was the chief vittoro. The sackett novels title code novels, continued ttitle code short stories title code. Furthermore, he also wrote historical fiction, science fiction, nonfiction, short stories and poetry. Hondo is a 1953 western film starring john wayne and directed by john farrow. Hondo by louis lamour 1983, paperback for sale online. He rode dispatch for general crook through the arizona deserta severe and beautiful landscape where one mistake could. Louis lamour 19081988 was a prolific western writer who once said, i write my books to be read aloud and i think of myself in that oral tradition. There are often slight discontinuities in his work for example in this book he met wild bill for the first and last time then several chapters later met him ag.
Top 10 books by louis lamour best book recommendations. She was a woman raising a young son on her own on a remote arizona ranch. Louis l amour download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The screenplay is based on the july 5, 1952 colliers short story the gift of cochise by louis lamour. Hondo louis lamours lost treasures ebook by louis l. She was a woman alone raising a young son on a remote arizona ranch. Filmed as the movie hondo in 1953 starring john wayne and geraldine page. A space odyssey the distinction of actually being a novelization of a successful film. Now the pioneer woman, the gunman, and the apache warrior are caught in a drama of love, war, and honor. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. Louis lamour, american writer, bestselling author of more than 100 books, most of which were formula westerns that were highly popular because of their wellresearched portrayals of frontier life. If you are looking for a technically perfect book, his work is not the place. The 1953 film starring john wayne and geraldine page was actually based upon a short story by lamour entitled the gift of cochise.
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