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For decades, generations of readers have shared their
favorite passages of favorite Louis L'Amour novels and
short stories: parents with their children, neighbors
with their friends, executives with their staff and clergy
with their congregations. They pass around dog-eared copies
of the books, underlined and yellowing, recalling words
that echoes in their readers' hearts and minds long after
the last page was turned. Now, many of these selections
have been collected in a remarkable volume representing
some of the richest ore of the L'Amour lode: voices that
heralded the settling of the frontier, of the man and
women whose spirit and soul shaped our nation. In these
words, Louis L'Amour describes the American experience,
bringing our heritage to life, in ways no other author
has.
No L'Amour reader has a more unique perspective on his
work than Angelique, his only daughter. In an extraordinary
feat for every Louis L'Amour fan, and in loving appreciation
of her father, she has compiled A Trail of Memories: The
Quotations of Louis L'Amour, drawn from her father's best-loved
works of fiction, including the Sackett novels, Last of
the Breed, The Walking Drum and nearly two dozen others.
"By reading his words, each reader has met a part of
my father," she writes in her introduction. "Each hero
has a bit of Dad's experience that makes him who he is.
With Lando, it is all those boxing matches as Dad grew
up. With Barnabas Sackett, it is the sailor and explorer
in my father...I think that this collection of quotations
from my father's books reveals much of what makes Dad
who he is, for these words are the heart and soul of what
he believes, and what he wants to leave behind."
Angelique has selected nearly a thousand of her favorite,
most powerful and poignant L'Amour quotations--arranged
by category and annotated with the book in which it appears--on
more than a score of universal subjects such as: Love,
Friendship and Loyalty; Family and Home; Honor, the Law
and Justice; the Frontier; Women; and Men and Bravery.
One such example from Sackett's Land: "He never knew when
he was whipped--so he never was."
A wonderful gift from a daughter to her father--and from
Angelique L'Amour to her father's readers--A Trail of
Memories: The Quotations of Louis L'Amour will be a cherished
keepsake of words to enjoy, and words to live by.
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