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 Oddity in FBtW
Just found something odd when reading Fair Blows the Wind. Page 211 in the LT edition. Tatton is talking to Jacob Binns about investing in shipping.
| epeterd | Oct-05-22 05:47 PM
by john555 | 6 | 45688 |
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Elisha Comes to Red Horse
Just read this again. (read it once before a few years ago) Fun little story, a bit humorous. A little different than LL's stories usually were. I can | epeterd | Aug-31-22 07:16 AM
by epeterd | 2 | 48179 |
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MOON OF THE TREES BROKEN BY SNOW...
Although I love the two expanded versions, I'm fond of the original issue of YONDERING with its then more seemingly eclectic selection of stories...in | Carcosa2004 | Aug-06-22 03:23 PM
by blamour | 1 | 50460 |
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Original paperback art...for Beau!
I know a great deal of original artwork was destroyed in a disastrous flood, but do you know what if any of Bantam's LL vintage cover art (or other we | Carcosa2004 | Aug-06-22 03:13 PM
by blamour | 1 | 49770 |
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SAMUEL H. WALKER
Re-reading "The First Fast Draw". LL has Cullen mention Samuel Colt inventing the "first successful repeating pistol". LL puts it that Colt designed | john555 | Jul-29-22 10:27 PM
by john555 | 4 | 51011 |
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The Haunted Mesa and Albert Einstei
I have a question about a comment made in "THM" by the novel's lead character, Mike Raglan. It's on page 151 of the most recent paperback edition wher | CougarSFC90 | Jun-20-22 07:30 PM
by Carcosa2004 | 3 | 46046 |
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Taggart
Finally finished reading Taggart. Good book. One of the few left that I hadn't read yet. I have read Trap of Gold in the past, and it seems like I hav | epeterd | Jun-20-22 05:43 PM
by Carcosa2004 | 5 | 48316 |
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Hopalong Cassidy
Just finished the first three of LL's Hopalong novels. And, read Beau's afterword to "The Rustlers of West Fork". Obviously I thought LL's Hopalong | john555 | Jun-04-22 09:10 PM
by john555 | 1 | 62604 |
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Sky Ring Water...Beau.
So I heard this dropped in the introduction of Lost Treasures Volume 2...and I'm intrigued of course!
Beau, can you give us some insight into this n | Carcosa2004 | May-15-22 11:50 PM
by john555 | 16 | 73346 |
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The Burning Hills
Pleasant surprise. Picked up TBH and read the opening blurb at the front of the book and thought it didn't sound familiar. So, I started reading it a | john555 | May-07-22 04:04 PM
by NoogaStrong | 2 | 59875 |
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Jamestown Revival
I have had these guys' Fireside with Louis L'Amour on my Spotify feed for some time now. I have just received the CD from Paul at the trading post an | Les Down Under | Feb-01-22 12:17 AM
by Les Down Under | 0 | 64162 |
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Tennessee Dave
Where art thou, TD? By the way, this is OtisTom. I had to change my User ID because I couldn’t get website to agree with the password. Easier this way | NoogaStrong | Dec-22-21 11:49 PM
by NoogaStrong | 10 | 61309 |
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JAMESTOWN ND
A few years back a group of guys and a lady I rode motorcycles with rode out to Jamestown ND. They have quite a bit of information, in a tourist cont | Mike Shaffer | Dec-12-21 09:18 PM
by Mike Shaffer | 0 | 54973 |
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Hello the fire!
Had to begin again…forgot my sign in stuff.
Not much new to report…last I heard TD was not feeling too well, and haven’t seen anything else…good or | Mike Shaffer | Dec-07-21 09:13 PM
by Mike Shaffer | 3 | 57794 |
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Thank you Louis, and thank you Beau
This will be a little self-indulgent, but given my recent hospital stint with covid pneumonia. I'm feeling sad, relieved, overwhelmed with nostalgia a | Carcosa2004 | Dec-02-21 12:44 AM
by blamour | 1 | 61115 |
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It's been a helluva ride
I started reading his westerns around 1976 and read them all, and reread many. His work has been such a constant thread through my life that, honestly | milkbandit | Nov-03-21 08:20 PM
by john555 | 5 | 59286 |
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Bored
Whenever I get bored, I call the Best Western Hotel phone number. When they answer "Best Western" I say "True Grit with John Wayne" and then I hang up | DocKaty | Oct-22-21 01:04 AM
by Les Down Under | 1 | 63213 |
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 Louis L'Amour and the movies [View all]
Generally, LL has fared almost as poorly as Stephen King in translation to film. In many cases, the nuts and bolts of their stories are there, but wha | Carcosa2004 | Oct-16-21 05:35 PM
by blamour | 9 | 63656 |
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Louis' list of books to read
In an article now many years ago about LL, a side box listed the books Louis thought were essential for a person to read to educate himself/herself. ( | Kent | Oct-14-21 11:41 PM
by Kent | 6 | 59224 |
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Judge Charles P Moore
My grandfather was a Louis L'Amour fan and Louis put his name in one of his books, but I don't know which one. He is an itinerant judge traveling by w | moore_te | Oct-07-21 12:19 AM
by Les Down Under | 3 | 64768 |
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Publishing and branding...Beau!
Having bought LL books you going on forever now, I've always been curious about publisher decisions and cover styles, etc over the years.
About the l | Carcosa2004 | Oct-04-21 02:04 PM
by blamour | 5 | 63917 |
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LL
Reread several LL books in the last couple of weeks. Never gets old. Like an old friend.
| NoogaStrong | Oct-03-21 09:15 PM
by NoogaStrong | 3 | 58647 |
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Crossfire Trail
Just finished reading this yesterday, then just now finished the movie. I've read it at some point in the past, and I've seen the movie too, but it's | epeterd | Oct-01-21 06:15 AM
by epeterd | 2 | 58571 |
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BEAU L'AMOUR
Beau, I'm trying to find out if The Haunted Mesa was ever out in audio book form whether on CD or Cassette. I read it over 25 years ago and most of h | dltrogdon | Sep-28-21 10:21 PM
by Carcosa2004 | 3 | 57950 |
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Desert flash flood
I just saw this video on reddit. It's only a shallow ditch, so only dangerous to bugs and lizards probably, but it reminded me of the times that LL me | epeterd | Aug-15-21 07:41 AM
by epeterd | 2 | 60944 |
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DRAIN THE OCEAN
The cable channel National Geographic has a series called "Drain the Oceans". They just aired a really good episode about the Wild West. They had a | john555 | Aug-12-21 05:53 AM
by epeterd | 3 | 62214 |
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OWEN CHANTRY - OVER ON THE DRYSIDE
I always thought this character would have been good for more tales.
| john555 | Aug-12-21 05:51 AM
by epeterd | 16 | 72527 |
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Jamestown Revival Fireside with Lou
I have just finished listening to the Podcast of this duo with Beau.
One of the duo made the statement that they imagined their sons being listened to | Les Down Under | Jul-30-21 05:03 PM
by blamour | 8 | 62211 |
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I've lost track of a short story
In the story a character takes papers to the town's lawyer that prove that the man is the rightful owner of the town. The town's hotel and saloon owne | bass1199 | Jul-29-21 01:50 AM
by Les Down Under | 1 | 63611 |
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Jon Tuska
I just read western critic Jon Tuska passed away a few years back. I didn't know.
Jon seemed pretty dismissive of LL's work in general, but I notice | Carcosa2004 | Jul-24-21 08:35 PM
by blamour | 3 | 62664 |
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