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 Alert -- To the Far Blue Mountains
I'm working on the LLLT Postscript edition of TTFBM. Central to the PS is the fact that the book's original hardcover edition was heavily edited and |  blamour | Jun-17-21 10:20 PM
by blamour | 17 | 34826 |
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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 06:51 AM
by epeterd | 16 | 33468 |
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Where should we draw the line?
Just watched The Professionals" last night. It was promoted and has to my mind always been referred to as a Western. Set during the Mexican Revoluti | Les Down Under | Mar-15-21 12:05 AM
by thelegand45 | 28 | 32707 |
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Howdy!
Sitting here by the dining room window wondering what to say...and what to read next. Problem is I have to get up. One library is in the space betwe | Mike Shaffer | Dec-04-20 01:25 PM
by john555 | 15 | 30420 |
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BENDIGO SHAFTER - COMPROMISE
Just finished Bendigo Shafter for the, um, third or fourth time. I noticed a paragraph in Ch 28 (page 270 in my copy) where Bendigo discusses comprom | john555 | Apr-25-21 05:15 PM
by john555 | 11 | 30229 |
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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-16-22 12:50 AM
by john555 | 16 | 30173 |
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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 01:17 AM
by Les Down Under | 0 | 28515 |
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The Empty Land
Just finished reading this. I've read it once before, but it's been a few years so I didn't really remember it. I like how he puts Matt and Madge toge | epeterd | Jun-30-21 08:38 AM
by epeterd | 0 | 27819 |
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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-23-21 12:49 AM
by NoogaStrong | 10 | 27669 |
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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 06:03 PM
by blamour | 8 | 27562 |
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Holiday Greetings.
Happy 4th of July everyone. Stay Safe.
Les
The English Language is weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought though.
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| Les Down Under | Jul-03-21 08:05 AM
by epeterd | 1 | 27298 |
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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 01:19 AM
by Les Down Under | 3 | 27243 |
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Louis L'Amour and the movies
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 06:35 PM
by blamour | 9 | 27188 |
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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 03:04 PM
by blamour | 5 | 27040 |
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Plutarch and LL
Seems LL was an admirer of Plutarch, more than a few times favorably mentioned in his books. In Plutarch’s “Lives” and “Moralia”, one has to be highl | Arkansas Toothpick | Jul-21-21 02:29 AM
by Les Down Under | 4 | 26993 |
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The Romance of Piute Bill
No one should ever say that L'Amour was not an author of romance lest they be haunted by the ghost of Piute Bill.
| john555 | Jun-05-21 11:27 AM
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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 02:50 AM
by Les Down Under | 1 | 26728 |
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last of the breed
my question is simple maybe,,, is there a or what is the name of sequel to this book?
| scoutman | Jul-16-21 03:15 AM
by Les Down Under | 4 | 26666 |
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What is everyone reading right now.
Reading
BLUE MOON by Lee Child
On deck
THE SWAMP FOX by John Oller
and FATSO by Arthur Donovan
| Mike Shaffer | Apr-26-20 01:51 AM
by jakem33 | 25 | 26625 |
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Writing
Years and years ago I had some poetry published, as had a friend. So he and I decided to try our hand at a novel. When it came my turn I changed the | Mike Shaffer | Jul-21-21 04:17 AM
by epeterd | 7 | 26311 |
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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 06:53 AM
by epeterd | 3 | 26268 |
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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 02:04 AM
by Les Down Under | 1 | 26216 |
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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 05:04 PM
by NoogaStrong | 2 | 26210 |
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RECENT READS
I've been going back thru the non-Sackett novels. Most recently "Hanging Woman Creek", "Down the Long Hills", "Conagher" and "The Empty Land".
HWC | john555 | Dec-16-22 06:55 PM
by john555 | 16 | 26102 |
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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 08:41 AM
by epeterd | 2 | 26066 |
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Name the LL novel:
Old Man Merridew lifted a skinny arm and pointed it the way his hawk-beak nose was already pointing. “They’s a-comin’,” he said. “There’s the dus | Arkansas Toothpick | Jul-20-21 10:52 PM
by Arkansas Toothpick | 1 | 26049 |
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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 01:44 AM
by blamour | 1 | 26037 |
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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 09:20 PM
by john555 | 5 | 26027 |
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LL and Stephen King...for Beau
In years past I've read Stephen King make a few comments regard LL, always very warm (at least what I've seen).
Did your Dad ever meet or correspond | Carcosa2004 | Jul-24-21 09:24 PM
by blamour | 1 | 26013 |
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King Clancy
Don't know if anyone here follows hockey. I don't, but I happened to see that Pekka Rinne of Nashville won the King Clancy memorial trophy. I was just | epeterd | Jul-07-21 12:12 AM
by epeterd | 0 | 25972 |
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