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 Sayings
Anybody remember John Wayne saying, "That'll be the day."? The only movie I recall him saying this was in The Searchers.
But when I was a boy in the | Tennessee Dave | Apr-28-20 07:52 AM
by Tennessee Dave | 2 | 24996 |
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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 | 49351 |
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Sam's replacement
Have just started re-watching Hell on Wheels. I think Anson Mount might make a reasonable replacement for Sam Elliott as Tell.
Les
Isn't making a s | Les Down Under | Jun-23-20 01:57 PM
by mesadelvadre8 | 3 | 26459 |
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Sackett family
Good morning,
I was wondering if anyone has ever read any story or mention of "Packet Sackett". She was a cousin to Em Sackett Talon, mother to Mi | whelminski | Oct-02-24 05:03 PM | 0 | 149650 |
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sackett brand
anyone know what the Sackett cattle cow brand was?
| wahudad1 | Nov-15-19 05:43 PM
by Les Down Under | 1 | 32303 |
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Sackett
From memory the Sacketts came out of the fens. So, are they descended from the Iceni? And if so, are they then descended from Bouadicea? If so, tha | Mike Shaffer | Feb-08-20 01:32 PM
by Mike Shaffer | 3 | 23484 |
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Ruth Roman
I can't remember which LL movie she was in where she had main scenes with Ben Johnson; great moviee. Lately though I've seen her in many westerns set | Tennessee Dave | Sep-08-19 07:01 PM
by Tennessee Dave | 10 | 18416 |
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Rustler Roundup
I'm reading this story in the End of the Drive short story collection. Anybody know if the setting is real? LL seems to give a good bit of detail abou | epeterd | Nov-02-22 06:01 PM
by blamour | 3 | 42925 |
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Ride the River
I haven't read this one in a while and it happens to be one of my favorites. I like the story generally, it having the chantry family making a promine | Tennessee Dave | Aug-30-19 12:19 PM
by mesadelvadre8 | 9 | 18188 |
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Remembering a friend...Semper Fidel
He died about a year ago. During the war in Viet Nam he joined the Marine Corp. He was a sniper...it affected him strangely. We'd be walking on a c | Mike Shaffer | Jul-18-20 11:31 PM
by SailBoat | 4 | 20085 |
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REILLY'S LUCK
Just finished "Reilly's Luck" again. I think that this is my second favorite LL novel. It's just a really good story. Of course, "The Daybreakers" | john555 | Jan-31-21 12:41 PM
by Phyllis | 1 | 52085 |
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Regarding Character Named Neisha
I was named after a character in one of Louis L'Amour's novels. My mother kept the book for years, but she has passed away and I cannot find the book | Neisha | Mar-14-20 05:51 PM
by Les Down Under | 3 | 27783 |
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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 05:55 PM
by john555 | 16 | 46053 |
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Reading the New/Old books
I started off with Bendigo Shafter, as it had been on my mind recently, as I make the leatherette LL's my own. A book is not really mine until I have | Falcon | Jan-11-20 08:30 PM
by Falcon | 0 | 26467 |
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Reading currently
The Walking Drum for the first time - excellent
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Shoot Low, Boys--They're Ridin' Shetland Ponies
| DocKaty | Dec-11-19 12:10 PM
by mesadelvadre8 | 2 | 28927 |
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Quote from my second grade teacher.
“We don’t know if Michael can read, because he won’t read out loud.”
It turned out to be the best thing to have happen at age seven. I got books. A | Mike Shaffer | Jun-13-20 06:40 AM
by epeterd | 14 | 31139 |
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Question for Beau
Beau, I have several LL short stories printed by "Sabre Press" dated December 2019. One is "In Victorio's Country" and another is "Jackson of Horntown | SailBoat | Oct-28-20 10:04 PM
by Falcon | 2 | 21578 |
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Question for Beau
Why do the names of fictional characters in a book get changed when the books becomes a movie? For example High Lonesome. Great book. The movie, Four | NoogaStrong | Nov-02-22 06:27 PM
by blamour | 1 | 42245 |
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Question
Howdy the Camp,
Does anyone know of which LL book mentions the "Rabbit Ears" natural formation? {Hills, Mountains, or Stone formations}
I t | SailBoat | Nov-09-19 02:34 AM
by Tennessee Dave | 4 | 30631 |
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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 | 62367 |
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Possibly teaching L'Amour in a high
Hi guys... I teach English at a boarding school/wilderness program for troubled teens, and I have been thinking of offering a class on Louis L'Amour, | dbrown73 | Aug-12-20 04:48 PM
by Mike Shaffer | 7 | 20294 |
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Portal into another land
In The Haunted Mesa, L'Amour wrote of a portal into a world of evil. He also wrote a book about a portal into a world of good. Can anyone tell me wh | BryanOneMillion | Apr-22-20 06:51 PM
by blamour | 2 | 26620 |
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Podcast with Beau.
http://oldwestpodcas t.libsyn.com/beau-la mour-interview-louis -lamours-lost-treasu res?fbclid=IwAR00V47 N3gEN3vmjL6c2pBFudTG -O3c2NZz4yYiJAP7nyYY Bh4Xc_dP3s | Les Down Under | Feb-06-20 03:14 PM
by milkbandit | 2 | 23848 |
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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 01:29 AM
by Les Down Under | 4 | 55564 |
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Paul The Race is on.
Yesterday at 9.50 a.m. I ordered an item on line from a large nationwide franchise. It arrived this morning by Courier Post at 8.15 a.m. (Well Done)
| Les Down Under | May-23-20 07:33 AM
by epeterd | 2 | 26382 |
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Paul or Beau download problem
Hey guys,
I hope y'all are doing well.
I am having a problem downloading my most recent purchase.
I purchased the mp3 download of "Keep Traveling, | UnknownSackett | Jun-22-20 08:59 PM
by UnknownSackett | 1 | 25296 |
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PASSIN' THROUGH - QUESTION FOR BEAU
Beau, I seem to remember reading something you wrote about "Passin' Through". As I recall, you wrote that your dad had at one point thought to make t | john555 | Jan-10-21 12:29 AM
by Les Down Under | 5 | 51877 |
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Paperback cover format
Back after a long absence. Interested in knowing the span of years for the various cover formats,not the art itself. I'll have to take a closer look a | dave b | Mar-29-25 05:01 AM | 0 | 18087 |
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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 | 71028 |
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Our Author selling Whiskey
Check this out, I bought it today.
https://www. facebook.com/photo.p hp?fbid=101628220623 95581&set=a.10157863 083885581&type=3&the ater
Les
Isn't maki | Les Down Under | Dec-26-19 08:51 PM
by Les Down Under | 2 | 26590 |
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