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 TD did you e-mail /message me?
When I logged on I got a flag saying there was a message from you for me but when I went to my inbox the last message was almost 12 months old.
Les
| Les Down Under | Jan-05-21 09:06 PM
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If only we could all win Lotto and
There's a discussion starting on a Face Book site that wanted a Mini Series on Barnabus so I suggested something that I have been daydreaming of for s | Les Down Under | Feb-12-21 07:56 PM
by john555 | 3 | 128340 |
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Beau, Cowboy G-Men
Beau was this the series that Louis was involved in from the start?
https://www. youtube.com/results? search_query=cowboy+ g+men
Les
Every sixty seco | Les Down Under | Mar-17-21 10:13 PM
by blamour | 1 | 171842 |
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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 07:05 AM
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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
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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
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Leatherettes
Beau & Paul, I know that the Collection is separate from this site and now closed.
The Short Story Collections Vols 1-7 are showing up on E-Bay (usua | Les Down Under | Apr-24-26 01:58 AM
by blamour | 2 | 80282 |
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Story about Killing a Town?
I have a vague memory of a story by Louis L'Amour that basically talks about "killing a town." As I recall, the town treated someone very inhospitably | lawsonstone | Oct-04-24 09:16 PM
by Mustang Roberts | 4 | 334109 |
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The Proving Trail
I recently finished reading “The Proving Trail” and very much enjoyed it. However, I was left wondering about what appeared to be some unresolved issu | kentd | Dec-15-22 07:01 PM
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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
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Time Periods of Novels
Has anyone ever noticed that the time periods for the Sackett stories given in "The Sackett Companion" do not match up too well with the time periods | john555 | Aug-18-20 11:26 AM
by john555 | 19 | 123691 |
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COFFEE
Just out of curiosity. Does anyone know if LL drank coffee like most of his characters? I suspect he did.
| john555 | Sep-27-20 10:13 AM
by john555 | 6 | 83938 |
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COMSTOCK LODE
Just finished re-reading the Comstock Lode. Does this story strike anybody else as a pretty dark tale. There is the rape and murder of the two mothe | john555 | Oct-28-20 09:02 PM
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HISTORICAL CHARACTERS AND IRONY
Has anyone ever spent any time looking up some of the real life characters that LL drops into his books. For example, Pete Kitchen who was referred t | john555 | Oct-23-20 06:23 PM
by john555 | 0 | 80811 |
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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 | 121471 |
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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 | 290226 |
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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 | 126011 |
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CRISPIN MAYO'S PRAYER
In Ch 17 of "The Man From Skibbereen", Crispin Mayo offers up the following,
"Let us not lose this," Cris muttered aloud, "let us not lose this, God | john555 | Feb-24-21 02:11 AM
by Rick Abreu | 1 | 126499 |
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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 04:15 PM
by john555 | 11 | 358969 |
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THE WALKING DRUM - QUESTION FOR BEA
Beau, it looks to me like TWD was published about four years before you dad passed. In the Author's Note at the end, he writes that he intended two o | john555 | Apr-16-21 12:01 AM
by john555 | 5 | 296214 |
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LAST OF THE BREED
I'm about to start this book for the nth time. I bought it slightly used. A previous owner wrote inside the cover, "I've read this 4 times since buy | john555 | Apr-08-21 07:13 AM
by epeterd | 1 | 248572 |
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IRONWOOD STATION - SHORT STORY
Re-reading the short stories now and noticed something in "Ironwood Station". It's probably coincidence but, I just finished "Ironwood Station" whose | john555 | Apr-29-21 01:21 PM
by blamour | 1 | 307428 |
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THE CURSE OF OAK ISLAND
Any history buffs out there who have been following this show on the History Channel? For those not familiar with it, the two Lagina brothers from Mi | john555 | May-12-21 09:42 PM
by john555 | 0 | 334761 |
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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 10:27 AM
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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 | 629031 |
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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 | 726745 |
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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 | 764392 |
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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 | 628757 |
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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 | 799583 |
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Season's Greetings
Just stopped in to see what condition everyone's condition was in. And, to wish all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
| john555 | Jan-12-23 01:51 PM
by milkbandit | 3 | 212697 |
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