I posted this under the other topic before I saw this new thread about good ol' Louis L'Amour.
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Originally Posted by patriotic
I've read many of them.
Eldest son has a vast collection of L'Amour's books.
Our thirteen year old conveniently remembered one night about 10:30 (It awakened him from sleep.) that he had to have a fictional book for a book report the next day. I went to eldest son's room and pulled out Down the Long Hills .
It worked well. He didn't get into trouble with his instructor, and he loved the story!
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I think that I have all of Louis L'Amour's books. I've read them each a number of times, I'm sure I'll read them till I go to heaven.
I enjoy quoting Louis/Louie & some of the things he has his caharcters say. I enjoy carrying his books while traveling & to work to get my mind off of the same old-same old during lunch breaks.
In his writings the good guys were:
men of action,
who lacked wasted movements,
who enjoyed beauty,
who stood for something,
who knew that someone needed to know how to defend themselves & others & were not afraid to be the one to do so.
I love his vivid descriptions of fist fights, of frontier settings, of hunting, of men who had grit, determination, & who carried & when necessary used guns against evil doers. I appreciate how he never made his books sleazy.
I have read most of his books, and thoroughly enjoy them. I think he is one of the top five American writers in history. His Sackett series is very well done, as are his later, more in depth books such as Last of the Breed, The Walking Drum, Comstock, Bendigo Shafter, etc. Probably my favorite book of his is Jubal Sackett. I read the whole thing out loud to my wife the first year after we were married. It was wonderful to share it again with someone for the first time. I plan to do that also with my children as they get older.
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Probably my favorite book of his is Jubal Sackett. I read the whole thing out loud to my wife the first year after we were married. I plan to do that also with my children as they get older.
I read The Lonesome Gods every night in family devotions!
Hey, if it has "God" in the title, it must be good, right?
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Forgive me for resurrecting an old thread, but I wanted to put in my three cents' worth, and I didn't know about you guys when this was being discussed a few months ago.
1) I have all of his books published before he passed away. 96 of them fill up two apple boxes. At this point they are no longer taking up shelf space in my library, as my boys have read them all and are both out of the home. The only ones I don't have are various short story collections published by his family after his death. I used to read his books with a notebook so that I could record quotes. I have a notebook full of quotes, complete with titles and page numbers.
2) The books are much better than the movies because I have found most of the movies take liberties to insert the obligatory sexual situations that go beyond what L'Amour put into his books. I've begun watching several of those movies and never finished because of their content. (Ps 101:3)
3) I love that he wrote about real places. I am familiar with the mountains, streams and towns which are in his books set in Wyoming, Colorado and northern New Mexico. I've traveled many of those trails, and when I go back and reread those books, I'm there.
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Forgive me for resurrecting an old thread, but I wanted to put in my three cents' worth, and I didn't know about you guys when this was being discussed a few months ago.
1) I have all of his books published before he passed away. 96 of them fill up two apple boxes. At this point they are no longer taking up shelf space in my library, as my boys have read them all and are both out of the home. The only ones I don't have are various short story collections published by his family after his death. I used to read his books with a notebook so that I could record quotes. I have a notebook full of quotes, complete with titles and page numbers.
2) The books are much better than the movies because I have found most of the movies take liberties to insert the obligatory sexual situations that go beyond what L'Amour put into his books. I've begun watching several of those movies and never finished because of their content. (Ps 101:3)
3) I love that he wrote about real places. I am familiar with the mountains, streams and towns which are in his books set in Wyoming, Colorado and northern New Mexico. I've traveled many of those trails, and when I go back and reread those books, I'm there.
Oh yeah. The Sackett movie was SUCH a disappointment. We haven't seen any others.
I am always amazed at the failed memories of people about this story. Dr. Hyles never claimed to have won Elvis to the Lord. Never. He said he met him in an elevator and witnessed to him. Elvis gave a clear testimony of being saved as a boy in Miss. Dr. Hyles asked him how he could live the way he was and Elvis said he didn't like the rules that church/preachers tried to make. He was a freebird. LOL
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He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
Oh yeah. The Sackett movie was SUCH a disappointment. We haven't seen any others.
The most accurate Louis L'Amour movie I have seen is Hondo, with John Wayne. There is another one out there called Hondo and the Apaches, but it is not nearly as good.
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