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Louis Dearborn L'Amour was born 22 March 1908 in Jamestown, North Dakota. He wrote & published ninety novels,
twenty-seven short-story collections, two works of nonfiction, a memoir, and a volume of poetry before his death
on 10 June 1988 at the age of 80. He is the only author in history to receive both the Presidential Medal of Freedom,
and the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his life's work.
official Louis L'Amour website
Louis L'Amour entry at Wikipedia
Louis L'Amour credits at Internet Movie Database
L'Amour books catalog at Amazon.com
Louis L'Amour audio catalog at Amazon.com
checklist of all Louis L'Amour books
official L'Amour 'Lost Treasures' website
TDH's Louis L'Amour fansite [last update 4/99]
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"The Louis L'Amour Companion: The Indispensable Guide To The Life & Work of America's Favorite Storyteller" [1992] by Robert Weinberg Bantam mass pb [5/94] for $6.99 Andrews McMeel Publng 9¼x6 pb [6/92] out of print/used |
Short Stories
 | "The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Frontier Stories - Volume One" [35 stories 2003] Bantam 9½x6 hardcover [11/2003] for $16.32 Random House audio CD [11/2003] for $14.93 Random House audio [11/2003] for $14.04 |
 | "The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Frontier Stories - Volume Two" [30 stories 2004] Bantam 9½x6¼ hardcover [10/2004] for $14.96 Random House UNABR audio CD [10/2004] for $17.12 Random House UNABR audio [10/2004] for $14.04 |
 | "The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Frontier Stories - Volume Three" [28 stories 2005] Bantam 9x6 hardcover [10/2005] for $14.96 Random House UNABR audio CD [10/2005] for $17.12 Random House UNABR audio [10/2005] for $14.04 |
 | "The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Adventure Stories - Volume Four" [43 stories 2006] includes 9 Ponga Jim Mayo sea stories & 10 Turk Madden stories Bantam 9x6 hardcover [10/2006] for $16.32 Random House ABR audio CD [10/2006] for $17.12 official Louis L'Amour Adventure Stories website |
 | "The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: Frontier Stories - Volume Five" [27 stories 2007] includes 4 tales of the Cactus Kid Bantam hardcover [10/2007] for $16.32 Random House ABR audio CD [10/2007] for $14.93 |
 | "The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour:  The Crime Stories - Volume Six" [33 stories 2008] details not yet available Bantam hardcover [10/2008] for $16.32 Random House ABR audio CD [10/2008] for $14.93 |
"Beyond The Great Snow Mountains" [stories 1999]
"Bowdrie" [stories]
"Bowdrie's Law" [stories 1984]
"Buckskin Run" [stories]
"Dutchman's Flat" [stories 1986]
"End Of The Drive" [stories 1997]
"From The Listening Hills" [stories]
"Hills of Homicide" [detective stories]
"Law of The Desert Born" [stories]
"The Long Ride Home" [stories]
"Lonigan" [stories]
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"May There Be A Road" [all-new stories 2001]
Bantam pb [4/2002] for $4.99 Bantam 7¾x5½ hardcover [5/2001] for $13.56 Bantam ABR audio cassette [5/2001] for $14.40 Bantam ABR audio CD [5/2001] for $15.37 |
"Monument Rock" [stories 1998]
"Night Over The Solomons" [stories]
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"Off The Mangrove Coast" [new stories 2000] Bantam 7x4 pb [5/2001] for $4.49 B.D.D. hardcover [5/2000] out of print/used Bantam UNABR audio [5/2000] for $18.17 |
"The Outlaws of Mesquite" [stories 1990]
"Rider of The Ruby Hills" [stories]
"Riding For The Brand" [stories]
"The Strong Shall Live" [stories]
"The Trail To Crazy Man" [stories]
"Valley of The Sun" [stories 1995]
"War Party" [stories 1975]
"West From Singapore" [stories 1987]
"West of Dodge" [stories 1996]
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"With These Hands" [11 stories 2002]
Bantam mass pb [4/2003] for $5.50 Bantam ¾x5½ hardcover [4/2002] for $5.50 Random House UNABR audio [4/2002] for $18.00 |
Western Novels
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"Classics From Louis L'Amour: America's Favorite Storyteller" boxed set [2003] includes "The Californios" [1974], "Flint" [1960], "Hondo" [1952], and "Utah Blaine" [1954] Bantam mass pb box set [9/2003] 4 books for $15.57 |
"A Man Called Trent"
"Bendigo Shafter" [1979]
"Borden Chantry" [1977]
"Brionne"
"Broken Gun"
"Burning Hills" [1956]
"The Californios"
"Callaghen"
"Catlow"
"Catlow" feature film [1971] starring Yul Brynner, Daliah lavi & Jo Ann Pflug > DVD 2009
"Chancy"
"The Cherokee Trail" [1982]
"Comstock Lode" [1981]
"Conagher" [1969]
 | "Crossfire Trail" [1954]
Bantam pb [1/85] for $4.50 EconoClad hardcover [10/99] for $9.72 |
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"Crossfire Trail" [T.N.T. tv movie Jan 2001]
Directed by Simon Wincer; starring Tom Selleck, Virginia Madsen, Wilford Brimley & Mark Harmon; won Western Heritage Bronze Wrangler (2002) Warner widescreen DVD [7/2001] for $17.98 Turner color VHS [3/2002] for $13.74 Turner VHS w/Spanish subtitles [3/2002] for $14.94 full credits from IMDb • TNT official movie website |
"Dark Canyon"
"Down The Long Hills" [1968]
"The Empty Land"
"Fair Blows The Wind"
"Fallon" [1963]
"The Ferguson Rifle"
"The First Fast Draw" [1959]
"Flint" [1960]
"Frontier"
"Guns of The Timberlands"
"Hanging Woman Creek"
"Heller With A Gun"
"The High Graders" [1965]
"High Lonesome" [1962]
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"Hondo" aka 'The Gift of Cochise' [L'Amour's first novel; 1952]
Bantam pb [6/91] for $4.50 |
 | "Hondo" [Warner Nov 1953]
Filmed in WarnerVision dual-strip 3-D, released as 'flat' prints; directed by John Farrow; based on the Louis L'Amour novel; starring John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond & James Arness; Oscar noms for Best Script & Best Supporting Actress (GP) Paramount color DVD [10/2005] for $10.99 MPI Home Video color VHS [9/94] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb "Hondo" posters at AllPosters [dot] com |
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"How The West Was Won" [1963] novelization by Louis L'Amour, based on the Oscar-winning screenplay by James B. Webb Bantam pb [6/81] out of print/used |
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"How The West Was Won" [M.G.M./Cinerama Feb 1963]
Co-directed by John Ford [1894-1973], Henry Hathaway, George Marshall & Richard Thorpe; script by James B. Webb; starring Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Harry Dean Stanton & Lee Van Cleef; won Oscars for Best Script, Best Editing, Best Sound; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Music, Best Costumes; listed at National Film Registry 1997 Warner Home Video Ultimate Collector's Edition DVD [9/2008] 3 disks for $19.99 
Warner Home Video color DVD [5/2007] out of prodn/used Warner letterbox color DVD [7/98] for $12.99 Warner color VHS [5/2000] for $14.95 Warner widescreen color VHS [5/2000] for $14.95 Rhino soundtrack double CD [1/97] for $30.38 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters [dot] com |
"The Iron Marshall"
"The Key-Lock Man"
"Kid Rodelo"
"Kilkenny"
"Killoe" [1962]
"Kilrone"
"Kiowa Trail" [1964]
"Last Stand At Papago Wells"
"The Lonesome Gods" [1983]
"Man Called Noon" [1970]
"Man From Skibbereen"
"Matagorda"
"Milo Talon"
"The Mountain Valley War"
"North To The Rails"
"Over On The Dry Side"
"Passin' Through"
"The Proving Trail" [1978]
"The Quick & The Dead"
"Radigan" [1958]
"Reilly's Luck" [1970]
"Rider of Lost Creek" [1976]
"Rivers West"
"The Shadow Riders"
"Shalako"
1968 movie directed by Edward Dmytryk /tt0063592/
"Showdown At Yellow Butte" [1953]
original publication credited to pen name Jim Mayo
"Silver Canyon"
"Sitka"
"Son of A Wanted Man" [1984]
"South of Deadwood"
"Taggart"
"The Tall Stranger"
"To Tame A Land" [1965]
"Tucker" [1971]
"Under The Sweetwater Rim" [1971]
"Utah Blaine" [1954]
original publication credited to pen name Jim Mayo
"Westward The Tide"
"Where The Long Grass Blows" [1976]
Hopalong Cassidy Novels
by Louis L'Amour
Several of the earliest writings of Louis L'Amour were four 'for hire' Hopalong Cassidy stories and novels,
published under the pseudonym 'Tex Burns'. The novels were not published under his own name until 1991.
Louis L'Amour Hopalong Cassidy Novel Collection
Bantam pb box set [10/2002] already sold out: see used
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"Trouble Shooter" [1952 & 1994] by Tex Burns {Louis L'Amour}
Hoppy arrives in New Mexico to help his friend, Pete Melford, and finds that Pete has been murdered, all traces of his ranch have disappeared, Pete's lovely niece is on the scene, and rancher Colonel Treadway is blocking her efforts to find out the truth. Bantam pb [4/95] for $5.50 BDD hardcover [5/94] out of print/used Amereon Ltd. hardcover [10/80] for $24.94 |
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"The Riders of High Rock" [1951 & 1993] by Tex Burns {Louis L'Amour}
Looking for his old friend Red Connors, Hopalong Cassidy rides into cattle country just east of the California line and finds Red wounded and holed up in a mountain cave after he caught a gang of rustlers in the act. Bantam pb [5/94] for $5.50 BDD 9¼x6.4 hardcover [6/93] out of print/used Amereon Ltd. Hardcover [6/74] out of print/used |
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"The Trail To Seven Pines" [1951 & 1992] by Tex Burns {Louis L'Amour}
Hopalong Cassidy discovers two men – one dead, the other badly wounded – on the rain-drenched trail to the lawless town of Seven Pines. Returning with medical help, he finds that the wounded man has been shot through the temple. Determined to find the killer, Hoppy hires on at Bob Ronson's Rocking R Ranch, which is beset by rustlers. Bantam mass pb [6/93] for $5.50 BDD 9x6¼ hardcover [6/92] out of print/many used Amereon Ltd. hardcover [6/76] for $22.95 |
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"The Rustlers of West Fork" [1951 & 1991] by Tex Burns {Louis L'Amour}
Hopalong Cassidy heads for the Circle J Ranch to deliver a fortune in bank notes to his old friend, Dick Jordan, and discovers that the rancher and his daughter are being held prisoner by a desperate band of outlaws. Bantam mass pb [5/92] for $5.50 BDD 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/91] out of print/many used Amereon Ltd. hardcover [6/76] out of print/used |
Hopalong Cassidy Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
Other Books
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"A Trail of Memories: The Quotations of Louis L'Amour" [1988] Compiled by {daughter} Angelique L'Amour Banta, 9x6 PUB pb [11/93] out of print/used Bantam 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/88] for $11.90 |
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"Education of A Wandering Man: A Memoir" [1989] by Louis L'Amour, Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin Bantam mass pb [11/90] for $5.99 Bantam 9x5¾ hardcover [10/89] for $19.60 |
"Frontier"
"Haunted Mesa" [1987]
"Last of The Breed" [modern novel 1986]
"Smoke From This Altar" [early poetry]
"Walking Drum" [12th Century]
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"Trailing Louis L'Amour: From California To Alaska" [2002] by Bert Murphy BookSurge Publng 8½x11 pb [12/2002] for $25.99 "Trailing Louis L'Amour: In New Mexico" [1995] by Bert Murphy Gem Guides 2nd edition 8½x11 pb [12/99] out of print/used MBAR-Appleyard pb [8/95] out of print/used |
The Sackett Family Novels
Louis L'Amour Sackett catalog at Amazon.com
"Sackett's Land" [1975] {circa 1600}
"To The Far Blue Mountains" [1977] {circa 1600-1620}
"The Warrior's Path" [1980] {circa 1620s}
"Jubal Sackett" [1985] {circa 1620s}
"Ride The River" [1983] {circa 1840s-1850s}
"The Daybreakers" [1960] {circa 1870-72}
"Lando" [1962] {circa 1873-75}
"Sackett" [1961] {circa 1874-75}
"Mojave Crossing" [1964] {circa 1875-79}
"The Sackett Brand" [1965] {circa 1875-79}
"The Sky-Liners" [1967] {circa 1875-79}
"The Lonely Men" [1969] {circa 1875-79}
"Mustang Man" [1966] {circa 1875-79}
"Galloway" [1970] {circa 1875-79}
"Treasure Mountain" [1972] {circa 1875-79}
"Ride The Dark Trail" [1972] {circa 1875-79}
"Lonely On The Mountain" [1980] {circa 1875-79}
official Sackett webpage
Sackett Saga entry at Wikipedia
 | "The Sackett Companion: A Personal Guide To The Sackett Novels" [1988] by Louis L'Amour Bantam 9x6 pb [11/92] for $10.88 Bantam 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/88] out of print/many used |
Audio Collections
 | "Louis L'Amour Collection" [8 stories 2007] read by Willie Nelson
includes stories "Big Medicine", "The Black Rock Coffin Makers", "Dutchman's Flat", "Four Card Draw", "Mistakes Can Kill You", "The Nester and The Piute", "Riding For The Brand" (with roles by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings & Kris Kristofferson) & "Trail To Pie Town" HighBridge audio CD [4/2007] 4 disks for $19.77 |
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"Louis L'Amour: Trail Mix"
Volume One [3 stories 2005] read by Willie Nelson HighBridge audio CD [12/2005] 2 disks for $10.39 "Riding For The Brand" features Willie Nelson, in a fully dramatized performance with Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings; the two other stories are "The Black Rock Coffin Makers" and "Dutchman's Flat" Volume Two [4 stories 2006] read by Willie Nelson HighBridge audio CD [11/2006] 2 disks for $11.04 includes stories "Big Medicine", "Mistakes Can Kill You", "The Nester and The Piute" & "Trail To Pie Town" |
  | "The Collected Bowdrie Dramatizations"
Vol. 1 Random House UNABR audio CD [10/2005] 6 disks for $19.77 includes 6 stories: "A Job For A Ranger", "A Trail To The West", "Bowdrie Follows A Cold Trail", "Bowdrie Rides A Coyote Trail", "McNelly Knows A Ranger" & "Outlaws Of Poplar Creek" Vol. 2 Random House UNABR audio CD [11/2006] 6 disks for $19.77 includes 6 stories: "Bowdrie Passes Through", "More Brains Than Bullets", "The Road To Casa Piedras", "South of Deadwood", "Too Tough To Brand" & "Where Buzzards Fly" Vol. 3 Random House UNABR audio CD [10/2007] 6 disks for $19.77 includes 6 stories: "A Ranger Rides To Town", "Case Closed - No Prisoners", "Down Sonora Way", "The Killer From The Pecos", "Rain On The Mountain Fork" & "Strange Pursuit" |
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