L'Amour, Louis 1908-1988

Last of the breed by Louis L'Amour ( Book )
55 editions published between 1986 and 2010 in 11 languages and held by 3,579 libraries worldwide
A U.S. Air Force major's experimental aircraft is forced down over the Bering Sea by Russians. He escapes from the Soviet prison camp where he is held and then must cross the Siberian wilderness.

The haunted mesa by Louis L'Amour ( Book )
49 editions published between 1978 and 2008 in 9 languages and held by 3,460 libraries worldwide
Mike Raglan is summoned to No Man's Mesa located in Southwestern Utah near the San Juan River by a long time friend, Erik Horkart. Mike doesn't know for sure what it's all about but thinks it may have something to do with a map given him by a prospector a year before. Raglan's investigation of the mesa turns up a gate to a parallel universe. Crossing to the other side, he finds the river boat, Iron Duke, which disappeared after the Civil War. There are others who want to know the secret of the passage as well, and they are a ruthless bunch, who will stop at nothing to find it.

Jubal Sackett by Louis L'Amour ( Book )
77 editions published between 1975 and 2011 in 11 languages and held by 3,327 libraries worldwide
Filled with action, adventure, mystery, and historical detail, the Sackett saga is an unforgettable achievement by one of America's greatest storytellers. In Jubal Sackett, the second generation of this great American family pursues a destiny in the wilderness of a sprawling new land. Kindred spirits on a restless quest ... Jubal Sackett's urge to explore drove him westward, and when a Natchez priest asks him to undertake a nearly impossible quest, Sackett ventures into the endless grassy plains the Indians call the Far Seeing Lands. He seeks a Natchez exploration party and its leader, Itchakomi. It is she who will rule her people when their aging chief dies, but first she must vanquish her rival, the arrogant warrior Kapata. Sackett's quest will bring him danger from an implacable enemy ... and show him a life -- and a woman -- worth dying for.

Education of a wandering man by Louis L'Amour ( Book )
42 editions published between 1989 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,314 libraries worldwide
From his decision to leave school at fifteen to roam the world, to his recollections of life as a hobo on the Southern Pacific Railroad, as a cattle skinner in Texas, as a merchant seaman in Singapore and the West Indies, and as an itinerant bare-knuckled prizefighter across small-town America, here is Louis L'Amour's memoir of his lifelong love affair with learning--from books, from yondering, and from some remarkable men and women--that shaped him as a storyteller and as a man. Like classic L'Amour fiction, Education of a Wandering Man mixes authentic frontier drama--such as the author's desperate efforts to survive a sudden two-day trek across the blazing Mojave desert--with true-life characters like Shanghai waterfront toughs, desert prospectors, and cowboys whom Louis L'Amour met while traveling the globe. At last, in his own words, this is a story of a one-

The walking drum by Louis L'Amour ( Book )
49 editions published between 1984 and 2010 in 11 languages and held by 3,114 libraries worldwide
Warrior, lover, and scholar, Kerbouchard boldly sweeps through the castles, villages, and galleys of twelfth-century Europe, in an adventure that takes him from the shores of Brittany to the steppes of Russia.

The lonesome gods by Louis L'Amour ( Book )
39 editions published between 1971 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 2,977 libraries worldwide
Left to die by his vengeful grandfather, rescued by outlaws, and raised by Native Americans, Johannes Verne is strengthened by his love for two women and his ambition to survive on the Palm Springs desert.

Hondo by Louis L'Amour ( Book )
100 editions published between 1952 and 2008 in 11 languages and held by 2,814 libraries worldwide
The story of a lonely, harsh man, yet beneath the harshness and the necessary violence, he was a kind and just man who had come to terms with the land in which he lived.

Sackett's land by Louis L'Amour ( Book )
82 editions published between 1970 and 2010 in 8 languages and held by 2,737 libraries worldwide
An adventure set in 17th century England and America. Barnabas Sackett, a young English yeoman with a thirst for adventure, sets out on a trading voyage to the New World and returns triumphant to England, after many perils and hardships, determined to go back to America and make his life there.

The collected short stories of Louis L'Amour by Louis L'Amour ( Book )
198 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 2,623 libraries worldwide
Presents a collection of tales of danger, hardship, and adventure in the Old West.

The daybreakers by Louis L'Amour ( Book )
78 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 2,618 libraries worldwide
Orrin and Tyrel Sackett are forced to leave their home in the Tennessee mountains when Tyrel shoots Long Higgins, after he accidentally shoots Orrin's bride-to-be. Higgins is the last of a family with which the Sacketts have been feuding. To keep from getting into a situation with the local sheriff, a distant cousin of the Sacketts, the two strike out for the western lands. With Cap Roundtree and Tom Sunday, the brothers settle in the town of Mora, New Mexico, and sent for the rest of the family. Orrin marries Laura Pritts, whose father, Jonathan Pritts, comes West with the idea of taking land from the Spanish who own most of the big grants. When his attempt to do so by political means fails, he tries force. Tyrel has married Drusilla Alverado, the daughter of a powerful, Spanish land owner. Orrin must choose which side he's on, his father-in-law's or his own clan. For his part, Tyrel is faced with a dilemma when his friend, Tom Sunday, turns bad and begins gunning for him. Time period: 1870-1872.