Louis L'Amour
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Education of a Wandering Man (opens the original)
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Did you know famous fiction writer, Louis L'Amour, did not graduate high school?Shortly before his death in June 1988, Louis L'Amour completed writing his most unique adventure story: a personal reflection on his lifelong love affair with learning. Education of a Wandering Man , in which L'Amour vividly recalls many of the books he read, the places he visited, and the people he met that catalyzed his evolution as a writer.In this, his most personal book ever, L'Amour writes of growing up in Jame
LIVE AUTHOR EVENT IN NASHVILLE, TN (opens the original)
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The Strangest Helicopter (opens the original)
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A Mad Dash For The Border (opens the original)
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Europeans of Note In The West (opens the original)
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Comments on his novel SHALAKO prompted Louis to remark: “ I can think of no Western cast I would consider improbable.” The plains and mountains of the American west attracted as many European big game hunters as Africa has in the years since. Many of the Europeans come to hunt and remained to stay. A list of those who visited the Rockies and the plains would be too long to include here, but to mention just a few: Paul Wilhelm Duke of Wurttenberg, 1822-4; (German)<a class="image-link image2 is-vi
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