WRITER

Louis L'Amour

1908 - 1988

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Louis Dearborn L'Amour (; né LaMoore; March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels, though he called his work "frontier stories". His most widely known Western fiction works include Last of the Breed, Hondo, Shalako, and the Sackett series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis L'Amour has received more than 1,755,054 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis L'Amour is the 5,208th most popular writer (down from 4,998th in 2019), the 7,499th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,433rd in 2019) and the 586th most popular American Writer.

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  • 46.87

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  • 30

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  • 1.75

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  • 4.65

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Notable Works

To tame a land
Fiction, Western, Western stories
Rye Tyler was twelve when his father was killed in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for books and an instinct for survival, Rye is schooled in the hard lessons of life in the West. But after killing a man, he is forced to leave his new home. He rides lonely mountain passes and works on dusty cattle drives until he finds a job breaking horses. Then he meets Liza Hetrick, and in her eyes he sees his future. After establishing himself as marshal of Alta, he returns, only to discover that Liza has been kidnapped. Tracking her to Robbers' Roost, Rye is forced to face the man who taught him all he knows about books, guns, and friendship. Two old friends--one woman: Who will walk away?From the Paperback edition.
1955
Louis L'Amour
1979
Conagher
Fiction, Western, History
1969
Hondo
Fiction, Apache Indians, Women pioneers
1966
The daybreakers
Sackett family (Fictitious characters), Cattle drives, Fiction
1960
Flint
Fiction, Fiction in English, Western
He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America--and one of the most feared and hated.Now, suffering from incurable cancer, he has come back to New Mexico to die alone. But when an all-out range war erupts, Flint chooses to help Nancy Kerrigan, a local rancher. A cold-eyed speculator is setting up the land swindle of a lifetime, and Buckdun, a notorious assassin, is there to back his play.Flint alone can help Nancy save her ranch...with his cash, his connections--and his gun. He still has his legendary will to fight. All he needs is time, and that's fast running out....From the Paperback edition.
1960

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louis L'Amour ranks 5,208 out of 7,302. Before him are Sam Lake, Lester del Rey, David McKee, Miklós Jósika, Nikolai Pogodin, and Carlos Monsiváis. After him are Leigh Bardugo, Alexander Shishkov, Polydore Vergil, Theodora Kroeber, Natalya Baranskaya, and Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Louis L'Amour ranks 309. Before him are Henri Lepage, Hermógenes Fonseca, Roger Beaufrand, Ion Lăpușneanu, Jiro Sato, and Osvaldo Velloso de Barros. After him are Natalya Baranskaya, Inga Gentzel, Ugo Pignotti, Erik Almgren, Yvette Cauchois, and Pierre Graber. Among people deceased in 1988, Louis L'Amour ranks 197. Before him are Mike Beuttler, Nando González, Anna Sipos, Eric A. Havelock, Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, and Christian Matras. After him are Jackie Milburn, Max Black, Alf Kjellin, Plácido Galindo, Aya Kitō, and Bernard Leene.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis L'Amour ranks 7,499 out of 20,380. Before him are Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (1978), Alice Neel (1900), Verna Felton (1890), William Castle (1914), Strother Martin (1919), and Sarah Silverman (1970). After him are Andy Stanfield (1927), Bruce Arena (1951), Monte Blue (1887), Lothrop Stoddard (1883), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), and Theodora Kroeber (1897).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Louis L'Amour ranks 586. Before him are Richard Powers (1957), Ernie Pyle (1900), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Philip Agee (1935), Rita Mae Brown (1944), and Lester del Rey (1915). After him are Theodora Kroeber (1897), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), Fran Lebowitz (1950), Leo Buscaglia (1924), Katherine Neville (1945), and Thomas Ligotti (1953).

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