At what point does a group of strangers become a community? When young Bendigo Shafter and a ragtag bunch of travelers settle in the rugged Wyoming mountains, they quickly come to depend on a toughness and wisdom many of them never knew they possessed. Led by the beautiful and resourceful widow Ruth Macken, the settlers battle harsh winters, renegade opportunists, and the destructive lure of … destructive lure of gold. Through these brutally demanding experiences, young Bendigo is forged into a man. But when he travels to New York to reclaim the love of Ninon, his childhood sweetheart, Bendigo is faced with new challenges. Will hard-edged instincts, honed from years in the mountains, serve him in the big city? Does Ninon’s heart belong to the lights and glamour of the theater? And if his destiny deems it so, will he be willing to leave the community he toiled so long and hard to build?
Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures is a project created to release some of the author’s more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives.
In Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures: Volumes 1, Beau L’Amour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father was never able to publish during his lifetime. L’Amour’s never-before-seen first novel, No Traveller Returns, faithfully completed for this program, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. These exciting publications will be followed by Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures: Volume 2.
Additionally, many beloved classics will be rereleased with an exclusive Lost Treasures postscript featuring previously unpublished material, including outlines, plot notes, and alternate drafts. These postscripts tell the story behind the stories that millions of readers have come to know and cherish.
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Must have been great, I’m rating this 30+ years after I read it and I still can recall it chapter and verse. A great read from a great storyteller. You can’t go wrong reading it in the fall of the year in front of the fire.
Best book ever.
Any book by Louis L’Amour is worth reading. The man did his research, actually did a lot of the stuff he wrote about and tells a terrific story.
Any L’mour book will be a good read. The places he writes about are there, you can go visit them
Great easy read
I was a big L’Amour fan when I was younger, still love his books… this one has always been my favorite of his.
A story set during the founding of a town in the old west. A young man helps bring a community into existence, and in the process, becomes a man.
L’amouris outstanding!
You can’t go wrong with any of his books!
Always enjoys Lamours world
If you enjoy Westerns, this is one by the recognized master of the genre, written in his prime.
Louis L’Amour, king of the cowboy writers. Nobody writes them the way he did.
I enjoy every book by Lamour including this one. The only thing I don’t like is his proclivity to fill in the story lines with the same things such as the main character’s desire for reading good books and then a description of the books.
Typical Louis L’Amour
Interesting, but I a book I could put down, then return to later. A good plot, but not necessarily suspenseful.
This is a little different from some of Louis L’AMour’s books in that there are a lot philosophical and teaching thoughts that are intertwined into the story. It doesn’t at all detract from the plot and it might be a good book for young men to read.
A very good story by a well respected author of classic westerns. A journey to adulthood from the perspective of a youth, starting with a wagon trip west and struggling to survive the rigors of a frontier.
Excellent story by the master of storytelling. Very different format , not your traditional Louis L’Amour western. The Oregon Trail comes to life.
Simple but good
I like Louis lamore books!