The story begins with the main character Wat Bell, initially known as the Papago Kid, being where he was told to be, the Tin Cup ranch. Things were not too healthy there as he shows up he sees a man get shot dead. He tries to even out the odds with a few rifle shots. [...]
Tag Archives: Louis L’Amour
Book Review: Sackett’s Land
June 2, 2010 – 1:10 am
This is the beginning book of the Sackett family and the father that challenged a new land. Barnabas Sackett was a man of land in England and he held it in high reverence. The love of wild lands and his spirit of not taking the back position to any man proved to be his problem. [...]
Book Review: Sackett
May 19, 2010 – 1:10 am
This is a reread of my Louis L’Amour collection. The story is about the happenings of William Tell Sackett as he is searching for his place in the country and family. The story has the wonderful storytelling qualities of Louis L’Amour as he draws the reader through the life of Tell Sackett. The ups and [...]
Book Review: The Outlaws of Mesquite
March 17, 2010 – 1:10 am
This is a story by Louis L’Amour in a collection of stories. Milt Cogar is a horse tamer and his string of broken horses is just too much temptation for Dan Spencer who is the leader of this rustler’s town. Mesquite has a few good men but they are under the belief that they are [...]
Book Review: Bendigo Shafter
November 11, 2009 – 1:09 am
This book is one of Louis L’Amour’s stories about how a young man comes into manhood on his journey into the early west. This story shows the spirit of the pioneers who moved west to establish new towns and in the intervening time placing their imprint on the country around them. This story is about [...]
Book Review: The Californios
October 28, 2009 – 1:09 am
The story by Louis L’Amour highlights the people on the land and they’re easy going ways and they’re laid back attitude. These traits were severely tested when unscrupulous men come from the East and loaned money, using ranches as collateral. The interest was high and the men on the land did not understand these tactics [...]
Book Review: Rivers West
October 7, 2009 – 1:08 am
By Louis L’Amour This is a story about the movement west during a time when all was new and many men hungered for the power and wealth of the western land. The author begins the story with the mystery of a swamp and a young traveler going to the western rivers to ply his trade [...]
Book Review: The Cherokee Trail
September 23, 2009 – 1:08 am
The Cherokee Trail By Louis L’Amour The ravages of the Civil hit a family hard by wiping out their home in the East then the killing of the husband after they are in the West. This western story happened in several ways over and over again before and after the Civil War. The families of [...]
Book review: Over on the Dry Side
September 16, 2009 – 1:08 am
This is a western story highlighting the life of a western boy who is following his father from one spot to the next. They came upon a well-built cabin with a lone dead man on the front steps. Not an Indian killing, the remains of his clothing still covered the dried up flesh and bones. [...]
Book Review: The Quick and the Dead
September 9, 2009 – 1:08 am
This is a classic western story written by Louis L’Amour telling the tale of a college educated man, his wife and son as they push out into the west trying to set up a homestead around Cherry Creek. Colorado (Denver). In the opening of the story Duncan McKaskel has self-doubts about their move west. It [...]
