Bert Murphy [View all] I am missing Bert and his wife, Martha this morning. For those who came in late, Bert was one of the old and now defunct group of Louis L’Amour fans
Tatton Chantry [View all] Hi yall. It's past time that I register here, I've been reading Louis for thirty years.
I'm currently rereading To the Far Blue Mountains and got a b
Bad Westerns [View all] I saw this and figured I'd see what it said about 1970. It's the worst Western from the year you were born, starting in 1930, I think it was. Was a sl
Back home again... [View all] Kind of interesting traveling home this trip. I didn’t make reservations and didn’t need any...reminded me of the good ol’ days...and was a reminder
Bendigo Shafter [View all] Hey all. I've been reading this one and I can't remember where Ethan Sackett fits into the family tree. I have the Sackett Companion, but it's in stor
Life after 7 decades [View all] Well, after 12 years near a river in rural Maryland, 8 years in the suburbs of a major city, a year in a combat zone, six months in a top secret facil
Lost Treasures Question for Beau [View all] Hi Beau,
In his companion book on Louis, Robert Weinberg lists The Man in the Seersucker Suit, There Are People Like That and Lost Mountain as short
Question for Beau [View all] Beau, I have several LL short stories printed by "Sabre Press" dated December 2019. One is "In Victorio's Country" and another is "Jackson of Horntown
COMSTOCK LODE [View all] Just finished re-reading the Comstock Lode. Does this story strike anybody else as a pretty dark tale. There is the rape and murder of the two mothe
HISTORICAL CHARACTERS AND IRONY [View all] Has anyone ever spent any time looking up some of the real life characters that LL drops into his books. For example, Pete Kitchen who was referred t
Kilkenny [View all] So I just finished reading Kilkenny, and started reading the Lost Treasures section in the back. I got to where Beau mentions that it was filmed in th
Cape Henry [View all] Good morning,
Would anyone here happen to know if Cape Henry is mentioned in any of Louis's books?
I feel it is but just can't remember. Thanks for t
Callaghen [View all]
Callaghen is one that I've only read one or two times, and those times more than twenty years past. Released in 1972, it is well-crafted.
It's a ver
A question [View all] Is anyone wearing protective gear against the Caronavirus?
I keep my mask and gloves in my truck, especially for when I go to Wal-Mart, being in my si
Cheyenne [View all] Until this weekend I had never seen this show. The Decades channel has been showing it all weekend. Good Western. Reading about Clint Walker on Wikipe
Hey, Beau [View all] I may have asked you already about this, but did LL ever have any seriously, or otherwise, violent "confrontations" while on the road?
I know from my
Time Periods of Novels [View all] Has anyone ever noticed that the time periods for the Sackett stories given in "The Sackett Companion" do not match up too well with the time periods
Military stuff [View all] Mostly it doesn’t appear to change much at the basic level. In Nam I was given a commendation medal...for doing my job. Which is weird to this day.
Possibly teaching L'Amour in a high [View all] Hi guys... I teach English at a boarding school/wilderness program for troubled teens, and I have been thinking of offering a class on Louis L'Amour,
Genealogical history... [View all] So, I am digging around and came across a picture of a woman...a recreation of the first people of Britain...called Beaker People. And a likeness of
Last of the Breed [View all] Was anyone else disappointed in the ending of the Last of The Breed book? It's a great book with lots of action and a good theme that ends abruptly.
Charlie Daniels 1936 - 2020 [View all] Sadly we say "so long" to a Country Western icon and dear friend of the L'Amour family, Charlie Daniels.
https://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=ijVz3I OREdA
Remembering a friend...Semper Fidel [View all] He died about a year ago. During the war in Viet Nam he joined the Marine Corp. He was a sniper...it affected him strangely. We'd be walking on a c
Which book is this from? [View all] At the end of one of the books there is a final paragraph where the character says he has hung up his guns and hopes to not have to use them again but
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