Synopses & Reviews
Traversing a vivid landscape, from sunblasted hills and canyons to the nighttime streets of Americas greatest cities, some of Louis LAmours most compelling fiction was set in his own time. Here are tales of innocents caught in the schemes of criminals, detectives hunting down truths that hide more lies, gangsters and beauties, private investigators and cops. Here is a world populated by the kinds of people who risk their lives to right a wrong, make a buck, or save a friend. Included here is this collection are
Police Band,
Dead Mans Trail,
The Hills of Homicide, and
The Sucker Switch.
Written and performed in the crackling pulp fiction style of the 1940s and 50s these thrilling, atmospheric stories course with authenticity and bear the mark of a timeless master.
Synopsis
With more than 120 titles still in print, Louis L'Amour is recognized the world over as one of the most prolific and popular American authors in history. Though he met with phenomenal success in every genre he tried, the form that put him on the map was the short story. Now this great writer - who The Wall Street Journal recently compared with Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson - will receive his due as a great storyteller. This volume kicks off a series that will, when complete, anthologize all of L'Amour's short fiction, volume by handsome volume.
Here, in Volume Five, is a treasure-trove of frontier tales for his millions of fans and for those who have yet to discover L'Amour's thrilling prose - and his vital role in capturing the spirit of the Old West for generations to come.
Synopsis
For the first time all of the prolific author's crime stories have been compiled in a single audio collection. This volume includes tales culled from such collections as "The Hills of Homicide" and "Off the Mangrove Coast." Abridged. 3 CDs.
About the Author
Louis L'Amour, truly America's favorite storyteller, was the first fiction writer ever to receive the Congressional Gold Medal from the United States Congress in honor of his life's work, and was also awarded the Medal of Freedom. There are more than 265 million copies of his books in print worldwide.