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Both of his parents were killed when he was young and he has taken it upon himself to get revenge against the killers. Lamour books consisted mainly of western stories, though he normally referred them as frontiers. The dreamers, the restless, the builders, the vulturesthey were lured by the glittering promise of instant riches and survived the brutal hardships of a mining camp. Box 9250 burning hills, the 102152 tucker 102525 central islip, ny 117229815.
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Lamour is of french ancestry on his fathers side and irish on his mothers side. The isbn is for the paperback edition except when only a hardcover exists. This book was written by the famous western writer, louis l amour. Some of the items mentioned are common knowledge, such as the works of shakespeare. The sackett novels title code novels, continued ttitle code short stories title code. Comstock lode 1981 conagher 1968 crossfire trail 1954. Louis lamour project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Buy comstock lode by louis lamour from penguin random house.
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Bonanza season 1, episode 9 1959, titled the henry comstock story, recounts a fanciful tale of mr. I liked the story and the fact that it was not a western novel typically done by lamour but one that takes place mostly in europe before the population of north. Bendigo shafter now including louis lamours lost treasures bonus material postscript. Curious if the movie rights are currently owned by anyone. Louis lamour book list sackett series in fictional story order not the order written. The setting of this story is in the mid1800s, during the gold rush in america. Buy comstock lode by louis l amour online at alibris. Pdf download the history of the comstock lode free. The louis lamour collection bookstore comstock lode. Read comstock lode a novel by louis l amour available from rakuten kobo. Louis dearborn lamour was an american journalist and a short story writer who was born on 22 march 1908. Simply being prolific, however, does not a bestselling author make. This book was written by the famous western writer, louis lamour.
Download comstock lode in pdf and epub formats for free. The comstock lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of mount davidson, a peak in the virginia range in virginia city, nevada then western utah territory, which was the first major discovery of silver ore in the united states and named after american miner henry comstock after the discovery was made public in 1859, it sparked a silver rush of prospectors to the area. Val trevallion is a young man of twentyfour with a harsh past. The majority of his work was western novels which he referred to as frontier novels, although he had some science fiction and historical fiction books in there as well. March 22, 1908 june 10, 1988 was an american novelist and shortstory writer. For a bustling, enterprising america, this was the great. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. The book has plenty of suspenseful and thrilling events in it. Publication date 1981 topics mines and mineral resources, fiction in english american writers, 19001945 texts. His books consisted primarily of western novels though he called his work frontier stories.
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