Alone in the big city, a fierce young frontierswoman must outsmart a dangerous con man before she can stake her claim to the family fort. As a louis lamour and sackett family fan, it was very disappointing for me. All is not as it seems through and greed and corruption must run. Sacketts land, to the far blue mountains, the warriors path, jubal sackett, ride the river kindle edition by lamour, louis. His books consisted primarily of western novels though he called his work frontier stories, however he also wrote historical fiction the walking drum, science fiction the haunted mesa, nonfiction frontier, as well as poetry and shortstory collections. His books consisted primarily of western fiction novels though he called his work frontier stories, however he also wrote historical fiction the walking drum, science fiction the haunted mesa, nonfiction frontier, as well as poetry and shortstory collections. His books consisted primarily of western novels though he called his work frontier stories. The fictional sackett family, in lamour s writings, are descended from tough, largerthanlife barnabas sackett, who emigrated to america in the 1600s and settled on the frontier, and who continue reading.
Wellknown writers of western fiction include zane grey from the early 1900s and louis lamour from the mid 20th century. Louis dearborn lamour 1908 1988 was an american author of primarily western fiction. Ride the river louis lamour collection lamour, louis on. Sixteenyearold echo sackett had never been far from her tennessee homeuntil she made the long trek to philadelphia to collect an inheritance. Sacketts land the first novel in what was to be the sacketts series, this book from louis lamour was originally published in 1974. The first edition of the novel was published in may 1st 1984, and was written by louis l amour.
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. Ride the river echo sackett aunt to orrin, tyrel, and william tell sackett. There are often slight discontinuities in his work for example in this book he met wild bill for the first and last time then several chapters later met him ag. Striking out on his own in 1923, at age 15, l amour began a peripatetic existence, taking whatever jobs were available, from skinning dead cattle to being a sailor. The louis lamour collection, leather bound, 167 pages. Bendigo shafter now including louis l amour s lost treasures bonus material postscript. He was of frenchcanadian background, born in jamestown, north dakota. Ride the river ebook by louis lamour 9780553899634. Echo sackett, named after the girl from greek mythology, is a mountain girl who can take care of herself. Ride the river leather bound published july 1998 by bantam books, inc. Lamour was the most significant writer of the genre since the 1950s.
Bestsellers books by series the sackett novels talon and chantry novels the kilkenny trilogy hopalong cassidy novels short stories nonfiction. The first edition of the novel was published in april 1983, and was written by louis l amour. Our foremost storyteller of the american west, louis lamour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are mathurin kerbouchard, jean kerbouchard. In ride the river louis lamour spins the tale of a young woman who has to protect her family fortune from a murderous thief and teaches him what it means to be a sackett sixteenyearold echo sackett had never been far from her tennessee home until she made the long trek to philadelphia to collect an inheritance. The isbn is for the paperback edition except when only a hardcover exists. The main characters of this westerns, fiction story are zachary verne, johannes verne. The louis lamour collection bookstore ride the river. The louis l amour collection, leather bound, 167 pages.
Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Ride the river sacketts book 5 kindle edition by l amour, louis. Not only is it overpriced but the story line of echo sackett as a lead character is too similar to that of mattie ross in the novel true grit by charles portis in 1968. Ride the dark trail mojave crossing sacketts land ride the river to the far blue mountains. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print more about louis lamour. Ill admit to having put off picking up this one, even though so far the sackett books have pretty much been a sausage fest for all that each one of them is about the winning of a wife as awesome as each novels hero deserves, partly because i wasnt sure how well louis lamour could really do a female voice, mostly because it seemed from the opening.
A narrator can make or break a story, in my opinion. In ride the river louis lamour spins the tale of a young woman who has to protect her family fortune from a murderous thief and teaches him what it means to be a sackett sixteenyearold echo sackett had never been far from her tennessee home until she made the long trek to. Louis lamour books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. She was sharp and smart and a better hunter than most of the men she knew. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. We met nolan sackett in mojave crossing and it was pretty clear that there was more to him than met. Jan 01, 1983 ride the river is about a young girl traveling alone across a few states back in the day late 1800s early 1900s and complications which can arise in such situations. Read ride the river by louis lamour available from rakuten kobo. Ride the river audiobook by louis lamour 9780553752649. Echo leaves her mountain home in 1840 to claim an unexpected inheritance in the city of philadelphia, and the story is principally about her efforts to outwit and outfight the criminals who want to make sure she doesnt get back to the mountains with what is. In ride the river, louis lamour spins the tale of a young woman wh. Louis lamour, jamie rose, bantam doubleday dell audio.
If you love a good story, you can not beat a louis l amour novel. Sixteenyearold echo sackett had never been far from her tennessee homeuntil she made the long trek to. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 1983, and was written by louis lamour. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read ride the river.
Louis lamour writes like a girl, and when hes telling the story of 16yearold echo sackett, thats an excellent thing to do. Louis l amour author our foremost storyteller of the authentic west, louis l amour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and women who settled the american frontier. Alone in the big city, a fierce young frontierswoman must outsmart a dangerous con man before she can stake her claim to. Free download or read online the lonesome gods pdf epub book. Free download or read online the walking drum pdf epub book. Jamie rose no matter that echo sackett was young, and a woman, and had never been far from the valley, she was still a sackett.
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