Under the Sweetwater Rim

Under the Sweetwater Rim
Author: Louis L'Amour
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2005-07-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553900137

Deep in Indian country, Major Mark Devereaux and his men find a grisly scene: a wagon train savagely attacked, with no survivors. One of the wagons originally with the group is missing; in it is a fortune in gold and Devereaux’s daughter, Mary. The slaughter, Devereaux learns, was not the work of Indians but of a murderous outlaw band. With the stakes rising in a deadly game, the only wild card is Lieutenant Tenadore Brian, who is riding with the missing wagon—against orders. Devereaux knows Brian is a good soldier, but is he good enough to protect a saddlebag full of gold . . . and the life of his daughter?

Under the Sweetwater Rim

Under the Sweetwater Rim
Author: Louis L'Amour
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1983-09
Genre: Outlaws
ISBN: 9780812402742

Western adventure.

May There Be a Road

May There Be a Road
Author: Louis L'Amour
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2002-04-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553583999

Spirited American stories gathered together for the first time From the coasts of Brazil to the borders of Tibet to the very heartland of America, May There Be a Road gathers ten previously uncollected stories that capture the magnificent scope and sense of epic adventure that epitomize Louis L'Amour classic fiction. In these vivid settings L’Amour takes us into the pivotal moments when lives are altered forever, when men and women face a deadly enemy, find a kindred spirit, or confront their own mortality. Among the unforgettable characters we meet here are a hard-living, hard-drinking freighter captain whose penchant for flying may change the course of World War II . . . A lonely frontiersman who unexpectedly finds himself the protector of two orphans . . . A boxer who accepts a gambler’s payoff and then must fight to redeem himself . . . A detective willing to believe an unproven story in order to discover a painful truth hidden in a small town. And in the title story L’Amour weaves the powerful tale of a young Tibetan khan who leads a band of horsemen on a daring escape across treacherous mountain terrain. At stake is the survival of a people and an ancient way of life. Evoking the American spirit of bravery, pride, adventure, and self-reliance as few writers have, this extraordinary volume proves once again that L’Amour has set a standard yet to be matched.

To Tame a Land

To Tame a Land
Author: Louis L'Amour
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2005-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553900064

Rye Tyler was twelve when his father was killed in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for books and an instinct for survival, Rye is schooled in the hard lessons of life in the West. But after killing a man, he is forced to leave his new home. He rides lonely mountain passes and works on dusty cattle drives until he finds a job breaking horses. Then he meets Liza Hetrick, and in her eyes he sees his future. After establishing himself as marshal of Alta, he returns, only to discover that Liza has been kidnapped. Tracking her to Robbers’ Roost, Rye is forced to face the man who taught him all he knows about books, guns, and friendship. Two old friends—one woman: Who will walk away?

Tucker

Tucker
Author: Louis L'Amour
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2004-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553900129

“If a man won’t fight for what is rightly his, then he ain’t much account.” With this challenge from his dying father, young Shell Tucker rode out after three men who had stolen the twenty thousand dollars his father was carrying. Two of the men he hunted, Doc Sites and Kid Reese, were his friends. Dreaming of adventure, Tucker had wanted to join their gang. But now, with his father gone and the people back home desperately in need of the proceeds from the cattle drive, Shell was determined to uphold his father’s reputation and recover their money. He knew the odds were against him. Finding his friends would be difficult. Getting the money back would be nearly impossible.

Taggart

Taggart
Author: Louis L'Amour
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1982-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553254774

Adam Stark had found gold. In the confusion of the mesas and canyons near Rockinstraw Mountain, Stark, his wife, Consuelo, and his sister, Miriam, were quietly working a rich vein while keeping their presence a secret from raiding Apaches. Worried that his wife might leave him, Stark wanted to make enough money to take her to San Francisco, where she could enjoy the style of life she craved. But when Taggart, a stranger on the run from a vicious bounty hunter, enters their camp, tensions soon mount. Consuelo, against all good judgment, cannot resist testing Taggart. Is he the man who can make her happy? Will he give her the life her husband cannot? With thousands of dollars of gold in his packsadles, the Apaches are now no longer Adam Stark’s only threat.

Under the Sweetwater Rim

Under the Sweetwater Rim
Author: Louis L'Amour
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1990-04-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9785551458647

Ferociously, with massacre and fire, the Indians swept down on yet another wagon train. One wagon mysteriously escaped. In it were the major's daughter, a dashing, hell-for-leather cavalry officer, and $60,000 in gold. Ready for anything, they made their stand.

Treasure Mountain

Treasure Mountain
Author: Louis L'Amour
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2003-09-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553900102

In Treasure Mountain, Louis L’Amour delivers a robust story of two brothers searching to learn the fate of their missing father—and finding themselves in a struggle just to stay alive. Orrin and Tell Sackett had come to exotic New Orleans looking for answers to their father’s disappearance twenty years before. To uncover the truth, the brothers enlisted the aid of a trailwise Gypsy and a mysterious voodoo priest as they sought to re-create their father’s last trek. But Louisiana is a dangerous land, and with one misstep the brothers could disappear in the bayous before they even set foot on the trail—a trail that led to whatever legacy their father had left behind . . . and a secret worth killing for.

The Rider of Lost Creek

The Rider of Lost Creek
Author: Louis L'Amour
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2004-03-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553899643

Lance Kilkenny has a debt to pay, and he isn’t about to let the friend who saved his life go down in a range war. But when Kilkenny tries to stop the fighting, he finds there’s more at stake than land or wire. Whoever is stirring up trouble has big ideas for the Live Oak country—and an army of hired guns to back them up. Nita Riordan, the beautiful and fiery owner of the Apple Canyon Saloon, warns Lance that the mysterious man orchestrating the conflict wants him dead. Lance realizes that if he doesn’t watch his step, he’ll pay the debt he owes with his own blood.

The Haunted Mesa

The Haunted Mesa
Author: Louis L'Amour
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2004-08-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553899198

The Navajo called them the Anasazi, the “ancient enemy,” and their abandoned cities haunt the canyons and plateaus of the Southwest. For centuries the sudden disappearance of these people baffled historians. Summoned to a dark desert plateau by a desperate letter from an old friend, renowned investigator Mike Raglan is drawn into a world of mystery, violence, and explosive revelations. Crossing a border beyond the laws of man and nature, he will learn of the astonishing world of the Anasazi and discover the most extraordinary frontier ever encountered.