Louis Dearborn L'Amour was an American author. 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 short-story collections. Many of his stories were made into movies. L'Amour's books remain popular, and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death all 105 of his existing works were in print (89 novels, 14 short-story collections, and two full-length works of nonfiction) and he was considered "one of the world's most popular writers."1
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Fiction, Fiction, westerns, Large type books, Western stories, Western, Fiction in English, Frontier and pioneer life, Sackett family (Fictitious characters), Sackett family (fictitious characters), fiction, History, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Gold mines and mining, Short stories, Social life and customs, American Adventure stories, Fiction, action & adventure, Hopalong Cassidy (Fictitious character), Ranchers, West (u.s.), fiction, Apache Indians, Cassidy, hopalong (fictitious character), fiction, Chantry family (fictitious characters), fiction, Fiction, historical, OutlawsPlaces
West (U.S.), United States, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, The West (United States), West United States, Blue Ridge Mountains, Los Angeles, Mexico, Mojave Desert, Mojave Desert (Calif.), Nevada, New Mexico, Palm Springs, Tennessee, Alaska, America, California, England, Great Britain, Mogollon Rim (Ariz.), New Orleans (La.), New Southwest, North AmericaTime
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 20th century, 12th century, 1840-1890, 19th century, 1600-1775, Colonial period, 1783-1865, 1810-, 1865-1898, Elizabeth, 1558-1603, mid-1980sID Numbers
- OLID: OL19482A
- ISNI: 0000000109399861
- VIAF: 121561792
- Wikidata: Q379895
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q379895
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- L'Amour Louis
- Louis L'AMOUR
- Louis L'Amour
- Louis L Amour
- LOUIS L'AMOUR
- Louis L'amour
- L'AMOUR LOUIS
- Louis Lamour
- Louis LAmour
- LOUIS LAMOUR
- Louis LAMOUR
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