The Collected Short Stories of Louis L’Amour, Volume 7: Frontier Stories-Fast Shipping

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There is no story more distinctly American than the western and no writer as greata master of the form as Louis L’Amour. In this seventh volume of L’Amour’s collectedshort stories, you’ll find some of his most popular characters, heroes who have becomea part of our cultural legacy, as well as the ordinary men and women whose adventuresare chronicled with an immediacy no reader can resist–or ever forget.

In Louis L’ Amour’s frontier stories, the American West is the crucible in which character istested, reputations are won or lost, and life always hangs in the balance. Strugglingto survive against the elements, hostile Indians, or outlaws who prey upon the honestand hardworking, the men and women in these tales each come face-to-face with whatthey’re made of–often in moments that explode with the violence of an avalanche orthe speed of a drawn gun. Here L’Amour demonstrates the unerring touch for detailand keen insight into human nature that lend these stories the power to thrill, surprise,and entertain readers of every generation.

A man driven by his faith in the womanhe loves survives war, Indian massacre, and near starvation only to find his homecomingdelayed by one last battle–under his own roof. To stop a range war, a ranch foremanstands up to his boss, his men, and conspirators who seem to have both right andmight on their side. And in a town where fourteen men have already died under suspiciouscircumstances, a new sheriff by the name of Utah Blaine patiently sets a trap fora frontier serial killer.

Here are stories of honest thieves and crooked lawmen,of dream chasers and treasure hunters, of men and women hoping for a second chanceand others down to their last. This rich and varied cast embodies not only the spiritof the West but the timeless struggle of the best and worst in us all, on a stageas big as the frontier itself. Full of suspense, mystery, adventure, this remarkablecollection has everything that’s earned Louis L’Amour his well-deserved reputationas America’s favorite storyteller.