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Louis L'Amour's lost treasures. Volume 2, More mysterious stories, unfinished manuscripts, and lost notes from one of the world's most popular novelists / Louis L'Amour with Beau L'Amour.

by L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988.

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Bantam Books, 2019.

9780425284926 (hc.)

xxxii, 536 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

What is Louis L'Amour's lost treasures? -- Introduction by Beau L'Amour -- The Bastard of Brignogan -- Mac Ross -- Dam and timber -- The quest for the bear -- Kills bear -- Ben Mallory -- The death of Peter Talon -- The jade eaters -- The freeze -- Ben Milo -- In the measure of time -- The papago kid -- Krak des chevaliers -- Ibn Batuta -- Shanty -- Krag Moran -- Stan Duval -- Lowie -- South of Panama -- The rock man -- Borden Chantry II -- Acknowledgments.

"In this second volume, Beau L'Amour examines how his father made the transition from struggling pulp writer to successful novelist and uses his father's notes, journal entries, and correspondence to continue the process of seeking out how and why many of these never-before-seen manuscripts were written as well as speculating about the ways they might have ended. These selections include the beginnings of a post-apocalyptic science fiction tale, a proposal for a nonfiction project based on the life of Renaissance-era traveler Ibn Batuta, and two chapters of a historical novel set in India about the origin of L'Amour's well-known Talon family. At the other end of the spectrum are classic adventures, such as "In the Measure of Time," a chance encounter set on the high seas, and a science fiction film treatment set in Mexico, as well as seventeen chapters of a novel that reappears throughout Louis's journals and letters and speaks to his fascination with post-revolutionary 1950s China, leading him so far as to correspond with the Dalai Lama. With rare photographs and commentary, this book further maps the journey L'Amour embarked upon to become one of our greatest storytellers and the diverse realms to which his imagination traveled, making him a true American pioneer" --Publisher.

Western stories.

Adventure fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Historical fiction.

L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988. Bastard of Brignogan.

L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988. Mac Ross.

L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988. Dam and timber.

L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988. Quest for the bear.

L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988. Kills bear.

L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988. Ben Mallory.

L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988. Death of Peter Talon.

L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988. Jade eaters.

L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988. Freeze.

L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988. Ben Milo.

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