The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 6: The

The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 6: The Crime Stories

One of Americaâ€™s most beloved storytellers, Louis Lâ€™Amourâ€™s vibrant tales of adventure bring the American West to life. Now, in this sixth volume of collected short stories, Lâ€™Amour takes us beyond the frontier with thirty-three gripping stories of crime, sports, and the murky world where the two often meet. From suspenseful whodunits to rueful tales of fortunes gained and lost, this remarkable collection will enthrall and entertain Lâ€™Amour fans old and new.
Traversing a vivid landscape, from sunblasted hills and canyons to the nighttime streets of Americaâ€™s greatest cities, some of Louis Lâ€™Amourâ€™s most compelling fiction was set in his own timeâ€”whether in the naked electric glare of boxing rings where men go head-to-head with their dreams and demons in an underworld rife with corruption, or along freight docks where laborers toil to earn just enough to get by, or in the penthouses of the rich and arrogant who calculate the odds of how to get even more. Here are tales of innocents caught in the schemes of criminals, detectives hunting down truths that hide more lies, gamblers and beauties, wiseguys and cops. Here is a world populated by the kinds of people who risk their lives to right a wrong, make a buck, or save a friend.

A war veteran makes a journey to visit the man who saved his life in Korea. Instead he uncovers a killing and finds his own heroic causeâ€¦. Confronted with an easy chance to steal, an honest man gives in to temptationâ€”and finds himself ensnared in a web of blackmail and violenceâ€¦. An elderly Hawaiian seafarer is found dead with a hand-carved figure beside his body. Unraveling his murder will mean solving the mystery of a shipwreckâ€”and of the forces that drive some to take fatal chances and others to kill.

Brimming with thought-provoking characters and situationsâ€”from a man who awakens from unconsciousness to find a fortune in a burning house to a man who meets a killer who is supposed to be dead in a seedy dinerâ€”these thrilling, atmospheric stories course with authenticity and bear the mark of a timeless master.
Country USA
Brand Bantam
Manufacturer Bantam
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780553805314
Color Brown
ReleaseDate 2008-10-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780553805314

Country	USA
Brand	Bantam
Manufacturer	Bantam
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780553805314
Color	Brown
ReleaseDate	2008-10-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780553805314

The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 6: The Crime Stories

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