Last Stand at Papago Wells

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Last Stand at Papago Wells

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Author(s):

Louis L'Amour

First Pub:

1957

Genre(s):

Western

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

16 chapters

Internal ID:

13203

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

He had stopped last night in the Gunsight Hills, making dry camp because others had reached the water hole before him and he preferred to avoid other travelers.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

The sand sifted before the wind and somewhere out in the mesquite a quail called inquiringly into the night.

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Added: 18-Jul-2022

Last Updated: 18-Jul-2022

Publications

01-Feb-1992

Bantam Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Feb-1992

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$3.99

Pages*:

136

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

12708

Publisher:

Bantam Books

ISBN:

0-553-25807-9

ISBN-13:

978-0-553-25807-3

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

John Hamilton - Photographer

LAST STAND
AT PAPAGO WELLS

Logan Cates knew the many ways the Arizona desert could kill a man. He had ridden the sunblasted dunes, tracked the Apache over barren lava beds, sheltered in the dry washes of this forbidding land. Above all, he knew a man needed water to survive. Cates rode to Papago Wells a few miles ahead of an Apache war party led by the vicious Churupati. There he met a dozen desert wanderers whom chance had led to the only water between Yuma and hell. There they came under siege by the Indians. And there they would make their stand - with little hope of living beyond the next day and only a hard man named Logan Cates to show them how to conquer their true enemy: fear.

LOUIS L'AMOUR
Our foremost storyteller of the authentic West, L'Amour has thrilled a nation by bringing to vivid life the brave men and women who settled the American frontier. There are now almost 225 million of his books in print around the world.

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Notes and Comments:

Bantam edition / July 1986
Bantam reissue / February 1992
Thirteen printing based on the number line
Canada: $4.99

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Author(s)

Louis L'Amour
Birth: 22 Mar 1908 Jamestown, North Dakota, USA
Death: 10 Jun 1988 Los Angeles, California, USA

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