Dark Canyon

Book Details

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Author(s):

Louis L'Amour

First Published:

1963

Genre(s):

Western

First Read:

2022

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

16 chapters

Internal ID:

13219

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

To Catherine...

First Sentence:

When Jim Colburn rode into the hide-out at sundown he was not alone.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

"Better keep that," he said, "they don't make that kind any more."

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Added: 26-Jul-2022

Last Updated: 02-Oct-2024

01-Sep-1981

Bantam Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Sep-1981

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.95

Pages*:

149

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 2 Sep 2022 - 19 Sep 2022

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

12730

Publisher:

Bantam Books

ISBN:

0-553-20703-2

ISBN-13:

978-0-553-20703-3

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

John Hamilton - Photographer

LIGHTNING
WITH A GUN

Gaylord Riley set up a cattle range bordering Dark Canyon... a tough stretch of country. Rustlers used it to drive stolen cattle across the mountains, north to south. Desperate men skulked in it when they were in trouble. It was a road for bandit raids. It was a bad stretch of country.

DARK CANYON

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 over 160 million of his books in print around the world.

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Notes and Comments:

A Bantam Book / November 1963

2nd printing ... June 1967
3rd printing ... February 1969
4th printing ... February 1969

5th printing ... July 1969
6th printing ... November 1969
7th printing ... March 1970

8th printing ... July 1970
New Bantam edition / August 1971

2nd printing ... October 1971
3rd printing ... March 1972
4th printing ... February 1973
5th printing ... November 1973
6th printing ... August 1974
7th printing ... October 1974
8th printing ... November 1975

9th printing ... February 1977
10th printing ... August 1977
11th printing ... February 1977
12th printing ... February 1978
13th printing ... August 1979
14th printing ... March 1980
15th printing ... June 1980

16th printing ... September 1981

Copyright page lists LCCN as 63-19055
Twenty-third printing based on the number line
Canada: $3.50

01-Sep-1981
Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback

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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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