The Broken Gun

Book Details

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Author(s):

Louis L'Amour

First Pub:

1966

Genre(s):

Adventure; Fiction; Mystery

First Read:

2022

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

11 chapters

Internal ID:

3193

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

To Alan Ladd
and Bill Bendix...
together again.

First Sentence:

He lay sprawled upon the concrete pavement of the alley in the darkening stain of his own blood, a man I had never seen before, a man with the face of an Apache warrior, struck down from behind and stabbed repeatedly in the back as he lay there.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

I'll say one thing for John Toomey: when he loaded that Bisley Colt for the last time, it was really loaded.

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Added: 05-Jul-2022

Last Updated: 15-Oct-2024

01-Feb-1984

Bantam Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Feb-1984

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.95

Pages*:

151

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 23 Jun 2022 - 26 Jun 2022

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2679

Publisher:

Bantam Books

ISBN:

0-553-23155-3

ISBN-13:

978-0-553-23155-7

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

John Hamilton - Photographer

THE BROKEN GUN

Begin with the massacre of 27 innocent men. Follow it with two brutal murders almost 90 years later. Add two curious, hard-bitten verterans of guerrilla fighting, and a beautiful, terror-stricken girl.

Mix with a pack of vicious killers, who would have been more than a match for the most notorious gunmen of the old West, and you have Louis L'Amour blistering novel of action and adventure in the new West.

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 140 million of his books in print around the world.

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Notes and Comments:

A Bantam Book / January 1966
8 printings through July 1970
New Bantam edition / March 1971
29 printings through February 1984
Thirty-first printing based on the number line
Canada: $3.50

01-Feb-1984
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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