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1 | 1960 | | (1) The Daybreakers Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| I'M TYREL SACKETT AND I WAS BORN TO TROUBLE...
I killed a man in Tennessee, fair and square, but me and my brother Orrin hit the trail west. Those were the years when decent men and women went in fear of Indians, rustlers and killers, but we made the West a land where folks could raise their young 'uns. Orrin brought law and order from Santa Fe to Montana, and I backed him all the way. Because, till the day I hung it up, I was the fastest gun alive!
THE DAYBREAKERS
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 more than 120 million of his books in print around the world. | |
2 | 1961 | | (2) Sackett Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| "I'M TELL SACKETT!"
"Oldest brother to Orrin Sackett, he lawmaker, and Tye Sackett, the Mora gunfighter... I had to kill a man in Texas so I've drifted. Came upon a vein of pure gold in high, lonesome country. All I wanted was enough to buy me a ranch... but gold has ways of its own with men!"
SACKETT One of the 14 books in the magnificaent Sackett series.
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 110 million of his books in print around the world. | |
3 | 1962 | | (3) Lando Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| LANDO Sackett got to Texas with a well-oiled hogleg, a racing mule that didn't look worth its salt and a damn good idea of the whereabouts of buried gold across the border in Mexico. In Mexico he had had luck. His party had to run for it, and when Lando stood rear guard they pulled out and left him. Six years in a Mexican prison put muscles in his arms, fire in his heart and pure recklessness in his head. When he caught up with the men who betrayed him, it made no difference that he didn't have a gun.
LOUIS LAMOUR
The SACKETS
They are the unforgettable pioneer family created by master storyteller Louis L'Amour to bring to vivid life the spirit and adventure of the American frontier. The Sacketts, men and women who challenged the untamed wilderness with their dreams and their courage. From generation to generation they pushed ever westward with a restless, wandering urge, a kinship with the free, wild places and a fierce independence. The Sacketts always stood tall and, true to their strong family pride, they would unite to take on any and all challenges, no matter how overwhelming the odds. Each Sackett novel is a complete, exciting historical adv.enture, and read as a group, Louis L'Amour's The Sacketts form an epic story of the building of our mighty nation, a saga cherished by millions of readers around the world for more than a quarter century. | |
4 | 1964 | | (4) Mojave Crossing Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| Tell Sackett was packing thirty pounds of gold and no worries - until he got to the ferry at the Colorado. Trouble found him there. It looked like a black-eyed woman, pretty as a young filly, and a hundred times more set to buck any man. It looked like a gang of hardcases, with other folks' gold. And trouble looked like the other side of the rive - the hottest, driest, most brutal desert on the continent.
MOJAVE CROSSING One of the 16 books in the magnificent Sacket series
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 120 million of his books in print around the world. | |
5 | 1965 | | (5) The Sackett Brand Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| THE SACKETT BRAND Forty gunslingers from the Lazy A have got Tell Sackett corned under the Mogollon Rim. They're fixing to hang him if they can capture him alive, fill him extra full of lead f they can't. But the Sacketts don't cotton to that kind of treatment. Hunt one Sackett and you hunt them all. So they're riding in from all over - mountain Sacketts, outlaws, cattlemen, bankers and the rest. They'll fight with Tell on this one - if they can get there before Tell kills all forty hardcases himself.
LOUIS L'AMOUR The Sacketts They are the unforgettable pioneer family created by master storyteller Louis L'Amour to bring to vivid life the the spirit and adventure of the American frontier. The Sacketts, men and women who challenged the untamed wildness with their dreams and their courage. From generation to generation they pushed ever westward with a restless, wandering urge, a kinship with the free, wild places and a fierce independence. The Sacketts always stodd tall and, true to their string family pride, they would unite to take on any and all challenges, no matter how overwhelming the odds. Each Sackett novel is a complete, exciting historical adventure, and read as a group, Louis L'Amour's The Sacketts form an epic story of the building of our mighty nation, a saga cherished by millions of readers around the world for more than a quarter century. | |
6 | 1966 | | (6) Mustang Man Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| IT WAS ALMOST TOO MUCH FOR EVEN A SACKETT TO HANDLE!
He could outride and outshoot any five men, but he was a fool for a lady in distress. The posse was hot on his trail for murder when he took time out to rescue Sylvie from a gang of desperados. It wasn't till she'd bushwhacked him with a shotgun, and tried to poison him that he realized she was up to no good. And no sooner had he shot his way out of her clutches than he met Penelope. After he'd heard her sad story, he should have cut and run, but somehow a Sackett never seems to learn the easy way.
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 110 million of his books in print around the world. | |
7 | 1967 | | (7) The Sky-Liners Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| The Sackett boys weren't out to make a reputation - it just happened that way. They had crossed Black Fletchen and lived to tell about it. Now Fletchen was coming for them with the most expensive hired guns in the country. But the Sacketts were no strangers to trouble. They knew what guns were and how to use them, and one thing was sure - when the showdown came, the Sacketts would be ready, and someone was going to die.
THE SKY-LINERS One of the 16 books in the magnificent Sackett series
LOUIS L'AMOUR Our foremost storyteller of the authenric 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 120 million of his books in print around the world.
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8 | 1969 | | (8) The Lonely Men Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| Tell Sackett had been lured into the Apache's mountain stronghold by the icy beauty of his brother's wife. He didn't go alone. John J. Battles, Spanish Murphy and the half-breed Tampico rode beside him. Each was driven by his past to test his speed and cunning against an enemy who could smell a white man a mile away - and then shoot his eyes out at a dead gallop. It was a contest few men would enter - and fewer still could hope to win.
THE LONELY MEN
LOUIS L'AMOUR Now, with nearly 95 million copies of his books in print worldwide, he is the "bestselling and most highly rated Western writer in the country today." - The New York Times | |
9 | 1970 | | (9) Galloway Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| "SASKETTS DON'T DIE EASY."
Galloway was thinking of Flagan. Somewhere in those mountains, without weapons, in a rugged country where the only humans he found were apt to be enemies, he would have to fight for his life alone. Galloway knew that Flagan must do to survive because he knew what he would do. And there was no easy way.
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 110 million of his books in print around the world. | |
10 | 1972 | | (10) Ride the Dark Trail Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| RIDE THE DARK TRAIL Logan Sackett had run the wild trails since near to when he was born... picked up a few horses here and yon and some cattle too... rode the back trails with the bunch... he'd been around. But he'd never bothered womenfolk and he got mighty angry with those who did - especially when the victim was an untamable lady named Emily Talon - horn a Sackett!
LOUIS L'AMOUR The SACKETTS They are the unforgettable pioneer family created by master storyteller Louis L'Amour to bring to vivid life the spirit and adventure of the American frontier. The Sacketts, men and women who challenged the untamed wilderness with their dreams and their courage. From generation to generation they pushed ever westward with a restless, wandering urge, a kinship with the free, wild places, and a fierce independence. The Sacketts always stood tall, and true to their strong family pride, they would unite to take on any and all challenges, no matter how overwhelming the odds. Each Sackett novel is a complete, exciting historical adventure, and read as a group, Louis L'Amour's The Sacketts form an epic story of the building of our mighty nation, a saga cherished by millions of readers around the world for more than a quarter century. | |
11 | 1972 | | (11) Treasure Mountain Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| THE SACKETTS SMELLED GOLD... AND GUNS
How do you bring a million dollars in gold down a mountain? First you have to find it, and that's mighty hard when you're tracking a trail that's twenty years old. But the Sackett brothers were determined to find the treasure and their father. They just hoped they were smarter than those New Orleans folks who also wanted the gold and were willing to kill for it!
LOUIS LAMOUR 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 100 million of his books in print around the world. | |
12 | 1975 | | (12) War Party Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| LEGEND OF THE WEST
It's God's country, and the Devil's country. Where a hired killer cherishes a strange code of honor. A young miner hauls dangerous freight - a fortune in gold and a beautiful woman - through treacherous territory. The town drunk wakes up one day - with the town deserted. Apaches bring a lone white woman a surprising gift. It's the great American West. Savage and sweet, two-fisted and big-hearted, like no other place on this earth.
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. | |
13 | 1974 | | (13) Sackett's Land Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| SACKETT'S LAND Son of a feared fighting man, Barnabas Sackett inherited his father's fiery temper, sense of justice and warrior skills Declared an outlaw in his native England Barnahas set his daring sights on the opportunities of the New World. The ruthless piracy of the open seas and the unknown dangers of the savage American wilderness lay before him. And so did the thrill of discovery an the chance to establish a bold new future if he survived.
LOUIS L'AMOUR The SACKETTS
They are the unforgettable pioneer family created by master storyteller Louis L'Amour to bring to vivid life the spirit and adventure of the American frontier. The Sacketts, men and women who challenged the untamed wilderness with their dreams and their courage. From generation to generation they pushed ever westward with a restless, wandering urge, a kinship with the free, wild places and a fierce independence. The Sacketts always stood tall and, true to their strong family pride, they would unite to take on any and all challenges, no matter how overwhelming the odds. Each Sackett novel is a complete, exciting historical adventure, and read as a group, Louis L'Amour's The Sacketts form an epic story of the building of our mighty nation, a saga cherished by millions of readers around the world for more than a quarter century. | |
14 | 1976 | | (14) To the Far Blue Mountain Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| Barney Sackett was on the run from the law. The only trail open to him ran West. With a few fierce friends and a loyal woman by his side, Barney carved a place for himself in the raw American wilderness - battling unyielding elements and savage Indians every inch of the way. Then the day came when Barney found himself unexpectedly and desperately alone.
TO THE FAR BLUE MOUNTAINS
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 120 million of his books in print around the world. | |
15 | 1980 | | (15) Lonely on the Mountain Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| LONELY ON THE MOUNTAIN The Sackett brothers didn't know what brand of trouble Cousin Logan was in, but he needed beef cattle badly. So with Tell Sackett ramrodding, Tyrel, Orrin, and Cap Rountree rode north - pushing 1100 head across the wide Dakota plains toward the mountains of far western Canada. Past Sioux, past Logan's treacherous enemies, through uncharted trails, the Sacketts drove on. Because when you step on the toes of one Sackett, they all come running.
LOUIS LAMOUR The Sacketts They are the unforgettable pioneer family created by master storyteller Louis L'Amour to bring to vivid life the spirit and adventure of the American frontier. The Sacketts, men and women who challenged the untamed wilderness with their dreams and their courage. From generation to generation they pushed ever westward with a restless, wandering urge, a kinship with the free, wild places, and a fierce independence. The Sacketts always stood tall, and true to their strong family pride, they would unite to take on any and all challenges, no matter how overwhelming the odds. Each Sackett novel is a complete, exciting historical adventure, and read as a group, Louis L'Amour's The Sacketts form an epic story of the building of our mighty nation, a saga cherished by millions of readers around the world for more than a quarter century. | |
16 | 1983 | | (16) Ride the River Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| RIDE THE RIVER No matter that Echo Sackett was young, and a woman, and had never been far from the valley. She was still a Sackett - sharp and smart and a better hunter than most of the men she knew. Like her bold ancestors, Echo couldn't ignore a challenge. A sure hand with a horse, a dead shot with a rifle, and fast with her wits, Echo traveled to the mountains of Tennessee, coming up against ruthless killers who'd stop at nothing to cheat her of her inheritance. There she'd prove once and for all that she could ride the river with the best.
LOUIS L'AMOUR The SACKETTS
They are the unforgettable pioneer family created by master storyteller Louis L'Amour to bring to vivid life the spirit and adventure of the American frontier. The Sacketts, men and women who challenged the untamed wilderness with their dreams and their courage. From generation to generation they pushed ever westward with a restless, wandering urge, a kinship with the free, wild places and a fierce independence. The Sacketts always stood tall and, true to their strong family pride, they would unite to take on any and all challenges, no matter how overwhelming the odds. Each Sackett novel is a complete, exciting historical adventure, and read as a group, Louis L'Amour's The Sacketts form an epic story of the building of our mighty nation, a saga cherished by millions of readers around the world for more than a quarter century. | |
17 | 1984 | | (17) The Warrior's Path Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| KIN SACKETT, FRONTIERSMAN
The Sacketts walk tall in the untamed forests and wild mountain paths. Strong men who seek peace in the savage wilderness. That peace is challenged when rival Indian tribes threaten war, and ruthless white men, hoping to exploit the tensions, kidnap a settlers beautiful daughter. Only Kin Sackett and his brother Vance dare to make the treacherous journey to rescue the girl from her captors. For when there is a crisis on the frontier von can count r>n a Sackett for swift action.
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 100 million of his books in print around the world.
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18 | 1985 | | (18) Jubal Sackett Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| JUBAL SACKETT Wilderness explorer Jubal Sackett was the son of Barnabas Sackett, the first of that name to come to the New World. Jubal feared no man, nor backed away from any challenge. His fierce determination to blaze new trails took him across the vast, savage North American continent where no white man had been before. Living and fighting among the Indian tribes, Jubal Sackett forged a legend as a powerful medicine man they called "Ni'kwana, master of mysteries." And with Itchakomi, the proud Natchez princess, he walked the path of courage that future Sacketts would follow. | |
19 | 1997 | | (19) End of the Drive Cover Blurb | Louis L'Amour | | |
| BEST OF THE WEST
A veteran trail driver, who has survived thundering stampedes and Comanche raids, discovers there's nothing so dangerous as courting a beautiful woman.... A brutally beaten homesteader crawls off to die - only to stumble upon an ancient talisman that restores his will to live.... This treasure trove of newly discovered stories captures the grit, grandeur, and glory of the men and women who wielded pistol and plow, Bible and branding iron to tame a wild country. A mysterious preacher rides into town to deliver a warning that leads to a surprising revelation.... And in the full-length novella Rustler Roundup, the hardworking citizens of a law-abiding town are pushed to the edge as rumors of rustlers in their midst threaten to turn neighbor against neighbor. Each of these unforgettable tales bears the master's touch - comic twists, stark realism, crackling suspense - all the elements that have made Louis L'Amour an American legend.
LOUIS L'AMOUR, America's favorite storyteller, has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and women who settled the American frontier. There are more than 260 million copies of his books in print around the world. | |