Book Description

Louis L'Amour was one of America's most prolific and bestselling authors, writing more than 100 novels over his thirty year career and selling hundreds of millions of copies of those novels. He not only wrote many novels about the American frontier, but also wrote numerous short stories and poems and was the subject of hundreds of articles, interviews, essays, documentaries, and newspaper columns. This is a comprehensive guide to works written by and about Louis L'Amour. The first part documents all of his book-length works providing extensive information on editions, reprints and translations, an annotation detailing the plot, and a list of selected reviews for each. The second part covers all known and verified short stories identifying the date of the first publication and including information on reprints and title changes and an annotation for each. Following these are sections detailing L'Amour's nonfiction and poetry, audio productions, motion pictures and television programs based on his books and stories, and books and articles about him. A series index, a character index, and a comprehensive index are also provided.