![]() If it didn’t say that right on my cover, I probably would have assumed that book came before movie. I had picked up a used copy of this book in great condition at Half Price Books and decided to crack it open – I didn’t notice until that particular moment that this book is actually a novelization of a screenplay for the epic movie by the same name. I was inspired a couple weeks ago to pick up a western – I remember stacks of Louis L’Amour books around as a kid and thought he’d be a natural choice for such a compulsion. The truthful legend of Hugh Glass is referenced several times, the real life frontiersman who was the subject of Michael Punke’s 2002 novel The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge. L’Amour fills this novel with gunfights, horseback chases, and bear attacks. Truth be told, just as his other works I have read – Hondo – Sackett's Land – I have been pleasantly surprised by the minimalistic quality of his prose and the deft art with which he can blend introspective moments of thoughtful reflection amidst a vehicle clearly intended for an action loving audience.Īnd that reader is not disappointed. While L’Amour’s colloquy falls short of steadfast sympathy for the Native American’s plight, his is a more compassionate narrative than might be expected. Tecumseh had come to early and Quanah Parker too late. L’Amour made an astute observation about the Western Native Americans, comparing their horse culture with the Mongols and went further to opine that if the tribes had a leader like Khan, they may have pushed the white men back east. ![]() This was clearly well researched by the author. Telling the compact, fast moving story of a family of settlers from the 1840s to the 1880s, L’Amour covers a lot of ground and paints a portrait of the old west in grand scale. ![]() One of Western writer Louie L’Amour’s more recognizable titles, and rightly so, this entertaining fictional history was first published in 1962. ![]()
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