Kilrone
by Louis L'Amour
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Fiction. Western. Thriller. Historical Fiction. When Major Frank Paddock and Barnes Kilrone were dashing young officers in Paris, they both fell in love with the same woman. But now they are men in exile in one of the harshest territories of the American West. It is against this inhospitable backdrop, where survival itself is a day-to-day struggle, that Paddock makes a fateful decision that will plunge both men into a headlong battle for their lives and the lives they’re sworn to protect. show more As Paddock leads his company of soldiers in pursuit of a Bannock war party, Kilrone is left behind to guard the post’s women and children. And before the day is over, one of them, outnumbered and outgunned, will be trapped in a fight to the finish.…. show lessTags
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Kilrone takes on Medicine Dog and his Paiutes, the Bannock Clan, and his vengeful enemy, Iron Dave Sproul, as he struggles to protect the fort and find happiness with Betty Considine, the woman he loves
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When Major Frank Paddock and Barnes Kilrone were dashing young officers in Paris, they both fell in love with the same woman. But now they are men in exile in one of the harshest territories of the American West. It is against this inhospitable backdrop, where survival itself is a day-to-day struggle, that Paddock makes a fateful decision that will plunge both men into a headlong battle for their lives and the lives they’re sworn to protect. As Paddock leads his company of soldiers in pursuit of a Bannock war party, Kilrone is left behind to guard the post’s women and children. And before the day is over, one of them, outnumbered and outgunned, will be trapped in a fight to the finish.…
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When Major Frank Paddock and Barnes Kilrone were dashing young officers in Paris, they had both fallen in love with the same woman.  But now they are men in exile on one of the harshest territories of the American West, and Paddock has made a choice that will plunge both men into a battle for their lives and souls.
While Paddock leads his company of soldiers in pursuit of a Bannock war party that has massacred one of his patrols, Kilrone is left to guard a fortress full of women and children.  And in a matter of hours Kilrone knows that Paddock's choice was wrong, fatally wrong.  Fueled by a white man's greed, the Indians are aiming for the fort--and Kilrone's fight will be to the end--. show less
When Major Frank Paddock and Barnes Kilrone were dashing young officers in Paris, they both fell in love with the same woman. But now they are men in exile in one of the harshest territories of the American West. It is against this inhospitable backdrop, where survival itself is a day-to-day struggle, that Paddock makes a fateful decision that will plunge both men into a headlong battle for their lives and the lives they're sworn to protect. As Paddock leads his company of soldiers in pursuit of a Bannock war party, Kilrone is left behind to guard the post's women and children. And before the day is over, one of them, outnumbered and outgunned, will be trapped in a fight to the finish.Â…
Mar 15, 2023Swedish
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Born in Jamestown, North Dakota on March 22, 1908, Louis L'Amour's adventurous life could have been the subject of one of his novels. Striking out on his own in 1923, at age 15, L'Amour began a peripatetic existence, taking whatever jobs were available, from skinning dead cattle to being a sailor. L'Amour knew early in life that he wanted to be a show more writer, and the experiences of those years serve as background for some of his later fiction. During the 1930s he published short stories and poetry; his career was interrupted by army service in World War II. After the war, L'Amour began writing for western pulp magazines and wrote several books in the Hopalong Cassidy series using the pseudonym Tex Burns. His first novel, Westward the Tide (1950), serves as an example of L'Amour's frontier fiction, for it is an action-packed adventure story containing the themes and motifs that he uses throughout his career. His fascination with history and his belief in the inevitability of manifest destiny are clear. Also present and typical of L'Amour's work are the strong, capable, beautiful heroine who is immediately attracted to the equally capable hero; a clear moral split between good and evil; reflections on the Native Americans, whose land and ways of life are being disrupted; and a happy ending. Although his work is somewhat less violent than that of other western writers, L'Amour's novels all contain their fair share of action, usually in the form of gunfights or fistfights. L'Amour's major contribution to the western genre is his attempt to create, in 40 or more books, the stories of three families whose histories intertwine as the generations advance across the American frontier. The novels of the Irish Chantry, English Sackett, and French Talon families are L'Amour's most ambitious project, and sadly were left unfinished at his death. Although L'Amour did not complete all of the novels, enough of the series exists to demonstrate his vision. L'Amour's strongest attribute is his ability to tell a compelling story; readers do not mind if the story is similar to one they have read before, for in the telling, L'Amour adds enough small twists of plot and detail to make it worth the reader's while. L'Amour fans also enjoy the bits of information he includes about everything from wilderness survival skills to finding the right person to marry. These lessons give readers the sense that they are getting their money's worth, that there is more to a L'Amour novel than sheer escapism. With over 200 million copies of his books in print worldwide, L'Amour must be counted as one of the most influential writers of westerns in this century. He died from lung cancer on June 10, 1988. (Bowker Author Biography) Louis L'Amour, truly America's favorite storyteller, was the first fiction writer ever to receive the Congressional Gold Medal from the United States Congress in honor of his life's work, & was also awarded the Medal of Freedom. There are over 260 million copies of his books in print worldwide. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Canonical title
- Kilrone
- Original publication date
- 1966-10
- People/Characters
- Barnes Kilrone; Betty Considine; Frank Bell Paddock; Denise Paddock; Iron Dave Sproul; Medicine Dog (show all 29); Mary Tall Singer; Carter Hanlon; Stella Rybolt; Gus Rybolt; Charles Mellett; Bill Jordan; Eden Pryor; Ben Hayes; Sgt Dunivant; Cpl Hessler; Pvt Keith; Pvt Thomas; Red Wolfe; Hank Laban; Tim Ryerson; Washakie; Hopkins; McCracken; Alice Dunivant; Sophie Dawson; Pat Dunivant; Teale; Steve Blaine
- Important places
- Hog Town, Utah, USA; Cane Springs, Utah, USA
- Important events
- The Army Patrol is attacked.; The Army Post is attacked.; The Pay Wagon is attacked.; Iron Dave enjoys a fight.; Medicine Dog meets Iron Dave.
- Epigraph
- [None]
- Dedication
- [None]
- First words
- Betty Considine shaded her eyes when she saw the rider coming through the gate.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Once, when only a few coals were left, the man moved slightly, then lay still.
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- Languages
- English, Finnish, Norwegian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 19
- ASINs
- 16
