The Sacketts Volume 3
by Louis L'Amour
The Sacketts - publishing order (Collections and Selections — 5-6, 8, 11), The Sacketts (Collections and Selections — 10, 12-13, 15)
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It's Louis L'Amour - what is more to be said? The 4 stories in the book are basically the same with well defined heroes and villains, beautiful descriptions of the American landscape and are pure awesomeness.
I remember reading them when I was young, and to reread them now still puts a smile on my face.
I remember reading them when I was young, and to reread them now still puts a smile on my face.
The Sackett Brand: Tell Sackett (definitely a popular one); Mogollon region of Colorado/New Mexico; not long after previous Tell stories; love interest--Ange Kerry, murdered on their honeymoon trip to establish a new Sackett home (even more of a women in refrigerators syndrome); vengeance and then some, and the whole clan comes a-runnin';
Sackett cameos:
Tyrel and Orrin (and Cap Rountree) (Cumberland)
Falcon and Orlando Sackett (and the Tinker)
Galloway and Flagan Sackett (first appearance of these twins)
Nolan Sackett (Clinch Mountain)
Parmalee Sackett (first appearance) (flatlands)
The Lonely Men: Tell Sackett (again!); Tucson and the Sierra Madres of Mexico; possible love interest--Dorset Binney; rescuing children kidnapped by Apaches and show more another vengeance scenario
Treasure Mountain: Tell Sackett (of course), with his brother Orrin, the Tinker, Flagan Sackett; New Orleans to the La Plata Mountains; possible love interest--Nell Trelawney; seeking their father's final resting place, and more hidden treasure (#5); cameo by Tyrel Sackett
Mustang Man: Nolan Sackett; Texas plains to Rabbit Ear Mountains in New Mexico; possible love interest--Penelope Hume; another treasure hunt (#6) show less
Sackett cameos:
Tyrel and Orrin (and Cap Rountree) (Cumberland)
Falcon and Orlando Sackett (and the Tinker)
Galloway and Flagan Sackett (first appearance of these twins)
Nolan Sackett (Clinch Mountain)
Parmalee Sackett (first appearance) (flatlands)
The Lonely Men: Tell Sackett (again!); Tucson and the Sierra Madres of Mexico; possible love interest--Dorset Binney; rescuing children kidnapped by Apaches and show more another vengeance scenario
Treasure Mountain: Tell Sackett (of course), with his brother Orrin, the Tinker, Flagan Sackett; New Orleans to the La Plata Mountains; possible love interest--Nell Trelawney; seeking their father's final resting place, and more hidden treasure (#5); cameo by Tyrel Sackett
Mustang Man: Nolan Sackett; Texas plains to Rabbit Ear Mountains in New Mexico; possible love interest--Penelope Hume; another treasure hunt (#6) show less
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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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- Use this only for the Volume containing 4 separate novels. Do not use for a single novel "The Sackets" nor for "The Sacket Brand" (even though it is contained in this volume.)
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