Down the Long Hills (edition 1981)

by L'Amour Louis (Author)

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Fiction. Western. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML: After the massacre Hardy and Betty Sue were left with only a horse and a knife with which to face the long battle against the wilderness. A seven-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl, stranded on the limitless prairie. They were up against starvation, marauding Indians, savage outlaws, and wild animals. They were mighty stubborn, but the odds were against them--and their luck was about to run out. From the Paperback edition. .… (more)

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Member:	perennialreader
Title:	Down the Long Hills
Authors:	L'Amour Louis (Author)
Info:	Bantam Books (1981)
Collections:	Your library, Paperback, Discarded/donated
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BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

Really good story of a smart young boy of 7 and girl of 3 with a horse who while trying to find a father or get to Ft. Bridger, escape from an
Indian, a bear, and horse thieves in the Wyoming wilderness of 1848. Very good read. (

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kslade | Dec 8, 2022 |

Down the Long Hills by Louis L'Amour.

Indians had raided the wagon train, but seven-year-old Hardy Collins and three-year Betty Sue Adams were trying to find Big Red, Hardys horse, and not at the campsite. They are on their own now. The children encounter Indians, some bad men, wolves, lack of food, warmth and snowstorms. The father of Hardy, Scott Collins, and his two friends track the children.
I use the word "Indians" because when this book was written, the name was accepted.
It is a good read and my first book to read that was written by Louis L'Amour. (

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mnleona | May 4, 2022 |

No such thing a bad Louis L'Amour story (

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brone | Dec 26, 2019 |

An excellent L'Amour book for elementary age readers. Down the Long Hills is about a young boy who must find his way through wilderness to find his father, while avoiding an Indian intent on stealing his magnificent horse, protecting a motherless girl, and surviving. L'Amour basically takes his idea of the ideal man, looks at how that man would look as a child.

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Man nennt mich Hondo / Allein in der Wildnis / Sein Name war Flint. 3 Romane in einem Band. by Louis L'Amour

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Wyoming Territory, USA

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To Jody and Jonna,
To Bean and Angelique,
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When Hardy Collins woke up, Big Red was gone.

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Fiction. Western. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:

After the massacre Hardy and Betty Sue were left with only a horse and a knife with which to face the long battle against the wilderness. A seven-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl, stranded on the limitless prairie. They were up against starvation, marauding Indians, savage outlaws, and wild animals. They were mighty stubborn, but the odds were against them--and their luck was about to run out.

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WHEN BOY BECOMES MAN

The wind rustled and something stirred in the brush. The stallion's head was up, nostrils flared. Suddenly, angrily, he pawed the earth.
IN the brush, the grizzly called Three-Paws peered through the leaves. Deep in his chest, he gave a growl. He crept forward .... one step ... another.

Hardy's heart was pounding and his mouth was dry with fear. He backed toward the tree. "Betty Sue," he whispered hoarsely, "climb up. Climb to that high branch above your head."

Hardy stood with his back to the tree and notched an arrow. Old Three Paws thrust his huge head from the brush and stared at the horse. the stallion blew shrilly, then reared on his hind legs, his front legs pawing.

And then Old Three Paws charged ....

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