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In Mustang Man, Louis L’Amour takes Nolan Sackett on a dangerous journey into family betrayal, greed, and murder.When Nolan Sackett met Penelope Hume in a cantina at Borregos Plaza, the girl immediately captured his attention. That she was heir to a lost cache of gold didn’t make her any less desirable. But Penelope isn’t the only one after her grandfather’s treasure; Sylvie, Ralph, and Andrew Karnes, distant relatives with no legal claim to the gold, are obsessed with claiming the show more Hume fortune for themselves. Their all-consuming sense of entitlement recklessly drives them to ambush and murder. Even if Sackett and Penelope are fortunate enough to escape this deadly trio and find the canyon where the gold is hidden, Indian legend has it that nothing will live there—no birds or insects. They say it is filled with the bones of men. show less
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Although it is 14th in the series, this was the first book in the Sackett saga I read. I loved it. I didn't think at first this was the book for me because it's a western, but I was so wrong. I got pulled into the story from page one. Louis L'Amour is wonderful at setting the stage and I was instantly drawn in. I found it to be a wonderful story, with lovable characters, and a brilliant plot. These books is lke the Lays potato chip commercials except "You can't read just one." Since reading it, I have been searching out other books in the saga to read. I am now reading the 5th book "Ride the River" with Echo Sackett.
Nathan Hume died hard, but not before he hid three hundred pounds of gold in a box canyon in the Rabbit Ears. Nathan Sackett has never ducked trouble, but when he agreed to guide Penelope Hume and her party west, he bought himself a right into a shooting match with a bunch of back-shooting, poisoning, thieves and murderers, and if that's not bad enough, he just might be in love.
How L'Amour packed so much into so few pages is beyond me, but I never fail to enjoy reading about the trouble the Sacketts get themselves into. And out of.
How L'Amour packed so much into so few pages is beyond me, but I never fail to enjoy reading about the trouble the Sacketts get themselves into. And out of.
In this installment of the Sackett series our protagonist is Nolan Sackett, one of a set of twins, and a member of the Clinch Mountain Sackett families. He's big, rough and tough, but with a soft heart for a pretty young lady who needs a knight in shining armor...or does she? Good read, highly enjoyable.
Another book in the Sackett series, this features Nolan Sackett who is an outlaw with a heart of gold -- or is that a heart that lusts after gold? Never you worry, Nolan is a Sackett and a good man who will no doubt save the day and the girl. This is a quick-read Western and I enjoyed it.
If you like Westerns, you'll probably like this one, too.
If you like Westerns, you'll probably like this one, too.
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Title: Mustang Man
Series: Sacketts #13
Author: Louis L'Amour
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Western
Pages: 176
Format: Digital Edition
Synopsis:
Nolan Sackett is on the run. Again. He runs across an abandoned wagon and the woman and man try to ambush him to steal his horse, then when that fails they try to poison him. He gets their horses back for them anyway but then leaves them to their fate.
In the next little settlement he is hired as a guide to a show more young woman, an older man and a halfbreed. They wish to find a hidden cache of gold that the young woman's grandfather supposedly hid when attacked by Mexicans way back when. Nolan is to lead them to a particular area then his services will no longer be needed.
However, the previous couple is also after the gold and they hire some pretty bad men. The older man escorting the young lady isn't so virtuous either. Nolan chooses to protect the young lady and through hardwork, the help of a tough old salt, some fancy machinations, a bit of fast gunplay and plain old luck, ends up with the gold and the girl.
The only “outlaw” Sackett makes good.
My Thoughts:
Man, what do I say about these? Beyond a synopsis and whether I enjoyed it or not, these books aren't deep enough for much of a review.
I did enjoy this a lot and there was a lot of action and badguys galore and the lone gunman (who wasn't quite so alone) and the plucky heroine. It made for a fun, fast read.
★★★☆½ show less
Title: Mustang Man
Series: Sacketts #13
Author: Louis L'Amour
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Western
Pages: 176
Format: Digital Edition
Synopsis:
Nolan Sackett is on the run. Again. He runs across an abandoned wagon and the woman and man try to ambush him to steal his horse, then when that fails they try to poison him. He gets their horses back for them anyway but then leaves them to their fate.
In the next little settlement he is hired as a guide to a show more young woman, an older man and a halfbreed. They wish to find a hidden cache of gold that the young woman's grandfather supposedly hid when attacked by Mexicans way back when. Nolan is to lead them to a particular area then his services will no longer be needed.
However, the previous couple is also after the gold and they hire some pretty bad men. The older man escorting the young lady isn't so virtuous either. Nolan chooses to protect the young lady and through hardwork, the help of a tough old salt, some fancy machinations, a bit of fast gunplay and plain old luck, ends up with the gold and the girl.
The only “outlaw” Sackett makes good.
My Thoughts:
Man, what do I say about these? Beyond a synopsis and whether I enjoyed it or not, these books aren't deep enough for much of a review.
I did enjoy this a lot and there was a lot of action and badguys galore and the lone gunman (who wasn't quite so alone) and the plucky heroine. It made for a fun, fast read.
★★★☆½ show less
Nolan Sackett meets Penelope Hume in a cantina. She is heir to her grandfather’s gold; she just has to find his cache. And Nolan is going to help her. Thus starts another adventure of searching for gold, evading the bad guys, and claiming the girl and the gold. It’s an exciting story, well told as all of Louis L’Amour’s novels are.
Sackett is escaping a band of Mexicans and a noose on back of a stolen horse.
Nolan Sackett is passing through Indian country, and comes across a wagon with a girl (Sylvie), her brothers (Ralph& Andrew). They are stranded without horses, and seem ready to kill Sackett for his ride. He is of course not going to let this happen. Not trusting them, he still agrees to go after their horses that have been led off by another cowboy. Later he rides through a war party of Kiowas, escaping only by not allowing them to see his fear. When stopping in a Mexican village, he agrees to guide a young girl (Penelope) along with her escorts Mr. Lumos and Flinch through the canyon. When he mentions the group he ran across, and his mistrust for them, his show more suspicions seem confirmed when he notices the expressions of alarm on their faces.
Nolan learns that Penelope is traveling in search of a gold inheritance, and Sylvie (near relative) heard about the treasure when listening to the reading of Penelope's grandmother's will. Sylvie will stop at nothing to get the gold, and it is beginning to seem as if Penelope's traveling partners may have hidden motives for escorting her. Nolan agrees to guide them to a place called "Rabbit Ears," between two mountains, once there he is paid for his services and dismissed.
But, Nolan can't leave after thinking of the danger Penelope faces. He turns back and after a number of shooting confrontations with various parties, he rescues Penelope and they ride off together with the gold.
La'mour didn't make Penelope seem so helpless towards the end, and I liked the fact that she stood up for herself and showed her strength. Nolan was a rugged outlaw with a kind heart. I learned a lot about survival and how to read people from Nolan's tactics and his encounters with Indians, and criminals. show less
Nolan Sackett is passing through Indian country, and comes across a wagon with a girl (Sylvie), her brothers (Ralph& Andrew). They are stranded without horses, and seem ready to kill Sackett for his ride. He is of course not going to let this happen. Not trusting them, he still agrees to go after their horses that have been led off by another cowboy. Later he rides through a war party of Kiowas, escaping only by not allowing them to see his fear. When stopping in a Mexican village, he agrees to guide a young girl (Penelope) along with her escorts Mr. Lumos and Flinch through the canyon. When he mentions the group he ran across, and his mistrust for them, his show more suspicions seem confirmed when he notices the expressions of alarm on their faces.
Nolan learns that Penelope is traveling in search of a gold inheritance, and Sylvie (near relative) heard about the treasure when listening to the reading of Penelope's grandmother's will. Sylvie will stop at nothing to get the gold, and it is beginning to seem as if Penelope's traveling partners may have hidden motives for escorting her. Nolan agrees to guide them to a place called "Rabbit Ears," between two mountains, once there he is paid for his services and dismissed.
But, Nolan can't leave after thinking of the danger Penelope faces. He turns back and after a number of shooting confrontations with various parties, he rescues Penelope and they ride off together with the gold.
La'mour didn't make Penelope seem so helpless towards the end, and I liked the fact that she stood up for herself and showed her strength. Nolan was a rugged outlaw with a kind heart. I learned a lot about survival and how to read people from Nolan's tactics and his encounters with Indians, and criminals. 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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- Canonical title
- Mustang Man
- Original title
- Mustang Man
- Original publication date
- 1966
- People/Characters
- Nolan Sackett; Sylvie Kanes; Andrew Karnes; Ralph; Steve Hooker; Ollie Shaddock (show all 12); Flinch; Penelope Hume; Reinhardt; Noble Bishop; Baca; Harry Mims
- Important places
- New Mexico, USA
- Epigraph
- [None]
- Dedication
- [None]
- First words
- When I came down off the cap rock riding a wind-broken bronc, half of New Mexico must have been trailin' behind me, all ready to shake out a loop for a hanging.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And before we got to Santa Fe she was wishing it, too.
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