The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 6

The Crime Stories

Louis L'Amour

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Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc
15 December 2008

Short stories

Series: The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour

One of America's most beloved storytellers, Louis L'Amour's vibrant tales of adventure

bring the American West to life. Now, in this sixth volume of collected short stories,

L'Amour takes us beyond the frontier with thirty-three gripping stories of crime,

sports, and the murky world where the two often meet. From suspenseful whodunits

to rueful tales of fortunes gained and lost, this remarkable collection will enthrall

and entertain L'Amour fans old and new.

Traversing a vivid landscape, from sunblasted

hills and canyons to the nighttime streets of America's greatest cities, some of

Louis L'Amour's most compelling fiction was set in his own time-whether in the naked

electric glare of boxing rings where men go head-to-head with their dreams and demons

in an underworld rife with corruption, or along freight docks where laborers toil

to earn just enough to get by, or in the penthouses of the rich and arrogant who

calculate the odds of how to get even more. Here are tales of innocents caught in

the schemes of criminals, detectives hunting down truths that hide more lies, gamblers

and beauties, wiseguys and cops. Here is a world populated by the kinds of people

who risk their lives to right a wrong, make a buck, or save a friend.

A war veteran

makes a journey to visit the man who saved his life in Korea. Instead he uncovers

a killing and finds his own heroic cause.... Confronted with an easy chance to steal,

an honest man gives in to temptation-and finds himself ensnared in a web of blackmail

and violence.... An elderly Hawaiian seafarer is found dead with a hand-carved figure

beside his body. Unraveling his murder will mean solving the mystery of a shipwreck-and

of the forces that drive some to take fatal chances and others to kill.

Brimming

with thought-provoking characters and situations-from a man who awakens from unconsciousness

to find a fortune in a burning house to a man who meets a killer who is supposed

to be dead in a seedy diner-these thrilling, atmospheric stories course with authenticity

and bear the mark of a timeless master.

By: Louis L'Amour
Imprint: Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 43mm
Weight: 805g
ISBN: 9780553805314
ISBN 10: 0553805312
Series: The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 15 December 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Our foremost storyteller of the American West, Louis L'Amour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and woman who settled the frontier. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the world.