Deal me some Westerns - Page 3

rkomar · 03-13-2018, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Darqref

Does anyone have a recommended reading order for Louis L'Amour? Goodreads doesn't list most of them as a series.

When I was a kid, my father would bring home lots of Louis L'Amour books from work. They had some kind of book swap going amongst themselves. We kids had a similar deal going among the altar boys on Sundays. There was no order to what you got, but I don't think it made much difference. Each story was pretty much self contained.

kansaskyle · 03-13-2018, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Darqref

Does anyone have a recommended reading order for Louis L'Amour? Goodreads doesn't list most of them as a series.

The majority of the Louis L'Amour books are stand-alone novels. He did have some series though, which the site below does a good job of listing out.

https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/louis-lamour/

The Sacketts is a series I recommend reading in chronological order, which the site above lists, because it starts in like the 1700's (been a while since I read them) and goes into the 1800's following various descendants.

gmw · 03-13-2018, 08:00 PM

I was wondering why no one had mentioned Marshall Grover. I remember really enjoying his "Larry and Stretch" westerns when I was younger. But now I see this was an Australian author Leonard Frank Meares. Apparently his other pseudonyms include: Marshall McCoy, Ward Brennan and Glenn Murrell.

A link to the first Larry and Stretch on Goodreads - called Drift!.

Did any of these turn up in America?

astrangerhere · 03-13-2018, 08:07 PM

+++++1 on Lonesome Dove. It won the Pulitzer in 1985, and deservedly so.

Rich_D · 03-19-2018, 02:17 PM

Craig Johnson's Longmire series is a pretty good blend of modern western/detective, also the William Johnstone Mountain Man books.

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03-13-2018, 08:00 PM	#33
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,809 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	I was wondering why no one had mentioned Marshall Grover. I remember really enjoying his "Larry and Stretch" westerns when I was younger. But now I see this was an Australian author Leonard Frank Meares. Apparently his other pseudonyms include: Marshall McCoy, Ward Brennan and Glenn Murrell. A link to the first Larry and Stretch on Goodreads - called Drift!. Did any of these turn up in America?

03-13-2018, 08:07 PM	#34
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,640 Karma: 65925980 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	+++++1 on Lonesome Dove. It won the Pulitzer in 1985, and deservedly so.

03-19-2018, 02:17 PM	#35
Rich_D Fanatic Posts: 581 Karma: 1314896 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA Device: Android phone, Kobo Glo HD, nook ST with Glo (backup)	Craig Johnson's Longmire series is a pretty good blend of modern western/detective, also the William Johnstone Mountain Man books.