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EDUCATION OF A WANDERING MAN : A Memoir By Louis L'Amour
by Louis L'Amour; (Daniel J. Boorstin, Introduction)
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- ISBN 13
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New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1989. First Edition, 1st Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Archival Family Photos. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. First Edition, First Printing. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ (author's portrait on front & back)/VG; price-clipped. PO name to fEP. Memoir. Posthumous publication of Louis L'Amour's (1906 - 1988) account of his wandering years as an interant worker in the west. In an interview just prior to his death, the prolific L'Amour (orinally spelt LaMoure) --- author of some 89 novels, primarily western fiction. When asked for a self-evaluation of his works, said, "The worst is I am no longer a kid and I am just getting to be a good writer". He received an Honorary Ph. D. from Jamestown College (1972), the Congressional Gold Medal (1982), and, the Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan (1984). 232 pgs w/family photos accompanied by auithor's captions. 28 chapters.
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From his decision to leave school at fifteen to roam the world, to his recollections of life as a hobo on the Southern Pacific Railroad, as a cattle skinner in Texas, as a merchant seaman in Singapore and the West Indies, and as an itinerant bare-knuckled prizefighter across small-town America, here is Louis L'Amour's memoir of his lifelong love affair with learning--from books, from yondering, and from some remarkable men and women--that shaped him as a storyteller and as a man. Like classic L'Amour fiction, Education of a Wandering Man mixes authentic frontier drama--such as the author's desperate efforts to survive a sudden two-day trek across the blazing Mojave desert--with true-life characters like Shanghai waterfront toughs, desert prospectors, and cowboys whom Louis L'Amour met while traveling the globe. At last, in his own words, this is a story of a one-of-a-kind life lived to the fullest . . . a life that inspired the books that will forever enable us to relive our glorious frontier heritage.From the Paperback edition.
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- Title
- EDUCATION OF A WANDERING MAN : A Memoir By Louis L'Amour
- Author
- Louis L'Amour; (Daniel J. Boorstin, Introduction)
- Illustrator
- Archival Family Photos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0553057030
- ISBN 13
- 9780553057034
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Memoir/Autobiography/Novelist
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- Literature; Autobiography; Memoir;
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