Louis Lamour
Louis L'Amour was the most commercially successful Western writer in American publishing history, with over 100 novels and 400 short stories of frontier life. His Sackett family saga chronicled American westward expansion across generations, creating a sweeping historical epic. He was the first novelist to receive the Congressional Gold Medal.
Works
- HondoWestern about cavalry officer's wife attracted to Apache scout during frontier war
- Riders of the Purple SageWestern involving outlaw pursuing stolen fortune across Arizona desert
- The Lonesome GodsWestern about strangers searching for legendary lost city in American Southwest
- FlintWestern biography of Arkansas gunfighter Flint seeking peace in California
- Last of the BreedAdventure novel about American paratrooper escaping Soviet Union across wilderness