Education of a wandering man /
by L'Amour, Louis
Published by : Bantam Books (New York) Physical details: vii, 232 p. ISBN:0553057030.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| sw 900 - 999 | 921 L'Am L'Am (Browse shelf) | Available | Memorial | 60133 |
In this his most personal book ever, L'Amour writes for the first time of his growing up in Jamestown, North Dakota, of his parents who instilled in him a love of the printed and spoken word, and of his decision to leave school at fifteen to make the world his classroom. 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.
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