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Read [Louis L'Amour Book] ^ Education of a Wandering Man Online * PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Education of a Wandering 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. 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 skinne
| Title | : | Education of a Wandering Man |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.49 (942 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553286528 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
Interspersed are discourses on boxing, Buddhism, whatever comes to mind, on books he read by the likes of Shakespeare, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Nietzsche, plus pedestrian social observations and homilies. So banal is this memoir that one wonders if the late author regarded it as complete, or as the first draft it reads like. We learn that he was born (when?) in North Dakota, one of five children of a veterinarian father; that, quitting school at age 15, he wandered for a spell; that his wife's name is Kathy and that he had children (how many?). Author of more bestsellers than can be tracked, accounted to be a superb story-teller, L'Amour is surprisingly superficial in his own yarn. and Far East as seaman, ranch hand, mine guard, hobo. Ignoring chronology, L'Amour flits across his '30s' experiences in the western U.S. From Publishers Weekly This is for the most fervent L'Amour fans only, those who consider it of moment, for example, to peruse his e
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. 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. 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.
Bygone Times Ken Kendall I have never convinced myself to read any of L'Amour's Western fiction. My only prior exposure to his work being Last of the Breed, I book I read when published, again a few years later and just now as an audio book.In Education of a Wandering Man, the author writes of bygone times, the American West recalled at the edge of living recollection in the 1920's. He also writes of his own youth circa the 1920's, a time now lost to living memory. The book is a worthy read for those reasons alone.As one would hope, L'Amour's reputation as a storyteller is amply supported in this book.I have only one minor criticism. The illustration. which to me was even more compelling than the places he visited and the books he loved. What I appreciate of L'Amour's writing is his honest, straightforward way of telling his stories. His memoires are not different from his fiction: written with disarming directness, but colorful and with pathos, with lots of living to learn from. Here the reader is allowed into the head and heart of a master storyteller, learning about his steady approach to learning and writing - what to do and what not to do, which to me was even more compelling than the places he visited and the books he loved.. Everyone a Reader I was pleased to find that the positive references to this book by authors whom I enjoy and respect (e.g., James V. Schall) were accurate. A striking, no-nonsense autobiography of his "pre-settled" life, it reveals an inquisitive mind seeking knowledge and understanding. It will fascinate readers of his fiction (and reveal some of the sources of his ideas).L'Amour recounts his adventures as a "wandering man", which meant (I learned) not a "bum", but anyone who wandered the country, looking for any work--guarding a mine for a few days, picking fruit, helping unload a truck for a few hours, working as a deckhand on a freighter)
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