The Lonesome Gods - Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures

Informationen zum Autor Our foremost storyteller of the American West,  Louis L’Amour  has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and woman who settled the frontier. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the world. Klappentext The classic Western! now newly repackaged as part of Bantam's Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures program-with never-before-seen material from Louis and his son! Beau L'Amour. "I am Johannes Verne! and I am not afraid." This was the boy's mantra as he plodded through the desert alone! left to die by his vengeful grandfather. Johannes Verne was soon to be rescued by outlaws! but no one could save him from the lasting memory of his grandfather's eyes! full of impenetrable hatred. Raised in part by Indians! then befriended by a mysterious woman! Johannes grew up to become a rugged adventurer and an educated man. But even now! strengthened by the love of a golden-haired girl and well on his way to making a fortune in bustling early-day Los Angeles! the past may rise up to threaten his future once more. And this time only the ancient gods of the desert can save him. Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures is a project created to release some of the author's more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. In Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 1 and Volume 2! Beau L'Amour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories! novels! and treatments that his father was never able to publish during his lifetime. L'Amour's never-before-seen first novel! No Traveller Returns! faithfully completed for this program! is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. Additionally! many beloved classics will be rereleased with an exclusive Lost Treasures postscript featuring previously unpublished material! including outlines! plot notes! and alternate drafts. These postscripts tell the story behind the stories that millions of readers have come to know and cherish. Chapter 1 I sat very still, as befitted a small boy among strangers, staring wide-­eyed into a world I did not know. I was six years old and my father was dying. Only last year I had lost my mother. She died longing for that far-­off, lovely California where she was born, and of which she never tired of talking. “Warm and sunny,” people said when speaking of California, but I knew it as a place where fear lived. Now we were going there. We were crossing the desert to face that fear, and I was afraid. My father sat close beside me trying to sleep, but torn occasionally by violent spells of coughing that caused the other passengers to turn their heads, some in pity, some in irritation. Our wagon, drawn by six half-­wild mustangs, plunged into the night, rocking and rumbling over a dim track that only the driver seemed to see. Ours was a desperate venture, a lone wagon with two outriders attempting the crossing from Santa Fe to California. Lying awake in the darkness, I remembered what people in Santa Fe had said. “It’s a crazy idea! One wagon? Even if they can slip by the Apaches, the Yumas will be waiting at the crossing of the Colorado.” “Remember what happened to that last outfit? The Yumas agreed to ferry them across the river, but when they had half of them on the far side, the Yumas just took off with all their goods and stock. Left ’em to die in the desert, with nothing.” “Only they didn’t die. Not all of them.” “I’ll say one thing. If anybody could take a wagon through alone, it would be Doug Farley.” “Maybe. But he’s only one man. As for me, I’ll just wait until spring and go through with a wagon train.” When I told my father what they had said, he nodded. “We have to go now, son. I cannot wait.” He hesitated, then continued. “Some folks would think me wrong to tell you of this, but you m...

Product details

• Authors: Louis L'Amour
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780593158609
• ISBN: 978-0-593-15860-9
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 105 mm x 175 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature