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They came by river and by wagon train, braving the endless distances of the Great Plains and the icy passes of the Sierra Nevada. They were men like Linus Rawlings, a restless survivor of Indian country who’d headed east to see the ocean but left his heart—and his home—in the West. They were women like Lilith Prescott, a smart, spirited beauty who fled her family and fell for a gambling man in the midst of a frontier gold boom. These pioneering men and women sowed the seeds of a nation with their courage—and with their blood. Here is the story of how their paths would meet amid the epic struggle against fierce enemies and nature’s cruelty, to win for all time the rich and untamed West.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a novel that touches on the events that made the American West a place of such enduring fascination. Louis Lamour is a wonderful story teller, this book is a tale that follows a pioneering family from the rivers through the Civil War to the great plains. The reader follows two sisters leading very different lives, we see the coming of the settler, the destruction of the buffalo, the betrayal of the native Americans, the growth of the railroad, the tragedy of conflict and the decline of the outlaw. Life on the river boats and in the saloons to the wagon trains and the mining camps is captured in a rich tapestry of adventure and romance. If you are a western fan this is a real treat.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Great Novel, but which came first-The book or movie?
17 Feb 2005
Format:Unknown Binding
I saw this book in the leatherbound version a couple of years ago, and have read it so mant times that I think I need to get another copy! It's a really great book, but which came first-The book or the movie. I ask this because the book follows the movie, scene for scene and some of the dialogue from the movie is in the book, almost word-for-word, and I mean this as a sincere compliment, not a knock on the book at all. I have so seldomly read a book that Hollyweird didn't butcher so badly that the movie hardly resembles the book. But in HTWWW, the movie follows the book so closely that it almost reads like a script, but very enjoably so! I reccommend this book highly, and get the leatherbound copy; it's beautiful and really holds up. Thanks, Mr L'Amour! A GREAT BOOK!!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
"exciting,emotional historical fiction"
24 April 2007
Format:Paperback
Mr. L'Amour wanted to be remembered "as a good story teller" -- those of us who admire and enjoy his work know he more than succeeded and this book is no exception , it is one of his best !!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
One of L'Amour's Very Best!
29 Oct 2004
Format:Paperback
I just finished reading How the West Was Won and have got to say that it is a mighty fine read! This Western has it all, fun, funny, scary, exciting, a fabulous tall tale of adventure.
If for some reason you have never read any of Louis L'Amour's books, you have been missing out on a real treat. I am a writer myself (Allergy-Free gardening, safe sex in the Garden, and other books) and I have to admit that for most of my life I was snobby about reading any Louis L'Amour. However, less than a year ago my brother encouraged me to try some of them, and immediately I was hooked. I, like many others, no am almost always reading one, and as soon as I finish it I find another and start in on it. I mean, they are just too much fun to be missed.
Some think too that his books are only for men, but I have found that women and many kids too really enjoy them. No one could write better adventure than L'Amour, and certainly no one could write a better Western.
This particular book, How the West Was Won, is one of his best. It is a big, fun, rip-snorting book and I highly recommend it.
If for some reason you have never read any of Louis L'Amour's books, you have been missing out on a real treat. I am a writer myself (Allergy-Free gardening, safe sex in the Garden, and other books) and I have to admit that for most of my life I was snobby about reading any Louis L'Amour. However, less than a year ago my brother encouraged me to try some of them, and immediately I was hooked. I, like many others, no am almost always reading one, and as soon as I finish it I find another and start in on it. I mean, they are just too much fun to be missed.
Some think too that his books are only for men, but I have found that women and many kids too really enjoy them. No one could write better adventure than L'Amour, and certainly no one could write a better Western.
This particular book, How the West Was Won, is one of his best. It is a big, fun, rip-snorting book and I highly recommend it.
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