Sequel to the walking drum throughout his career louis wrote several different series or cycles of stories and sequels. The walking drum by louis lamour and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Free download of adventure stories on audio books mp3 and wma in the public domain. The walking drum louis lamours lost treasures by louis. Louis lamour is currently considered a single author. In 1984 he was also awarded the medal of freedom by president reagan.
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Louis lamour was a big part of my childhood and i appreciate him for helping excite me to read and value stories. Free download or read online the walking drum pdf epub book. Here, he guides listeners to an even more distant frontier the enthralling lands of the 12th century. His books consisted primarily of western fiction novels though he called his work frontier stories, however he also wrote historical fiction the walking drum, science fiction the haunted mesa, nonfiction frontier, as well as poetry and shortstory collections. Wellknown writers of western fiction include zane grey from the early 1900s and louis lamour from the mid 20th century. His books consisted primarily of western novels though he called his work frontier stories, however he also wrote historical fiction the walking drum, science fiction the haunted mesa, nonfiction frontier, as well as poetry and shortstory collections. March 22, 1908 june 10, 1988 was an american novelist and shortstory writer. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it. The first edition of the novel was published in april 1983, and was written by louis lamour.
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