| Edition |
Bantam hardcover reissue edition. |
| Description |
vii, 232 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-232). |
| Summary |
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 wandering, 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. |
| Subject |
L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988.
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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Western stories -- Authorship.
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| Added Author |
Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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| ISBN |
9780553057034 |
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0553057030 |
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