They came west inspired by the boldest American dream. Pioneers whose hands and hearts shaped the proud destiny of a nation. Seven men and 13 women and children--strangers who shed their blood to build a community out of the Wyoming community out of the Wyoming wilderness. And towering above them all was Bendigo Shafter, a giant of a man whose love and courage were the equal of the mighty land.
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They came west inspired by the boldest American dream. Pioneers whose hands and hearts shaped the proud destiny of a nation. Seven men and 13 women and children--strangers who shed their blood to build a community out of the Wyoming community out of the Wyoming wilderness. And towering above them all was Bendigo Shafter, a giant of a man whose love and courage were the equal of the mighty land.
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Fair. Mass market paperback in ACCEPTABLE condition. Book is perfectly usable, but has heavy wear or cosmetic issues which may include a cocked spine, creased spine, heavy wear, yellowed pages, price stickers, etc. Cover art may be different from that in photo.
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Fair. An acceptable and readable copy. All pages are intact, and the spine and cover are also intact. This item may have light highlighting, writing or underlining through out the book, curled corners, missing dust jacket and or stickers.
If Louis L'Amour had stuck with just writing "westerns" and not gone into writing "sagas" I believe he would have gotten even larger in the publishing business. These "sagas" expound too largely and blatantly his personal opinions on subjects which, if he had more subtlety written about, definitely would have made him more easier to read and accept. Bendigo Shafter is bigger than life, and one might have suspected how this book would be written by reading L'Amour's preface and dedication: "To the hard-shelled men who built with nerve and hand that which the soft-bellied latecomers call the 'western myth'. If you really want "true" westerns then you need to read Luke Short or William MacLeod Raine or for romances of the west, Zane Grey. Louis L'Amour may have covered every bit of ground on which he sat his novels, but his opinions too often got in the way of good prose and good story telling.
