The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 7

The Frontier Stories

By: Louis L'Amour

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

In Louis L'Amour's frontier stories, the American West is the crucible in which character is tested, reputations are won or lost, and life always hangs in the balance. Struggling to survive against the elements, hostile Indians, or outlaws who prey upon the honest and hardworking, the men and women in these tales each come face-to-face with what they're made of - often in moments that explode with the violence of an avalanche or the speed of a drawn gun.

Here, L'Amour demonstrates the unerring touch for detail and keen insight into human nature that lend these stories the power to thrill, surprise, and entertain readers of every generation.

Here are stories of honest thieves and crooked lawmen, of dream chasers and treasure hunters, of men and women hoping for a second chance and others down to their last. This rich and varied cast embodies not only the spirit of the West but the timeless struggle of the best and worst in us all, on a stage as big as the frontier itself.

Full of suspense, mystery, and adventure, this remarkable collection has everything that's earned Louis L'Amour his well-deserved reputation as America's favorite storyteller.

©2009 Random House (P)2009 Random House

good listen, I actually love Louis Louis l"mour

good listen I actually love Louis l'mouth
he is one of my favorite story tellers, I prefer when he actually told the story himself.the reason I enjoy his storytelling is because his voice sounds like a cowboy was talking...

Enjoyable

Enjoyed this collection of western short stories by Louis L’Amour. The stories had good variety and kept my interest. Definitely a good listen.

Western Stories to Fire the Imagination

Years ago, I read through the hardcover copy of this book and enjoyed the collection of frontier stories that told a variety of western fiction plots from wagon train survivors, tracking a western-style serial killer, to saving a some homesteaders.

This time around, I picked up the audio version narrated by the talented narrator, Jason Culp, a favorite vocal artist who gets the many voices and story told so well.

I knew that based on the total listening time, this couldn't be the full collection that came in the hard copy and it wasn't. It did have six of the stories.

Listed here:
West is Where the Heart Is tells of a man who set off to buy stock for his homestead and ended up fighting in the Civil War for four years before coming home to his wife who he is confident will be waiting. He gets ambushed and loses his stock, but comes upon a massacred wagon train with one little girl survivor.

A Man Named Utah has Utah Blaine brought to town to track a cunning killer who thought he would get away with thirteen murders all so he could accumulate a money stash and head back east. He's not as cunning as he thinks he is and Utah gets on his trail.

Bluff Creek Station stars a dying station master who will stay alive long enough to warn the incoming stage that they are rolling into a trap. Little does he know that the wife who abandoned him gave birth to a son who is on that stage coach.

Mistakes Can Kill You sees young Johnny headed into town to bring home his adopted family's wastrel son who is getting fleeced by the local bad element after he sold the family's extra stock. Johnny may be young, but he's good and he needs to be when its three to one odds and him with just the one gun.

Murphy Plays His Hand finds a man trapped in the bottom of a deep small valley when a landslide blocked his route out. He got the gold he'd been prospecting to help buy the ranch for his wife and son, but now his rescue is a band of outlaws who know what he carries in his sack. Murphy has no intentions of sharing.

Trail to Squaw Spring has a cranky cowhand drifting into town where he plans to file on his own land to make his start with a small ranch. It's miserable rainy weather and the boss only gave him so long to get his land filed on. Watching an old man and pretty young woman getting bullied by the local corrupt lawman sticks in his craw and he decides to deal himself in.

All the stories were fabulous entertainment and the west came to life. Loved Jason Culp's rendition of men, women, old and young with a match for the tone of the stories. Definitely recommend.

Excellent stories of old west with characteristic

Very real gutsy men and women drawing on their dreams and character of western law and order, to fight for good and defeat evil. Most stories told in persona and talented artists play the roles, adding to the realistic storyline.