End of the Drive - Hardcover

L'Amour, Louis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553106481 ISBN 13: 9780553106480

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1997

Synopsis

End of the Drive captures all the grit, grandeur, and glory of the men and women who wielded pistol and plow, Bible and branding iron to tame a wild country. Here a boy of seventeen, yearning to prove he's a man, squares up against an outlaw...and discovers that what counts is not how fast you can draw a gun but how much faith you have in yourself. A veteran trail driver, who's faced lightning and hail, raiding Comanche and thundering stampedes, finds that there's nothing quite so dangerous as the courting of a beautiful woman

Here, too, in stories told with L'Amour's patented poignancy and power, a homesteader fighting for his rights is brutally beaten and crawls off to die...only to stumble upon an ancient talisman that restores his faith and will to live. A preacher from a distant land rides into a small frontier town with a voice full of fire and a saddlebag full of miracles...to deliver a promise and a warning that lead the local folk to a most surprising revelation. And in the full-length novella "Rustler Roundup", the hardworking citizens of a law-abiding town are pushed to the edge to defend all they hold dear. As suspicion spreads and evidence mounts, the rumors of rustlers in their midst threaten to explode into a full-blown range war

Each of these stories bears the master's touch--comic twists, stark realism, crackling suspense--all the elements that have made Louis L'Amour a frontier legend in his own right. In End of the Drive, L'Amour brilliantly illuminates the dramatic struggles and enduring truths, the self-reliance and self-determination that have long beat at the heart of America's greatness.

About this title

Review:

"L'Amour is unparalleled in his ability to paint the Western landscape with words, and his sense of period detail and argot is fine."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Biting as creosote slapped on a fencepost."--Kirkus Reviews

"End of the Drive proves again that no one captured the frontier like L'Amour."--USA Today, "Best Bets" Column

About the Author:

Louis L'Amour, America's favorite storyteller, has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and women who settled the American frontier.  There are more than 225 million copies of his books in print around the world.
From the Paperback edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0553106481
• ISBN 13: 9780553106480
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 257