End Of The Drive (Sacketts) - Softcover

L'amour, Louis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553578987 ISBN 13: 9780553578980

Publisher: Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc, 1998

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:

Our foremost storyteller of the American West, Louis L'Amour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and woman who settled the frontier. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0553578987
• ISBN 13: 9780553578980
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 1