Sacketts Land by Louis L'Amour - (Read by John Curless) Audio Book CD
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They are the unforgettable pioneer family created by master storyteller
Louis L'Amour to bring to vivid life the spirit and adventure of the American
frontier: the Sacketts, men and women who challenged the untamed wilderness
with their dreams and their courage. From generation to generation they pushed
ever westward with a restless, wandering urge, a kinship with the free, wild
places and a fierce independence. The Sacketts always stood tall and, true to
their strong family pride, they would unite to take on any and all challenges,
no matter how overwhelming the odds.
Each Sackett novel is a complete, exciting
historical adventure, and as a group, Louis L'Amour's The Sacketts form an epic
story of the building of our mighty nation, a saga that has thrilled millions.
And now, for the very first time, The Sacketts are presented in an exclusive
audio series that listeners will cherish for years to come.Son of a feared fighting man, Barnabas Sackett inherited his father's fiery
temper, sense of justice and warrior skills. Declared an outlaw in his native
England, Barnabas set his daring sights on the opportunities of the New World.
The ruthless piracy of the open seas and the unknown dangers of the savage
American wilderness lay before him. And so did the thrill of discovery and the
chance to establish a bold new future if he survived.
John Curless, a veteran of the Broadway, Off-Broadway and London stages as
well as American and British regional theater, has performed in the Broadway
productions of The Sound of Music, The King and I and A Small Family Business.
He has also made numerous appearances on television including the BBC
presentations of Richard II and A Winter' Tale, and guest appearances on such
shows as NYPD Blue.
About the Author Louis L'Amour
Louis L'Amour (March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American author of (primarily) Western fiction
He was born Louis Dearborn LaMoore of French-Canadian background March 22, 1908 in Jamestown, North Dakota. The last of seven children to a veterinarian father and a teacher mother, Louis was an avid reader as a child. In the early 1920s, his parents decided to pack up the family and find better economic conditions. When he was 15, he got separated from his family in the American southwest and began to work a string of diverse jobs, which gave him ideas for his fiction. He continued to be an itinerant worker, traveling the world, up to the start of WWII. In the 1930s he began to sell stories to pulp magazines. After serving in WWII, he continued to write stories for magazines. In the 1950s, he began to sell novels. He eventually wrote more than 100 novels, selling more than 225 million copies that were translated into dozens of languages and made into 30 motion pictures.
Many criticise the Western genre, but he considered himself "just a storyteller, a guy with a seat by the campfire," and at least once related that after he died, he only wanted to be remembered as a good storyteller. Given the fantastic success of his writings, the fate seems secure.
In 1982 he won the Congressional (National) Gold Medal, and in 1984 the Medal of Freedom. Louis L'Amour is a recipient of the state of North Dakota's Roughrider Award.
Louis L'Amour died on June 10, 1988 and was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. His autobiography detailing his years as an itinerant worker in the west, Education of a Wandering Man, was published posthumously in 1989.
Listing of Novels (Partial)
* Bendigo Shafter
* Beyond the Great Snow Mountains
* Borden Chantry
* Bowdrie Short stories about a Texas Ranger named Chick Bowdrie
* Bowdrie's Law More short stories about Chick Bowdrie
* Brionne
* The Broken Gun
* Buckskin Run - short story collection
* The Burning Hills
* The Californios
* Callaghen
* Catlow
* Chancy
* The Cherokee Trail
* Comstock Lode (1981)
* Conagher
* Crossfire Trail
* Dark Canyon
* The Daybreakers
* Down the Long Hills
* The Empty Land
* Education of a Wandering Man - Autobiography
* End of the Drive
* Fair Blows the Wind
* Fallon
* Haunted Mesa
* Hondo
* How the West Was Won
* Jubal Sackett
* Kid Rodelo
* The Key-Lock man
* Kilkenny
* Killoe
* Kilrone (1966)
* Kiowa Trail
* Lando
* Last of the Breed
* The Empty Land
* The Ferguson Rifle
* The Iron Marshal
* The Rider of Lost Creek 1976
* The Walking Drum (1984)
* Silver Canyon (1951)
* Sackett's Land
* Sackett
* The Tall Stranger
* Tucker a book about a boy turned man-hunter
* Trap of Gold
* Under the Sweetwater Rim
* Utah Blaine
* Valley of the Sun -Short story collection
* Warrior's Path
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