OT: Only 4 left to get.

I started searching the used bookstores last summer to buy the Louis L'Amour books that I did not have, as I figure they will just disappear from the bookshelves. I found all but 10 on my list; went to the used bookstore this morning and got 6 of the ones on my list, only have 4 left to get to have a copy of all the books that he has published (mostly paperbacks).

The younger generation isn't buying his books and they have disappeared from book racks in the stores (at least around here). L'Amour books are easy reading with lots of good morals and ethics for readers to follow, if they only will. Most of the books being written today are slanted to tear down moral values & ethics.

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I buy my school books there, might be a section for your collection.

Been doing the same; have only a few to find.
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Well, let us know which 4 you need.

"Most of the books being written today are slanted to tear down moral values & ethics."

Isn't that the truth!

Heard about a motel chain in England that removed the Bibles and replaced them with "Fifty Shades of Gray". Haven't read it, won't read it, but from what I've heard it's filth.

And "Harry Potter".. Witchcraft, sorcery... Spoon fed to our most vulnerable members of society.

Satan is one crafty fellow!

My grandfather used to enjoy those, my mother put some of his favorites in his casket or thats what I recall, not sure if that was something that was done or still is, but she had a small amount of his things gathered up, and I did get to look at them, I think I was 11 years old or so. I don't know what genre that is of, say literature, (which is not the correct term, maybe it is ? LOL) I had wondered if these were in any way similar to Elmore Leonard's material, there is a television show "Justified" that is kind of based on some of Leonards works, he actually directed or was involved with the production, of this show, which a good part I liked, but its not family or G rated, and I am sure theres more to it, knowing they add in violence and similar things to get ratings, whereas the books are clean which seems to be a rarity today. I've not read either of their works, so that would be cool with all what he did being new to me. I did look up Elmore Leonard on the web and for some silly reason I thought that Louis L'Amour and Leonard's works may have been similar, or had similarities enough that they would be worth reading. I had wondered, knowing Louis L'Amour was well worth reading, but was Leonard's works worth reading, its kinda why I responded. From the show I can see how they could have been similar, knowing more of Louis L'Amour's work than Leonard's. Leonard was a WWII veteran, maybe the books were clean, or I would hope they are, as I'm not so much a fan of the other aspects contained within it if so, that are portrayed in the show, though I do like and appreciate some of the actors, I've enjoyed some of their interviews, previous works, as what they do and what writers do interest me more than the actual television production, and TV I don't watch all that much of, rather do other things. Maybe I'm way off, but I was trying for the life of me to remember Louis L'Amour, my grandad was a dedicated fan for sure and I could not remember who he was, thanks for posting that regardless of the above !!!

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The books today don't lack moral value it is today's reader that lacks moral value. Example; write a book about sone outcast kid who grows up to power and eventually murders his father and rapes his mother and it would be banned as unadulterated filth. However change the name of the kid to Oedipus and the author to Shakespear and suddenly you have "classic literature" taught in our schools. Maybe in another hunderd or so years they'll be teaching 50 Shades... as classic literature.

What titles are you looking for? I have a whole box of L"Amour and other westerns left from cleaning out a deceased relative"s house some years back.

NOT quite sure where they are, but the next time I stumble over "em they"re gonna go to the dumpster (unless someone wants them).

Thats one way to put it, we had literature forced down our throats, I could not stand the teacher, as a matter of a fact our relationship was so bad, that (and am afraid to look back again) I believe he failed me, (all my other grades earned honors) in my senior year knowing I would not graduate, pretty sure when I look at the transcript thats what is says, however I did get my diploma and earned every bit of it, the guy was a quack, another student of his class of '68 could not have agreed more. I can appreciate some of these works and know their is value, but this guy was so far out there, and many of us at that time had not a clue, nor what purpose Renaissance period literature had in practical life. I am a connoisseur of the english language and enjoy and have always had a great ability to write, for pleasure or at my job, one of my superiors said after reading correspondence of a serious nature sent during business activities, that you have a gift, seems many of the letters from our office were prepared and written by me, even though it was from others.

Now the honors course was taught by an marine corps veteran of vietnam and I did have him for one year, there was no better teacher in that school, I held him in the highest regard, he was a class act, and actually taught us something vs this other pompous and misguided fool who somehow earned a teachers certificate, my father had him as well, class of '56, a miserable and misguided person who should have been the janitor, and even he was a WWII veteran whom we all highly respected, given it was a military school.

For morals and ethics The Bible is hard to beat too but as you say not many going by it.

Speaking of books...PBS recently ran articles on J D Salinger and his book "Catcher In The Rye". I checked it out from the library and tried to read it. What a piece of crud...I was greatly disappointed.

If I were to read a book about repressed homo$exuality, I would likely be disappointed, as well!

I think my wife has all of his westerns. We never cared for the other books that he wrote. Seafaring type stuff, if I remember right.

If you do some checking, you'll notice that they changed the title on some of them. She always carried her list with her, and if she found a title that she didn't have, she'd buy it. Several times she got home and found that she already had the book, but under a different title. A little marketing sleight-of-hand, you could say. With that thought in mind, you may be closer to having them all than you know.

You may also want to try Zane Grey's westerns. Also Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire series.

I've never seen a book by him that WAS worth reading....

Missing these four: Hills of Homicide, Jubal Sackett, Lonesome Gods and Sons of Timberland.

I've read them at some time or other; would just like to complete my list.

Thanks for the offer.

I never cared for Zane Grey's writing. I have several of the Walt Longmire books. Son in Australia tells me that they have been watching the TV series of Walt Longmire. We watched one DVD and decided that there was very little resemblance to the book so didn't request any more from Netflix.

Agreed. I read it in highschool as required in English class and wondered what all the fuss was about then. Looking back it seems even more stupid.

'forced down our throats' is better than I could have put it. Then write a report on how "great" it was because that was what the teacher wanted to hear. I realize now that they were trying to prepare students for the corporate world where we write reports to managers telling them how "great" everything is over the truth because that's what they want to hear.

Lived in Dove Creek Colorado area few years back Had friend named Johnson who was friend of L'Amore.

Louis died too soon for me. I can't find a book that I haven't read. I carried 3 big boxes of Louie's books to Boeing, with me, left them at the main cafeteria, on the shelves that said TAKE ONE- LEAVE ONE, and in less than a week, there wasn't a LaMour book on the shelves. Great values to pass on to the younger generations, in my opinion.

I read all of the Sackett books. I hope they are still in my things back east, or that my sister has them, I know I loaned her some. I would like to get the guide for the Sackett books. A lot of the unique settings in the books are real places.

I can't remember if it's The Daybreakers, but more likely in The Sackett Brand, Tell comes across some horse thieves that hid the horses in a valley. It's a real place. As of the time I read about it, no one had yet figured out how the thieves had gotten the horses in and out of the canyon. The only known way in or out was through a small gap in some rocks, not big enough for a horse.

Abes Books have them.

I've got a few , maybe quite a few of the Louis Lamour books that my uncles used to have. They were big western fans and from the looks of the books they were read more than once. Old paperbacks. Zane Grey's books were very interesting when I was a kid. Got a few of them in paperback and hardcover here that I should probably re-read. If I didn't waste so much time reading these internet forums.

(quoted from post at 15:46:30 02/06/14) For morals and ethics The Bible is hard to beat too but as you say not many going by it.

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Solomon?

I don't think there's more than one or 2 of L'amours books I haven't read. They were a staple in my home growing up and with a lot of people I knew. There are at least 2 websites/forums dedicated to his work and books are still available new.

As far as moral, ethical books for boy kids, see if you can find any of Stephen Meaders. "Bulldozer" is a favorite of mine. Google him and you'll find reprints available.

Just as a note, my youngest boy is "developmentally delayed" as they say now. He has a real hard time with reading and has to read out loud to us for at least 15 minutes each evening. He's in one of the Hardy Boys series now, "The Bombay Boomerang". My wife was listening to him read and later asked me if I had read those books growing up. Well, of course I had and so had my brothers, it was my old book he was reading! She noted, since she's a teacher, that the vocabulary was way beyond anything you'd find an 11 year old reading today and opined that it was probably the reason my brothers and I had the vocabulary we did. Early exposure and all that. They've dumbed down a lot of stuff these days she tells me.

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I think the 4th one is Guns of the timberlands.

I remember in one English class in high school the teacher asked why the author wrote the book. I said for the money. She didn't like that response.

I set the school record for Verbal and Total scores on the SAT, it's not like I just goofed off. I really believed he wrote it for the money.

I probably have 4 or 500, mostly paperbacks on WWII, Korean war, Vietnam war, some Western, but mostly all history.

I read very few novels or fiction.

I am now on my 3rd Kindle. I have lost track of how many I have on there.

I love to read.

Gene