The Louis L'Amour Companion

by WEINBERG, ROBERT

• ISBN13: 9780553566093
• ISBN10: 0553566091
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-05-01
• Publisher: Bantam

Summary

Here is the book that Louis L'Amour fans everywhere have been eagerly awaiting.The Louis L'Amour Companionchronicles the extraordinary life and career of America's favorite storyteller, from his early days as a pulp fiction writer to his well-earned place as one of history's best-selling authors. Biographical sketches, rare out-of-print articles, previously unpublished correspondence, and personal recollections and reviews by fellow writers such as Harlan Ellison, Ed Gorman, and Judith Tarr reveal as never before the larger-than-life story of the real man behind the legendary fiction. Inside you'll find a treasure trove of information unavailable in any other single source, including: L'Amour's first published story--never before collected in book form. A complete chronicle of L'Amour's novels and short stories, including synopses, publication dates, and histories. A listing of rare, still uncollected L'Amour stories. A checklist of L'Amour novels and stories adapted to film, television, and audiotape. Rare photos of L'Amour, memories, and memorabilia. For both collectors and fans of L'Amour's great fiction,The Louis L'Amour Companionis the next best thing to sitting beside the fire with your favorite storyteller.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xiii
PART 1: HIS LIFE AND TIMES
Introduction	3	(2)
Chronology of Louis L'Amour's Life	5	(4)
Louis L'Amour--All-American Author	9	(8)
Meet Louis L'Amour	17	(4)
Walker A. Tompkins
Louis L'Amour: Man of the West	21	(16)
Harold Keith
Louis L'Amour--The Man Behind the Myth	37	(20)
Louis L'Amour and Bill Tilghman--An Interview	57	(4)
Lawrence Davidson
Richard Lupoff
Richard Wolinsky
L'Amour at War: Selected Letters by Louis L'Amour to Script Magazine	61	(33)
Stefan Dziemianowicz
In Profile: Tracking Down Louis L'Amour	94	(7)
Jean Mead
A Visit with Louis L'Amour	101	(4)
Jon Tuska
Lunch with Louis `n' Me: A Few Casuals by Way of Reminiscence	105	(9)
Harlan Ellison
``L'Amour Receives Congressional Medal'' from Publishers Weekly	114	(2)
L'Amour Receives the Medal of Freedom	116	(5)
PART 2: BEFORE THE NOVELS
Introduction	121	(2)
Louis L'Amour and Poetry	123	(3)
The Chap Worth While	126	(2)
Louis L'Amour
Poetry and Propaganda	128	(3)
Louis L'Amour
A Thread of Realism	131	(4)
Louis L'Amour
Louis L'Amour's Early Writings: An Annotated Checklist	135	(6)
The Lost Golden City of Manos	141	(10)
Louis L'Amour
The Pulp Magazines	151	(6)
An Excerpt from ``The Blank Page''	157	(3)
Kenneth Fowler
Louis L'Amour on the Pulps--An Interview	160	(6)
Lawrence Davidson
Richard Lupoff
Richard Wolinsky
Anything for a Pal	166	(6)
Louis L'Amour
Men of Action: Louis L'Amour's Stories in Thrilling Adventures	172	(7)
Death in Cold, Hard Light: The Mystery Fiction of Louis L'Amour	179	(11)
Robert Sampson
L'Amour's Short Story Collections: A Checklist	190	(6)
L'Amour's Short Stories: An Annotated Checklist	196	(47)
L'Amour's Uncollected Stories: A Checklist	243	(8)
PART 3: THE NOVELIST
Introduction	251	(2)
The Best-Selling Western Author of All Time	253	(9)
The Novels of Louis L'Amour--The Fifties: An Annotated Checklist	262	(7)
Louis L'Amour's Hopalong Cassidy	269	(8)
Bernard A. Drew
Louis L'Amour on His Hopalong Cassidy Novels	277	(2)
Jon Tuska
Hondo Lane and Louis L'Amour	279	(5)
Scott A. Cupp
Hondo--Novel or Novelization?	284	(4)
Jon Tuska
L'Amour and Gold Medal	288	(4)
Ed Gorman
The Twenty-five Best Western Novels of All Time	292	(2)
The Novels of Louis L'Amour--The Sixties: An Annotated Checklist	294	(9)
An Open Letter to the Old Bookaroos	303	(4)
Louis L'Amour
The Novels of Louis L'Amour--The Seventies: An Annotated Checklist	307	(8)
Louis L'Amour	315	(6)
Barbara A. Bannon
The Mix Master--L'Amour's Crossover Novels	321	(10)
R. Jeff Banks
The Novels of Louis L'Amour--The Eighties: An Annotated Checklist	331	(6)
``Bantam Announces Plans for the Louis L'Amour Overland Express'' from Publishers Weekly	337	(3)
Louis L'Amour on The Walking Drum--An Interview	340	(6)
Lawrence Davidson
Richard Lupoff
Richard Wolinsky
Striding to Byzantium: Louis L'Amour's The Walking Drum	346	(7)
Judith Tarr
The Contemporary Authors Interview	353	(12)
Mary Scott Dye
Louis L'Amour's Nonfiction Books	365	(6)
PART 4: AUDIO AND VIDEO
Introduction	371	(2)
The Outlaw Rides Again	373	(4)
Louis L'Amour
From Fiction into Film	377	(8)
Jim Hitt
Louis L'Amour's Films--An Interview	385	(5)
Lawrence Davidson
Richard Lupoff
Richard Wolinsky
L'Amour on Film: A Checklist of His Movies and Television Adaptations	390	(6)
Hal Hall
Robert Weinberg
L'Amour Audiotape Adaptations: A Checklist	396	(26)
Hal Hall
Robert Weinberg
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Collecting Louis L'Amour: Hardcovers, Paperbacks, Magazines, Esoterica	407	(12)
Appendix 2: Suggestions for Further Reading	419	(3)
Copyright Extension	422