Showdown / Louis L'Amour.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781683243175
- ISBN: 168324317X
- Physical Description: 176 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2017.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "When a smooth-talking man convinces the wagon train to take what he claims is an easier and safer route, Rock Bannon tries to convince them it's a mistake. When they ignore his advice, he remains with them, knowing they will need his help if they are going to survive"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Large type books. |
Genre: | Western stories. |
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- 4 of 4 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Slater Public Library - Griswold.
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- 1 current hold with 4 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Slater Public Library - Griswold | LP-L'AM (Text) | 31252134430131 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
Showdown : A Circle V Western
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Showdown : A Circle V Western
Rock Bannon, wounded in an Indian attack, is rescued by a wagon train heading to Oregon. He has fully recovered when the train pulls into a fort to stock up on supplies. It is there that the leaders of the train meet Morton Harper, a smooth-talking man who persuades them to take an easier trail that will allow them to escape an attack by Indians. Bannon knows that there will be no escape from attack on that route and that it will lead the train directly onto Hardy Bishop's vast ranching domain. Either way, and probably both, it will mean war, and a war the pioneers will undoubtedly lose."Showdown" first appeared in the magazine Giant Western before L'Amour reworked and expanded this story into The Tall Stranger, which was subsequently turned into a movie. There is a special magic in an original L'Amour story as it first appeared in its magazine form, and the original text has been restored for this edition.Louis L'Amour was the most decorated author in the history of American letters. In 1983 he was the first American author ever to be awarded a Special National Gold Medal by the United States Congress for lifetime literary achievement and in 1984 President Reagan awarded him the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the nation. His Western stories are loved the world over.