Education of a wandering man
By: Louis L'Amour.
Contributors: Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: L'Amour, Louis, 1908-; Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography; Western stories -- Authorship
Description: From his decision to leave school at fifteen to roam the world, to his recollections of life as a hobo on the Southern Pacific Railroad, as a cattle skinner in Texas, as a merchant seaman in Singapore and the West Indies, and as an itinerant bare-knuckled prizefighter across small-town America, here is Louis L'Amour's memoir of his lifelong love affair with learning--from books, from yondering, and from some remarkable men and women--that shaped him as a storyteller and as a man. Like classic L'Amour fiction, Education of a Wandering Man mixes authentic frontier drama--such as the author's desperate efforts to survive a sudden two-day trek across the blazing Mojave desert--with true-life characters like Shanghai waterfront toughs, desert prospectors, and cowboys whom Louis L'Amour met while traveling the globe. At last, in his own words, this is a story of a one-