{"product_id":"louis-lamours-lost-treasures-volume-2-more-mysterious-stories-unfinished-manuscripts-and-lost-notes-from-one-of-the-worlds-most-popular-novelis-paperback","title":"Louis l'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 2: More Mysterious Stories, Unfinished Manuscripts, and Lost Notes from One of the World's Most Popular Novelis - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouis L'Amour\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBeau L'Amour\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"L'Amour is popular for all the right reasons. His books embody heroic virtues that seem to matter now more than ever.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore unpublished works from the archives of Louis L'Amour: complete short stories, partial novels, treatments, and notes that will transport readers from the Western frontier to India, China, and even the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring the creative process of an American original, the Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures series will uncover the hidden history behind the author's best known novels . . . and his most mysterious and ambitious unfinished works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this second volume, Beau L'Amour examines how his father made the transition from struggling pulp writer to successful novelist and uses his father's notes, journal entries, and correspondence to continue the process of seeking out how and why many of these never-before-seen manuscripts were written as well as speculating about the ways they might have ended. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These selections include the beginnings of a post-apocalyptic science fiction tale, a proposal for a nonfiction project based on the life of Renaissance-era traveler Ibn Batuta, and two chapters of a historical novel set in India about the origin of L'Amour's well-known Talon family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the other end of the spectrum are classic adventures, such as \"In the Measure of Time,\" a chance encounter set on the high seas, and a science fiction film treatment set in Mexico, as well as seventeen chapters of a novel that reappears throughout Louis's journals and letters and speaks to his fascination with post-revolutionary 1950s China, leading him so far as to correspond with the Dalai Lama. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With rare photographs and commentary, this book further maps the journey L'Amour embarked upon to become one of our greatest storytellers and the diverse realms to which his imagination traveled, making him a true American pioneer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur foremost storyteller of the American West, \u003cb\u003eLouis L'Amour \u003c\/b\u003ehas thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and woman who settled the frontier. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 6.8 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769415270688,"sku":"9780425284919","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/645800dea058ba7956c4106665ef5e71.webp?v=1780347556","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/louis-lamours-lost-treasures-volume-2-more-mysterious-stories-unfinished-manuscripts-and-lost-notes-from-one-of-the-worlds-most-popular-novelis-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}