How the West Was Won: A Novel

by Louis L'Amour

Book Overview

Louis L'Amour's great epic of human courage and endurance, his brave saga of the men and women who pushed relentlessly forward--despite the uncertainties of nature, the wrath of savage enemies,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553269135
• Release Date: September 1984
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 1.1" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

See the Movie

The book is okay, but I'd rather watch the movie. This is another of those take the movie script and write a book creations. And while the book is a good enough read, I would rather spend the money for the DVD and take the time and watch the movie version. It has a great cast.

Fun Read

If you saw the movie, you know the story. What I liked about the book is Louis L'Amour's explanation about the characters thought process...why they stay off the ridges, how the wagon trains work, why they don't sleep in the camp where they light the fire, etc. Really brings the wild west to life.

One of the author's best.

Don't you just love it when you find an author who can paint vivid word pictures on a wide canvass of action? This is that type of book. It is a fast-paced story that begins in the late 1700s written by a very prolific published author. I enjoyed the movie production even more than the book.

"exciting,emotional historical fiction"

Mr. L'Amour wanted to be remembered "as a good story teller" -- those of us who admire and enjoy his work know he more than succeeded and this book is no exception , it is one of his best !!

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won I thought How the West Was Won is an exciting and all around great book. It is about Linus Rawlings, a fur trapper, and Eve Prescott, a woman who is moving west with her family. The story is about their lives and their son, Zeb Rawlings, who serves in the Indian wars, Civil war, and becomes a Marshall in the southwestern states. Then he has to fight a vicious outlaw. I thought How the West Was Won was so good, I bought the movie and the book. It has drama, like the part where Linus and Eve fall in love, but Linus leaves for Pittsburgh. It has excitement, when the Harvey and Prescott families face an epic battle against Colonel Jeb Hawkins and his family. I think this is one of the best books because it has all the things to make a great book; drama, humor, excitement, and more. If you take the time to read this book, you will probably like it to. One of the best things I learned is I got a whole new perspective of the young west. There were things I never knew until I read this book. It's a great book with an amazing story. It starts out slow, but gets better. I think you would like How the West Was Won.

One of L'Amour's Very Best!

I just finished reading How the West Was Won and have got to say that it is a mighty fine read! This Western has it all, fun, funny, scary, exciting, a fabulous tall tale of adventure. If for some reason you have never read any of Louis L'Amour's books, you have been missing out on a real treat. I am a writer myself (Allergy-Free gardening, safe sex in the Garden, and other books) and I have to admit that for most of my life I was snobby about reading any Louis L'Amour. However, less than a year ago my brother encouraged me to try some of them, and immediately I was hooked. I, like many others, no am almost always reading one, and as soon as I finish it I find another and start in on it. I mean, they are just too much fun to be missed. Some think too that his books are only for men, but I have found that women and many kids too really enjoy them. No one could write better adventure than L'Amour, and certainly no one could write a better Western. This particular book, How the West Was Won, is one of his best. It is a big, fun, rip-snorting book and I highly recommend it.