Rivers West

By Louis L'Amour

Book Overview

His dream was to build magnificent steamboats to ply the rivers of the American frontier. But when Jean Talon began his journey westward, he stumbled upon a deadly conspiracy involving a young woman's search to find her missing brother, and a ruthless band of renegades. Led by the brazen Baron Torville, this makeshift army of opportunists is plotting a violent takeover of the Louisiana Territory. Jean swears to find a way to stop this daring plan. If he doesn't, it will not only put an end to all his dreams; it will change the course of history--and destroy the promise of the American frontier.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B005I74R86
• ISBN13: 9780553254365
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book

Great book

My Kingdom, My Kingdom

It is 1821 and the vast territory we know today as the West is open for settlement. The Louisiana Purchase has created a vast empire ripe for settling, or for the taking. And Baron Torville wants it all for himself. But young Jean Talon sees this land as a place to begin and build a life for himself. Building up the country, settling a wild and potentially productive land is the theme of many of L'Amour's books, especially the Sackett series, and by the way the Talon family are relatives of the Sacketts. The one thing I am not fond of is, first person narrative which this books uses, but other than that this is an okay book, and well worth having and reading.

Good book

This is not one of my favorite L'Amour books, but it is a very good book. As another reviewer has said, the story is implausible, but that, to me, is no detraction; the story is well told and generally entertaining. What else can you wish?

Who could Jean Trust?

I liked this book. It was like a mystery at the begining wandering who the killer was and who Jean Talon could trust and who he couldn't.