The Rider of the Ruby Hills: Stories

By Louis L'Amour

Book Overview

A WORD FROM LOUIS L'AMOUR "Almost four decades ago, when my fiction was being published exclusively in 'pulp' western magazines, I wrote a number of novel-length stories, known back then as 'magazine... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553281127
• ISBN13: 9780553281125
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.1"

Customer Reviews

Very good read

I have read this book several times and enjoyed it. I feel that these stories are far better than the novels that came from them. A Man called Trent in my opinion is one of the best that Mr. Lamour wrote.

Short stories are more concentrated and fun.

All the short stories written by L'amour are actually better than some of the long ones. Trent, sometimes a name used for Lance Kilkenny is one of the most interesting heroes created by L'amour, perhaps the ultimate warrior-like person who could ever be created by one of the greatest authors ever lived and contributed. There is one thing that Bantam Book and L'amour's offsprings didn't do yet. They should line up the whole works of L'amour and mark the 1, 2, 3 numbers for the readers to follow. Like Sackett saga, they should tell the reader to start reading from "To The Far Blue Mountain", then, "Jubal Sackett", then which one should be read first about Tell Sackett, Orrion, or Tyrel Sackett. Readers picking up and finising a book and found out that should come later after the other ones is so annoying and frustrated. If there is a character who would appear again and again as a certain series, the publisher and the heir of L'amour should mark them clearly. Like I've read Tell finally lost his wife, Angee, and then the next one I've picked up was Angee was still alive, because this is the one I should have read first, but without knowing it is such an annoying mixup.