Louis L'Amour: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide

Louis L'Amour's name is not often evoked in scholarly discourse; yet he was one of the most prolific and well‐known writers of the twentieth century. In the 1930s he wrote short fiction for pulp magazines like other fledgling authors such as Dashiell Hammett and Tennessee Williams. The early stories focused on his experiences in the South Seas and prizefighting. Gradually he began to sell Western stories, drawing on both his own and his family's background and experiences. By the time he turned to novels in the early 1950s, he had published over 400 short stories, not only in pulps but...