Louis L'Amour (pronounced /ˈluːi ləˈmɔr/; March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American author. L'Amour's books, primarily Western fiction (though he called his work 'Frontier Stories'), remain popular, and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death all 105 of his works were in print (89 novels, 14 short-story collections, and two full-length works of nonfiction) and he was considered "one of the world's most popular wr...
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Louis L'Amour (pronounced /ˈluːi ləˈmɔr/; March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American author. L'Amour's books, primarily Western fiction (though he called his work 'Frontier Stories'), remain popular, and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death all 105 of his works were in print (89 novels, 14 short-story collections, and two full-length works of nonfiction) and he was considered "one of the world's most popular writers".
Louis Dearborn L'Amour was born in Jamestown, North Dakota in 1908, of French and Irish ancestry, and left home at 15 to travel the country and later the world as a merchant seaman.
L'Amour's family name was originally spelled LaMoure (an early North Dakota pioneer family, the LaMoure name is quite common, and in fact, LaMoure, North Dakota, was named after his ancestor), but Louis changed it to L'Amour. L'Amour's father, a veterinarian and farm machinery salesman, was also involved in local politics. L'Amour played "Cowboys and...
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