Bendigo Shafter (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures): A Novel - Softcover

L'Amour, Louis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425286088 ISBN 13: 9780425286081

Publisher: Bantam, 2017

Synopsis

At what point does a group of strangers become a community?

When young Bendigo Shafter and a ragtag bunch of travelers settle in the rugged Wyoming mountains, they quickly come to depend on a toughness and wisdom many of them never knew they possessed. Led by the beautiful and resourceful widow Ruth Macken, the settlers battle harsh winters, renegade opportunists, and the destructive lure of gold. Through these brutally demanding experiences, young Bendigo is forged into a man. But when he travels to New York to reclaim the love of Ninon, his childhood sweetheart, Bendigo is faced with new challenges. Will hard-edged instincts, honed from years in the mountains, serve him in the big city? Does Ninon’s heart belong to the lights and glamour of the theater? And if his destiny deems it so, will he be willing to leave the community he toiled so long and hard to build?

Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures is a project created to release some of the author’s more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives.
 
In Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures: Volumes 1, Beau L’Amour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father was never able to publish during his lifetime. L’Amour’s never-before-seen first novel, No Traveller Returns, faithfully completed for this program, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. These exciting publications will be followed by Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures: Volume 2.
 
Additionally, many beloved classics will be rereleased with an exclusive Lost Treasures postscript featuring previously unpublished material, including outlines, plot notes, and alternate drafts. These postscripts tell the story behind the stories that millions of readers have come to know and cherish.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

They came west inspired by the boldest American  dream. Pioneers whose hands and hearts shaped the  proud destiny of a nation. Seven men and thirteen  women and children--strangers who shed their blood  to build a community out of the Wyoming  wilderness. And towering above them all was Bendigo Shafter,  a giant of a man whose love and courage were the  equal of the mighty land.

About the Author:

Our foremost storyteller of the American West, Louis L’Amour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and woman who settled the frontier. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0425286088
• ISBN 13: 9780425286081
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 496