From his decision to leave school at fifteen to roam the world, to his recollections of life as a hobo on the Southern Pacific Railroad, as a cattle skinner in Texas, as a merchant seaman in Singapore and the West Indies, and as an itinerant bare-knuckled prizefighter across small-town America, here is Louis L'Amour's memoir of his lifelong love affair with learning--from books, from yondering, and from some remarkable men and women--that shaped him as a storyteller and as a man. Like classic L'Amour fiction, Education of a Wandering Man mixes authentic frontier drama--such as the author's desperate efforts to survive a sudden two-day trek across the blazing Mojave desert--with true-life characters like Shanghai waterfront toughs, desert prospectors, and cowboys whom Louis L'Amour met while traveling the globe. At last, in his own words, this is a story of a one-of-a-kind life lived to the fullest . . . a life that inspired the books that will forever enable us to relive our glorious frontier heritage.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385416474
ISBN-13
9780385416474
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1297199
Product Key Features
Book Title
Education of a Wandering Man
Author
Louis L'Amour
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Large Type
Topic
Literary
Publication Year
1990
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Non-Classifiable
Dimensions
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Edition Description
Large Type / Large Print Edition
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
Dewey Edition
20
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