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Title: Silver Canyon by LOUIS L'AMOUR ISBN: 0-553-24743-3 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1957 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: CLASSIC L'AMOUR TALESMITHING!
Comment: When I tell people that I love Louis L'Amour I get some pretty weird looks in return. To my friends I am known to read quite a bit of heavy history and biography and it seems odd to them that, given my normal reading diet, I could find anything good to say about such "light" reading as L'Amour. Still I find L'Amour's talesmithing abilities to be without peer.
L'Amour wrote with a distinctive style and filled his stories with action and intrigue. No, his works are not the extremely violent works that typify modern westerns like UNFORGIVEN or OPEN RANGE. But then L'Amour wrote in a time when such graphic action would not have been readily accepted.
With all this in mind, I loved SILVER CANYON, a tale of vengeance, lies and, as with virtually all of L'Amour's stories, of the good guy winning in the end. The tiny western hamlet of Hattan's Point is a sleepy town until the day that Matt Brennan seems to bring with him a heated, all out war that involves practically everyone in town. Matt makes friends and enemies with equal ease. He also finds the love of his life and is in hot pursuit despite her being the daughter of one of the main combatants in the feud.
Who will win out? Read SILVER CANYON.
THE HORSEMAN
Rating: 5
Summary: AN OLD SCHOOL WESTERN IN TRUE L'AMOUR FORM
Comment: When it comes to reading Louis L'Amour the modern western fan is faced with having to take things in context. Remember that L'Amour's works were primarily written in the fifties and sixties and, as a result, have a certain "dignity" about them that no longer applies with the westerns of today, especially those on the big screen.
Take SILVER CANYON for example. There is plenty of action here to be sure but it is painted much more subtly on L'Amour's canvass than, let's say, on those of Larry McMurtry or on Clint Eastwood's or Kevin Costner's movie screens. Frankly L'Amour or his readers would not have tolerated the graphic, raw, often harsh violence of today's western s offerings. It's still there he just expresses it in ways that are less bombastic. For example, instead of saying, "the bullet smashed into my elbow sending blood and bone flying everywhere..." L'Amour offers, "I felt a tug at at my sleeve..." even though it is apparent to the reader that the first version is still what happened.
L'Amour wrote with a clear sense of nostalgia and romance about the west. He was much for the kindred spirit of John Wayne and John Ford than of McMurtry, Eastwood or Costner.
I thoroughly enjoyed SILVER CANYON, a tale of revenge, deceit and, as is the case with all L'Amour tales, of ultimate white-hatted triumph and justice. Matt Brennan rides into the sleepy town of Hattan's Point and awakens the flames of a smoldering range war. He discovers friends, fiends and meets the girl of his dreams. Like all other L'Amour pieces reading SILVER CANYON in the correct mindset is absolutely essential. If you do you'll find another L'Amour western masterpiece.
Douglas McAllister
Rating: 4
Summary: What Pocket Books Use To Be Like.
Comment: This is the first Louis L'Amour book I have read so I can not compare it to any of his other books. This story makes me want to read more L'Amour books. I like a book that can tell a good story in less that 200 pages, I don't want read books by the pound. It reminds me of the old term "pocket book" because they can fit in your back pocket and can be read and enjoyed in a short amount of time. The main characters are likeable and the villians are people that need killing, what more do you want in a Western.
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Title: The Tall Stranger by Louis L'Amour ISBN: 055328102X Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1986 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: The Rider of Lost Creek by LOUIS L'AMOUR ISBN: 0553257714 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1982 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: To Tame a Land by LOUIS L'AMOUR ISBN: 0553280317 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1985 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The First Fast Draw by LOUIS L'AMOUR ISBN: 0553252240 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 February, 1985 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: Last Stand at Papago Wells by Louis L'Amour ISBN: 0553258079 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1986 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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