Thursday, April 17, 2008

Happy Birthday Louis!


LOUIS L'AMOUR: CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL, 1908-2008!

KBB celebrates an American icon.

Did you know...

  • L'Amour's first western was "The Town No Guns Could Tame", a short story in the collection Long Ride Home.
  • The family originally spelled their name LaMoore.
  • L'Amour wrote four Hopalong Cassidy novels under the name Tex Burns.
  • Since his death in 1988 over sixty million copies of his books have been sold.
These and other facts about Louis L'Amour may be found at his website www.louislamour.com.


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