The major "Cruise" is the "selling down the river" of Korea, the Philippines, his eldest daughter and many others Teddy Roosevelt dealt with as he set the pacific for WWII.

This is THE book for anyone wishing to make heads or tails of the Sackett family. Even so it still fals short of perfection. For those that wonder what would have been in the future if Louis had lived, there are hints of what he had in mind.
He gives an insight into his process to start and write a story as well as the names used in the Sackett tales.
In the end this book answers many questions and gives the reader a new reason to return to the Sackett tales with a new insight and understanding.

Little more than long reviews of twenty four previously condensed books by the RDA. The stories run between 20 and 30 pages for the most part, and even those give way for the illustrations. The illustrations are very good and give more detail than the printed word. A book that is at least 1200 pages too short to do even minimal justice to the books.

I give it a half star only to show it has been rated.

This is a huge book that is best read from a table or stand. Since it covers America from 1800 to 2000, it must be very large if it is to cover that much ground and time. That it does so well is a tribute to the author and his contributors.
The Introduction starts with a copy of the first known photograph from the 1800's and brings the reader up to date. Then the pictures of american life flow like water with usually only short text notes for the reader. Eighty-five pages, more or less, covers the 1800 to 1900 years and then it divides into each decade from 1900 to 2000. While not enough railroad photographs are included for my taste, there are quite a few. The movie stars of the 1930s and 1940s bring back memories of the depresion and war years, Color came into play during the '40s and a full page photograph of Pres. Truman at his desk shows him in a lighter moment. In contrast, the picture of the three world leaders at Yalta show the decling health of Pres. Roosevelt.
All in all a very good way to look back at America as it was.

People with money are being killed. What has happened to the gold and cash? And why isn't the new marshal doing anything except sitting outside the barber shop or riding out of town daily? Why is the rancher's horse showing signs of use? Stand back when the cowhand takes on the Marshal.
Boot Hill is just out of town..... And after the final showdown, the un-answered question. How to fill the most important job in a western town?

Out of the Ocean Depths Soundlessly Moving as the sailors begining, Let it Snow for my winters and finally Banked Fires for an ending - a life.

My Three Friends - for a dark night with the winds moaning in the pines.
The Introduction alone is worth the price of admission.

This is a collection of short stories discovered a few years after the death of Mr. L'Amour. The Introduction contains the detail of the find and the expected future publishing of two additional collections from this source.
The book title is taken from the third of fourteen stories set in the western United States. At eighteen pages it is the longest while "Riches Beyond Dreams" has only four. I would have named this short, short story "Where the Buckwheat Grows." Although very short, it is my favorite of this group.
If you appreciate Louis L'Amour's writings, you will enjoy these stories.

This not a book for tired eyes. While the content is very good, I can not read more than one story at a time. Should have started this at seventy. But, Lord willing, I shall finish the last few stories.

The most frightining thing about this disturbing book is that it is non-fiction.
As Mr. Grisham's first non-fiction book, he has topped any of his novels. Truth can be a lot more scarry than fiction.

Often I wanted to quit reading but Grisham's hooks were too strong. I was glad when I finished. I'll read it again. O J can be glad that his caper didn't happen here.

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This is another Cape Ann Train reprint. This time in CD format. It must be loaded on the computer prior to use as it takes 3 disks for the 1536 pages. That it can be on more than one computer is a boon. This is my first reprint that includes the airlines. Finding the railway is just a click on the name. This brings up the first page for that railroad. Now a zoom comes into play. A great aid in reading the fine print or to enlarge the maps. Still it isn't a book to sit down with, open a page at random and discover a tid-bit of information that calls for more reasearch. For ease of use, I would give it at least 4 stars. That it isn't a "book" drops it to 2 but the purchase cost reduction bumps it up to 3. As in the previous isues, it includes the railways of Central America.
Unlike the 1910 reprint, this version should be available for years.