Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir

ISBN: 0553286528

Author: L'Amour, Louis

Condition: New

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.

• Author: Louis L'Amour ?. | Publisher: Random House US | Pages: 200 | Publication Date: 1990-11-01 | Edition: Standard | Binding: Paperback | MSRP: 7.99 | ISBN13: 9780553286526 | ISBN: 0553286528 | Other ISBN: 9780553899085 | Other ISBN Binding: e | Language: zh | Store Location: Western | "Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."