The Quick and the Dead

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Summary: A Great Title!
Review: I really like the title of this old Louis L'Amour book. Obviously Hollywood liked it as well since you can find several movies with the same name. After the title, I found the book to be a little of a let down. When a band of outlaws decide to take a wagon load of goods going west from an unsuspecting and unprepared family of three, they never counted on Con Vallian. He could care less about anything but himself, but the coffee that lady made sure was good. He found himself entangled in a fight that they could not win without him. There must have been some decency in him afterall. He hangs around to save the day. It is short and worth the read, but don't expect too much!

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Summary: Late Fer Dinner?
Review: I started reading The Quick and The Dead in New Mexico last year at a bed & breakfast and only now got a copy and finished it. L'Amour's style of writing is exceptional and his ability to spin a yarn is enviable.

The Quick & The Dead is a page-turner and, like other works of the author, can teach people about the rough and rugged outdoors and the challenges faced by trekking out into the wilderness. It cannot, however, convey what would possess a sophisticated family to leave the safety and security of the East and head out to a land with no doctors, no lawmen, but with plenty of Indians and bad sorts.

The suspense in the book may keep you up late at night reading it, but the last few pages wrap up very quickly -- maybe too quickly. Almost as if L'Amour was late fer dinner and his wife was callin' him to c'mon. But it also ends wonderfully and the book is highly recommended.

I want to read more of this author. And there's plenty to choose from.

Rating:
Summary: Late Fer Dinner?
Review: I started reading The Quick and The Dead in New Mexico last year at a bed & breakfast and only now got a copy and finished it. L'Amour's style of writing is exceptional and his ability to spin a yarn is enviable.

The Quick & The Dead is a page-turner and, like other works of the author, can teach people about the rough and rugged outdoors and the challenges faced by trekking out into the wilderness. It cannot, however, convey what would possess a sophisticated family to leave the safety and security of the East and head out to a land with no doctors, no lawmen, but with plenty of Indians and bad sorts.

The suspense in the book may keep you up late at night reading it, but the last few pages wrap up very quickly -- maybe too quickly. Almost as if L'Amour was late fer dinner and his wife was callin' him to c'mon. But it also ends wonderfully and the book is highly recommended.

I want to read more of this author. And there's plenty to choose from.

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Summary: Aaron's Best Book Review On The Quick and the Dead
Review: The Quick and the Dead is about a family traveling west and meeting up with a stranger named Vallian.There's also a band of murders who think they are carrying gold.It is full of action-packed adventure!I liked it.Maybe you will to!

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Summary: A good pioneer story
Review: The title of The Quick and the Dead is great but it probably would have been more appropriate in some of Louis L'Amour's other books. Nevertheless, like all of L'Amour's books, it is a great story and certainly worthy of reading. The book moves a little slow but keeps the reader primed with periodic twists in the plot. Two of the main characters, Susanna McKaskel and Con Vallian, alone make this title worth reading.

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Summary: Aaron's Best Book Review On The Quick and the Dead
Review: This was the first western book I ever read, my teacher had to threaten me(failing grade) to read it. Well, I'M happy he did! I have enjoyed many of Mr. L'Amour's books. Till this day I remember this one book and have ordered it.

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Summary: Highschool Literature
Review: This was the first western book I ever read, my teacher had to threaten me(failing grade) to read it. Well, I'M happy he did! I have enjoyed many of Mr. L'Amour's books. Till this day I remember this one book and have ordered it.