Bendigo Shafter

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Summary: A Fun Adventure
Review: For those of you familiar with Louis L'Amour, you'll find this book a fun and adventurous read - as most of his are. It doesn't stray from L'Amour's style or his normal writing, which ofcourse is what makes this a great read.
I recommend this book for anyone interested in learning about the old West, who like adventure and romance.

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Summary: My Favorite LL
Review: I am such a Louis L'Amour fan that both of my sons are named after characters from his novels. My youngest is named Ethan, from Ethan Sackett in this novel.
This is my second-favorite LL book ("Mustang Man"--from which I got my older son's name of Nolan--is #1). The writing is some of Louis L'Amour's best, the story is enthralling, everything you expect from L'Amour. What makes this better than even the rest of his stuff is that it tells more than one story. So often, I get to the end of a book and want to know what happened next to the main character. In "Bendigo Shafter" we find out what happened over several years to several people. This helps them all seem more human and, by the end, we feel like we're parting from good friends.
As an author myself (order my book from Amazon! "First Time: The Legend of Garison Fitch"), my story telling style has been heavily enfluenced by L'Amour and especially this book.

Rating:
Summary: My Favorite LL
Review: I am such a Louis L'Amour fan that both of my sons are named after characters from his novels. My youngest is named Ethan, from Ethan Sackett in this novel.
This is my second-favorite LL book ("Mustang Man"--from which I got my older son's name of Nolan--is #1). The writing is some of Louis L'Amour's best, the story is enthralling, everything you expect from L'Amour. What makes this better than even the rest of his stuff is that it tells more than one story. So often, I get to the end of a book and want to know what happened next to the main character. In "Bendigo Shafter" we find out what happened over several years to several people. This helps them all seem more human and, by the end, we feel like we're parting from good friends.
As an author myself (order my book from Amazon! "First Time: The Legend of Garison Fitch"), my story telling style has been heavily enfluenced by L'Amour and especially this book.

Rating:
Summary: My Favorite LL
Review: I am such a Louis L'Amour fan that both of my sons are named after characters from his novels. My youngest is named Ethan, from Ethan Sackett in this novel.
This is my second-favorite LL book ("Mustang Man"--from which I got my older son's name of Nolan--is #1). The writing is some of Louis L'Amour's best, the story is enthralling, everything you expect from L'Amour. What makes this better than even the rest of his stuff is that it tells more than one story. So often, I get to the end of a book and want to know what happened next to the main character. In "Bendigo Shafter" we find out what happened over several years to several people. This helps them all seem more human and, by the end, we feel like we're parting from good friends.
As an author myself (order my book from Amazon! "First Time: The Legend of Garison Fitch"), my story telling style has been heavily enfluenced by L'Amour and especially this book.

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Summary: Great old L'Amour stuff
Review: I just finished Bendigo Shafter for probably the fourth time and felt compelled to tell everyone what a great book it is. The characters are so real they are like friends, and Louis L'Amour wrote a great classic with this one. If you like Bendigo Shafter, you will also like Kirby Jonas's LEGEND OF THE TUMBLEWEED. They call Kirby Jonas the New Louis L'Amour, and I think the two of them could conquer the western novel world!

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Summary: Good book, but there are a few details left out
Review: I read Bendigo Shafter and enjoyed it because it was so different from L'Amour's other books. But unfortunately the publisher's deadlines were strict on him, as always, so there were a few holes in it, as in a couple of bad guys that just up and disappeared, etc. I do have to say that I took that other reviewer's advice and tried out Kirby Jonas, "The New Louis L'Amour," and it was great. It's obvious he has more time on his hands to make sure he ties up the loose ends. Bendigo Shafter was a very enjoyable book, but I'm leaning toward the authenticty of Kirby Jonas.

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Summary: Excellent L'amour
Review: I've always liked Louis L'amour's works, despite the fact that most of them seem to be carbon copies of each other. If you want to see what he's capable of when he really tries, read Bendigo Shafter. It's the best of his writing, and avoids being another stranger-walks-into-town gunfight books.

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Summary: A pretty good book, but obviously written too fast
Review: I've been a fan of Louis L'Amour since I was eleven years old, so I don't know how I missed this one all these years. I've had it on my shelf but finally got around to reading it. I liked the book, but truthfully it left a lot of loose ends. There were even some characters, some bad guys, who just disappeared! I think L'Amour just forgot about them. He wrote his books very fast in order to get out three a year, and I think that was a disservice to his readers because he was a great writer when he really wanted to try. There is another writer now who people call the New Louis L'Amour. His name is Kirby Jonas, and he has some great books out. Beautifully written stuff. The reason I bring him up is because he writes the way I think Louis L'Amour would have been able to if he had just concentrated more on continuity and on historical accuracy. L'Amour is good, but if you want the best, check out Kirby Jonas. Bendigo Shafter kind of pales in comparison.

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Summary: The Best Ever
Review: Simply put the BEST book I have ever had the fortune to read. I have read novels rangeing from sci-fi to horror to poetry and this is easily The best book I have read. I can recommend it to everybody. Everybody I know young or old have loved this book. L'Amour takes us to a journey of boy growing to man in a wild west. We can read how people and their values change in that trip to west - to the "promised land." Hardships that faced them and molded them... if they survived. A beatifull novel of mans relationship with nature and what his fate really is!

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Summary: Thomas Neal's Bendigo Shafter Review
Review: The book was very good.The characters sounded so lifelike. I thought that it would drag but it didn't.There is no doubt that it is a good book.The book was based on an old western tale.Bendigo Shafter is the main character.It was a good book.