Education of a Wandering Man
  • Published:
    Dec-1990
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    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    272
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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.
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    • First Edition
    • Dec-1990
    • Bantam
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0553286528
    • ISBN13: 9780553286526
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    • Jul-2008
    • Random House Audio
    • Audio CD (abridged)
    • ISBN: 0739376586
    • ISBN13: 9780739376584



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