Western author Louis L`amour had two major influnces in his writing and his travel

Essay on Western writer Louis L 'Amour and his influences / May 10 , 2006

Louis L 'Amour , the most popular Western novelist since the `50s who sold at least 225 million books all over the world , is no doubt a fixture and a legend in American literature . Born March 22 , 1908 and originally known as Louis Dearborn LaMoore , this novelist had captured the American readers foremost because of his great ability to entertain and tell stories by excellent use of words and accurate reflection of America 's history in a given time

His

influence to American literature run through ages and transcended from one generation to another . Most would be remembered for a single masterpiece they have written but L 'Amour would always be remembered as the man who reminded everyone of America 's Western history and the life on the frontier in his more than 100 literary works

L 'Amour 's works , as well as his life , are truly captivating because of the adventures , the drama , the excitement and the lessons they provide the readers . L 'Amour was a hobo himself . When he left Jamestown , North Dakota at the age of fifteen , L 'Amour worked at a variety of jobs as a cattle raiser , boxer , lumberjack , seaman and merchant . He traveled from the bs of American to the Far East , Dutch East Indies , Arabia Egypt , China and Africa

His experiences in these places - sleeping in hobo jungles , raising cattle , wrapping news under his clothes to keep warm and more - helped him write his stories as realistic and as mesmerizing as possible

Many of his own experiences are reflected in his works including Yondering , Off the Mangrove Coast , West from Singapore , Night over the Solomons , Beyond the Great Snow Mountains , Shalako , North to the Rails The Empty Land , among others (Biographical Pro of Louis L 'Amour

It was also during the times in foreign lands that L 'Amour met the wide variety of characters that would later become his inspiration in writing his novels . In Oklahoma for example , he met men like Bill Tilghman , once the marshal of Doodge City in New Mexico , he met george Coe and Deluvina Maxwell who have both known Billy the Kid Emmett Dalton of the notorious Dalton Gang and others . Later , in his works , he used these characters in another face and name but almost as interesting and as realistic as the real persons

L 'Amour 's passion and dedication to his craft and also his travel can be attributed to two major influences in his life . The first is his family from his grandfather , Abraham Truman Dearborn , to his parents and siblings , L 'Amour learned of the many stories of men and women in America , not only from their family library but more from the personal experiences of his relatives . His family is not only educated , but also well traveled as well

L 'Amour s grandfather told him of the great battles in history and his own experiences as a soldier in both...