Smoke from This Altar
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.28 (501 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553073494 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 75 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It is vintage L'Amour storytelling--in verse--about nature, the land, and the people who loved and braved it.Smoke From This Altar begins with a newly written introduction by his wife Kathy in which she discusses the special place this work has held in the L'Amours' lives. It appeared, to great critical praise, for sale only in Oklahoma bookstores more than fifty years ago. Like the short stories in his classic, million-copy-selling Yondering, and his best-selling memoir Education of a Wandering Man, the poems in this book are inspired by his experiences and memories of his journeys across oceans and continents. In concludes with twenty previously uncollected L'Amour poems selected by his family.Impassioned, adventurous, heroic, and humorous, Smoke From This Altar is unique L'Amour writing, to be read and enjoyed again and again.. Now, at last, it is being published nationally in this beautiful keepsake Bantam edition.It was in Smoke From This Altar that L'Amour first gave public voice to his now-celebrated spirit of wanderlust. Since then it has become the most sought-after L'Amour title of all, with the few circulating copies from the small print run commanding top dollar from rare book collectors. Smoke From
Now, at last, it is being published nationally in this beautiful keepsake Bantam edition.It was in Smoke From This Altar that L'Amour first gave public voice to his now-celebrated spirit of wanderlust. It is vintage L'Amour storytelling--in verse--about nature, the land, and the people who loved and braved it.Smoke From This Altar begins with a newly written introduction by his wife Kathy in which she discusses the special place this work has held in the L'Amours' lives. It appeared, to great critical praise, for sale only in Oklahoma bookstores more than fifty years ago. Since then it has become the most sought-after L'Amour title of all, with the few circulating copies from the small print run commanding top dollar from rare book collectors. Like the short stories in his classic, million-copy-s
C. Schmitt said I didn't read the description well enough. I thought this book was a group of his normal western stories and was thrilled to have found it. But it's POEMS! I don't care how good the poetry is and even though Louis L'Amour, my husband's favorite author, he won't read it so it was returned.. "Poets" according to James L. Frady. My original favorite poet was Robert Frost. I still love selected poems of his, but he has faded in my esteem as i explored more of his and other people's poetry. I discovered that Louis L'amour had a book of poetry at some point some years back, and being a huge fan of his fiction I just had to try it out. I was not disappointed. I have now read through the book about five times, and still love the way he writes poems. Of course, long before I knew he had written poetry, I told people he was a poet in prose form because of the eloquence of his westerns and other novels. . a true work of art I am not one for westerns, but after my father handed me one of his books and said read I was instantly hooked and am now the proud keeper of my grandfather's collection.I originally got this book for my father as a gift. And well, I will be honest as soon he set it down I would pick it up. I have my own copy now, and every time I read it I enjoy it even more. Mr. L'Amour gave us all a true gift with every book he wrote. The knowledge and experience he obtained in his lifetime made for pure genius in his writing. I wish I had the opportunity to thank him when he was with