Jack Carr, the former Navy SEAL who wrote The Terminal List and other thrillers, offers a piece at FoxNews.com on the late author Louis L’Amour.
Louis L’Amour, the "laureate of the lariat," was born on this day in History, March 22, 1908.
A veteran of World War II, L’Amour worked as an elephant
handler, miner, merchant seaman, animal skinner, lumberjack and professional
boxer along his journey.
His breakout
novel, "Hondo," was published in 1953.
It was his
novelization of the screenplay and film of the same name starring John Wayne
based on L’Amour’s 1952 short story "The Gift of Cochise."
"Hondo" was published the day the movie hit screens
with a blurb from John Wayne stating that "Hondo" was the
finest Western he had ever read.
During his
lifetime, Louis L’Amour published over 100 works, including "Last of the
Breed," one of the four novels that directly influenced my own thriller,
"Savage Son."
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You can also read my Counterterrorism magazine Q&A with Jack Carr via the below link:
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