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The Empty Land
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For thousands of years the lonely canyon knew only wind and rain, wild animals, and an occasional native hunter. Then a trapper found a chunk of gold, and everything changed overnight.
In six days a town called Confusion appeared . . . and on the seventh it could disappear, consumed by the flames of lawlessness and violence. On one side are those who understand only brute force. On the other are men who want law and order but are ready to use a noose to achieve their ends. Between them stand Matt Coburn and Dick Felton: one a hardened realist, the other an idealist trying to dig a fortune from the muddy hillside. Outnumbered and outgunned, Felton and Coburn can’t afford to be outmaneuvered. For as the two unlikely allies confront corruption, betrayal, and murder in an attempt to tame a town where the discovery of gold can mean either the fortune of a lifetime or a sentence of death, they realize that any move could be their last.
| About Author | Louis L'Amour was an American author. L'Amour's books, primarily Western fiction, remain enormously popular, and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death all 101 of his work |
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| Author | Louis L'Amour |
| Format | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780553253061 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 126 |
| Publication Date | 05-01-1985 |
| Publisher | Bantam |
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Charlie (verified owner) –
This is the best western novel by L’Amour that I have ever read. Matt Coburn is the main character and while he is the best with a gun, he is most reluctant to use it. Yet, circumstances continue to force him to intervene and try to establish law in order in the gold boom town of Confusion. His first job is riding shotgun for the stage carrying the first shipment of gold ore and ends with his engaging in a series of gunfights with people that kill others for fun and profit. This book also has one of the most interesting beginnings of all western novels. The first three paragraphs describe events in Europe and Asia during the seventh century, where monarchs ruled and fought for dominion. Only after that does the flow move to a coyote trying to capture a meal on the move. The story is about a man with a destiny that he tries to avoid and cannot. Even though he could have rode away and left the town to likely destruction, he rides back because he fundamentally knows that he is the only one that can hold the barbarians at bay. He succeeds at great cost and at the end, he may have found peace and a real station in life. The story is great and engaging, the hero that uses his guns to tame the social forces of darkness should engage in thoughts of regret and doubt when it is necessary to kill those that want to destroy the sparks of civilization.