The Life and Legacy of Louis L'Amour

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

With over 300 million books sold, Louis L'Amour is one of the bestselling authors of all time. All 120 of his books remain in print. But the greatest story L'Amour ever penned was his own. He spent the early part of his life traveling in a circus, working as a lumberjack and miner, circling the world as a seaman, winning over 50 fights as a professional boxer, and serving in WWII. Today on the show, I talk about both the personal and professional aspects of Louis' life with his son, Beau L'Amour. We discuss some of Louis' adventures and the autodidactic education he gave himself by way of a voracious reading habit. We then turn to how Louis got started as a writer and how he cut his teeth writing for pulp magazines before breaking through as a Western novelist and becoming a blockbuster success in his sixties.

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0:00.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness
0:10.4	podcast. With over 300 million books sold, Louis Lamour is one of the
0:14.7	best-selling authors of all time. All 120 of his books remain in print. But the
0:19.8	greatest story Lamour ever pinned was his own.
0:22.5	He spent the early part of his life traveling in a circus,
0:25.3	working as a lumberjack and miner, circling the world as a seaman,
0:28.9	winning over 50 fights as a professional boxer
0:31.2	and serving in World War II. To end the show I talk about both the
0:34.4	personal and professional aspects of Louis life with his son, Bo Lamour. We discuss
0:39.3	some of Louis's adventures and the auto-didatic education he gave himself by way of a voracious reading habit.
0:45.7	We then turned to how Louis got started as a writer and how he cut his teeth writing for Pulp magazines
0:50.3	before breaking through as a Western novelist and becoming a blockbuster success in the 60s.
0:55.0	After the show is over check at our show notes at Awim.
0:57.0	I.S. Bo Lamour. Welcome to the show.
1:04.0	So you are
1:05.0	And you're
1:06.0	All right, Bo Lamour.
1:11.0	Welcome to the show.
1:12.0	Thank you very much. So you are. All right, Bo Lamour. Welcome to the show.
1:12.9	Thank you very much.
1:13.8	So you are the son of the famous Western author,
1:19.2	Louis Lamour.
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