The sky-liners.
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In The Sky-Liners, Louis L'Amour introduces Flagan and Galloway Sackett, heading west from Tennessee to seek their fortunes. That's when they came across an old Irish trader who offered them two fine horses if they would agree to escort his granddaughter, Judith, to her father in Colorado. Flagan saw nothing but trouble in the fiery young woman, but they needed the horses. Unfortunately, Flagan was right, for Judith had fallen for James Black Fetchen, a charismatic gunman whose courtship hid the darkest of intentions.Now Fetchen and his gang are racing the Sackett brothers to Colorado--leaving behind a trail of betrayal, robbery, and murder. Flagan and Galloway can only guess why Judith is so important to Fetchen and what awaits them at her father's ranch. One thing Flagan knows for sure: The tough and spirited woman has won his heart. But can he trust her with his life?From the Paperback edition.
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16 primary books17 released books#12 in The Sacketts
The Sacketts is a 17-book series with 16 primary works first released in 1960 with contributions by Louis L'Amour, David Strathairn, and louis-l-amour.
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Book is pretty good although I found that I liked Flaggan's brother Galloway more which makes me pretty excited to read the book about him. Louis did a great job interpreting what it's like to deal with a teenage girl who's love sick.
Duplibook Thrifters Book Club pick for the month of June.
It's a light, quick read that's simply meant to entertain and make you feel like you're in the Old West. It's accomplishes that and nothing else.
Everything happens “all of a sudden” (no joke, in 188 pages a variation of that is used 48 times), the characters are pretty flat, and the pacing is ALL over the place. It's full of cliché Western sayings, which I think is the main point of these books. It has some pretty ridiculous sentences such as, “... in the changing of days the seemingly changeless hills do also change” (pg 145). I couldn't help but laugh.
It was okay enough for what it was.
