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#1646 The Legacy of Louis L'Amour and American Western Fiction


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Clay interviews Beau L'Amour, the son of Louis L'Amour, the celebrated author of multi-million best-selling Westerns. Beau L'Amour is the manager of his father's literary estate. By his passing at 80 in 1988, Louis L'Amour wrote just under 100 novels and more than 250 short stories. All of his books are still in print. Clay and Beau talked about changing views of the frontier, white-Native relations, and the role of violence in the American West. How well does Louis L'Amour hold up in our culturally sensitive time? Beau L'Amour is currently revisiting his father's novels and providing afterwords in the books, sharing the backstory of their creation, their connection to film and television, and their place in the larger achievement of the famous author. Louis L'Amour, more than 30 years after his death, still ranks every year among the top 50 most popular writers in the world. You can read Clay's essay about his talk with Beau L'Amour here. Their conversation was recorded on March 17, 2025.

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