Louis L'Amour trivia

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:58 pm

Ok, what L'Amour book is about a Sackett, though it is not titled so, niether is the hero called Sackett, nor is it in the Sackett series list?

Idiot · Post by **Idiot** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:36 pm

Bendigo Shafter, I think.

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:41 pm

By gum, I think i just read that book a few months ago. Unfortunately, I read several L'amour books a few months ago, and can't recall the title.

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:45 pm

Nope, and nope.

CindyLea · Post by **CindyLea** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:42 pm

A man called Noon????

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:51 pm

CindyLea wrote:A man called Noon????

Aaah, good guess, Mr. Ruble Noon, which was not his real name either, it was Jonas Mandrin.

But nope.

shooter · Post by **shooter** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:37 pm

There are several other books in which a Sackett has some involvement in the story. The list is as follows.

Bendigo Schafter (Ethan Sackett)
Dark Canyon (William Tell Sackett)
Borden Chantry (Joe Sackett, killed in ambush that B Chantry solves murder)
Passin' Through (Parmalee Sackett is mentioned as defending a main character in the book)
Son of a Wanted Man (Tyrel Sackett)
Catlow (Ben Cowhan marries a cousin of Tyrel Sackettâ€™s wife)
Man from the Broken Hills (Em Talon a main character in this book was in fact born a Sackett. Mentions William Tell Sackett)

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:43 pm

shooter wrote:There are several other books in which a Sackett has some involvement in the story. The list is as follows.

Bendigo Schafter (Ethan Sackett)
Dark Canyon (William Tell Sackett)
Borden Chantry (Joe Sackett, killed in ambush that B Chantry solves murder)
Passin' Through (Parmalee Sackett is mentioned as defending a main character in the book)
Son of a Wanted Man (Tyrel Sackett)
Catlow (Ben Cowhan marries a cousin of Tyrel Sackettâ€™s wife)
Man from the Broken Hills (Em Talon a main character in this book was in fact born a Sackett. Mentions William Tell Sackett)

One of those is the correct answer.

505stevec · Post by **505stevec** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:51 pm

Man from the Broken Hills (Em Talon)

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:39 pm

Nope.

Hint: He's the main character, and he is a Sackett, however he is never called Sackett in the story.

rock-steady · Post by **rock-steady** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:17 pm

Not trying to hijack, but I always wanted to see how the Tinker signed his notes with a sihouette instead of a signature. Iwouldn't turn down a tinker-made bowie either.

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:07 pm

Ok, looks like ya'all given up, so I'll give it up.

Passin Through! If'n ya don't believe me, read it again. Also, I believe the Sackett companion confirms this.

CJM · Post by **CJM** » Thu May 29, 2008 10:19 am

I don't have the Sackett Companion, so which Sackett is it? I thought that it could have been one of the Clinch Mountain Sacketts, (Nolan or Logan), or possibly Milo Talon (whose mother Emily was born a Sackett).

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:03 pm

CJM wrote:I don't have the Sackett Companion, so which Sackett is it? I thought that it could have been one of the Clinch Mountain Sacketts, (Nolan or Logan), or possibly Milo Talon (whose mother Emily was born a Sackett).

That I do not know. I have not read the Sackett companion, though I read somewhere that it does mention the secret Sackett book, so to speak.

piller · Post by **piller** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:39 pm

I don't remember it mentioning the Sackett's name, but one of the two female main characters was a Higgins. The Sackett and Higgins families had a fued and the Higgins men were all wiped out based on information in The Daybreakers. I like the way Louis L'Amour tied so many of his books together. For the record, he died on my 23rd Birthday. I was in the field and switched the radio in the HMMWV to the Armed Forces Radio channel and listened to the news while the Lt. I drove for was getting a Sit-Rep. Worst Birthday I ever had.

sore shoulder · Post by **sore shoulder** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:52 pm

piller wrote:I don't remember it mentioning the Sackett's name, but one of the two female main characters was a Higgins. The Sackett and Higgins families had a fued and the Higgins men were all wiped out based on information in The Daybreakers. I like the way Louis L'Amour tied so many of his books together. For the record, he died on my 23rd Birthday. I was in the field and switched the radio in the HMMWV to the Armed Forces Radio channel and listened to the news while the Lt. I drove for was getting a Sit-Rep. Worst Birthday I ever had.

One of the interesting apsects for me is getting out a topo map when his characters are traveling near where I live here in CO. I have been able to find every creek, mtn, and city he describes. One took place less than 10 miles from where I sit.

the Higgins girl is the big clue that Passin Through is a Sackett. Throughout the book he keeps thinkin to himself that the girl looks familiar, and when he asks her name at the end is the clincher.