Louis Lamour Book Reviews

The desert, as described by Louis L’amour is very nearly a living thing.  His characters study it and interact with it as if it were another person.  It is apparent that he had a deep love and respect for all of nature, but he seems to have paid particular attention to the deserts of the American southwest.

Often the desert is described as beautiful.  The beauty of the desert is far different from the beauty of the mountains or of the forests.

I have lived in the mountains, the desert, and in the rainforests of the pacific northwest.  The desert beauty is one that is  best appreciated at a distance and in quiet moments.  More than any other place the desert is a quiet, still place where the scenery can be taken in.  Up close, however, it is often very harsh and unwelcoming.  Either too hot or too cold, and often too windy.  Sandy, dirty, very often unpleasant but at the same time still, quiet, and beautiful.

Of all the places I have lived the desert most calls to me and I think that Louis L’amour expressed much of that sentiment in his works.

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