Jan 30 2009
The Character of Conn Dury in Louis L’amour’s “Kiowa Trail”
Conn Dury is the arch-type cowboy. He manages a rough outfit of hard riding men and manages them well. He carries a gun and he knows how to use it. He doesn’t just understand and know cattle, he loves what he does and he wouldn’t choose any other life.
He rides hard and works hard. He has no interest in violence beyond surviving it long enough to be able to enjoy a life free from it. He doesn’t seek to hurt but rather wants to build. He wants to build towns by building commerce.
Conn Dury is so busy working and building that he doesn’t even recognize his own growth and change. He doesn’t realize that he has fallen in love with Kate Lundy. Not that he is ignorant, but he simply puts the needs of others before his own - to the point of ignoring himself at times.
