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Summary: Landois a Winner!
Review: I was reading over some of these reviews and saw that some readers had given Lando a luke warm rating. Had to put in my own two cents.
I thought Lando was flat out terrific! This character is a bit different than many of Louis L'Amour's main men, and I liked the differences. Lando is full of action and the fist fighting scenes are top notch.... the best. I've read perhaps a hundred of L'Amour's books; have enjoyed all of them, some more so than others, but Lando is a winner. Darn good read.
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Summary: A TOUGH GUY
Review: Lando the 5th. book of the Sackett series was fun to read. Lando Sackett is a tough guy and has been in a Mexican prison for many years. During this time in prison his muscles became stronger his resolve greater and his desire to succeed a must. The gold would be his and he would make the people who deserted him pay.
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Summary: A TOUGH GUY
Review: Lando the 5th. book of the Sackett series was fun to read. Lando Sackett is a tough guy and has been in a Mexican prison for many years. During this time in prison his muscles became stronger his resolve greater and his desire to succeed a must. The gold would be his and he would make the people who deserted him pay.
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Summary: Mules, Mexico, and Boxing
Review: Learn about mules, Mexico, and boxing by reading this. Also learn about several bad men and several good men who don't let life keep them down. This book definately has that independent frontier spirit in it. Part of the book tells you about a previous adventure reguarding the treasure that I wish I could read from a first person perspective instead of having it told to me. But aside from that, a nice read. Our hero even has a nice side.
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Summary: Mules, Mexico, and Boxing
Review: Learn about mules, Mexico, and boxing by reading this. Also learn about several bad men and several good men who don't let life keep them down. This book definately has that independent frontier spirit in it. Part of the book tells you about a previous adventure reguarding the treasure that I wish I could read from a first person perspective instead of having it told to me. But aside from that, a nice read. Our hero even has a nice side.
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Summary: Solid L'Amour
Review: Though I'm relatively new to Westerns, and started with L'Amour, I've now read some Elmore Leonard and some Elmer Kelton and have come up with a few opinions.
L'Amour is a solid three-star writer, and Lando is a very good example. This is praise, not criticism; there's too much "star inflation" anyway-- folks tend to come off of a book they've enjoyed and think it's the greatest ever.
Lando has a good sidekick in the Gypsy "secret agent". That is, he knows about the hidden gold and Lando's dad, and maneuvers Lando out of the Virginia mountains out West. It's a good "search for hidden gold" Western, with two main failings in my view: Lando's dad turns up alive in a rather coincidental fashion, and (perhaps the biggest defect in the book) the years in a Mexican jail that toughen Lando are glossed over in a couple of pages. This might work if the jail stay was a few months, but not where 6 or 8 years are involved!
A good read, with the stregths and shortcomings of L'Amour represented. If you are somewhat new to Westerns, read a few L'Amours, but then turn to Leonard, Kelton, and others.
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