Last of the Breed

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Summary: Not typical Louis L'Amour
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The late Louis L'Amour wrote mostly Westerns--specifically about the 'Old West'--for which he is justly famous. I may have read them all, but I hope not. I hope there are a few more out there, somewhere.

This book, however, is different. This is the kind of authentically detailed story that is his hallmark, but it is more modern. It is about U.S. Air Force Major Joe Mack, whose forbears were Sioux Indian. When his experimental aircraft is forced down in the USSR, he is captured, and no one but he and his captors know he is a prisoner. He escapes a prison camp, and is forced to survive the Siberian wilderness in an effort to make it to the Bering Strait, which he will have to cross to get back home. He is pursued relentlessly by a Yakut scout who knows the land intimately. Joe Mack must think like a Sioux to escape.

Louis Dearborn L'Amour (originally Lamoore) lived the lives that he portrayed. He was a roustabout, merchant seaman, boxer, cowboy, logger, miner, and an army officer during WWII in tank destroyers. He was shipwrecked in the West Indies, sailed a dhow on the Red Sea, and circled the earth on merchant ships. He wrote a hundred books, and had more million copy best-sellers than any other author. I was personally desolated by his death. What a glorious man! He was a true troubadour in the original sense.

Joseph H. Pierre
Author of The Road to Damascus: Our Journey Through Eternity

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Summary: My favorite Louis L'amour novel
Review: A very exciting, and informative, read. LL is a darn good writer.
I have read more than a dozen of his novels and short story collections, and westerns aren't my favorite genre.
Another very good book is The Haunted Mesa.

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Summary: Last Of The Breed: Continuation of an Era!
Review: Last Of The Breed is one of L'Amour's best works, following in a long line of classics. It is an "Edge-Of-The-Seat" book that I've enjoyed reading over and over again. Situated in Russia, U.S. Air Force Major Joseph Makatozi ("Joe Mack") is flying one of many U.S. experimental aircraft with valuable data to the Russian authorities. This particular aircraft can stand extremely cold tempratures - ideal for Siberia. So, he is shot down, and this is a tale of his escape. I've read it over and over again, and it is always good to the last sentence.