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Galloway by Louis L'Amour
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really liked it
bookshelves: western, sharp-shooter, ranching, gold, sacketts, tn-reads, audiobook
Read 2 times. Last read April 14, 2020 to April 15, 2020.


1879, La Plata, CO

Characters:
Flagan Sackett, Galloway Sackett, Parmalee Sackett, Nick Shadow, Logan Sackett, Curly Dunn, Alf Dunn, Rocker Dunn, Powder Face, Jobe Dunn, Bull Dunn, Vern Huddy, Meg Rossiter, John Rossiter

Years ago I read the Sackett books because I wanted to see what my father loved about Louis L'Amour, and because a girlfriend gave me two sacks of her late husband's books. Well, I have to say, I found out in the first book why my father loved them.

But I also re-read this book so I could tell if Galloway was something my husband would want to listen to while we travel. Yup! This will do the trick. This was the audio-version of Galloway and the narrator was quite good. I loved the way he tried to get the Tennessee accent right. Not quite, but a worthy try.

Flagan, as with all the Sackett relatives is an interesting character. He's particularly close to his brother Galloway. Flagan is the man in the picture, so I'm a bit curious why the book is called Galloway, since he was more or less a minor character. Flagan was not a handsome man, but his character was aboveboard as he was raised by a Christian mother. He was tall and a tough mountain man from Tennessee.

Flagan, being hunted not by one set of Indians but two, ran (literally) for his life hoping to meet up with his brother Galloway at a place where they would settle. Sadly, the Indians weren't the only enemies he would make along the way. Enter The Dunn clan who made sure to kill or run off anyone wanting to ranch in their area of the La Platt region of Colorado. Hired by Bull Dunn was a sharp shooter (aka murderer) named Vern Huddy.

The whole story was the Sacketts just trying to not die in hopes of raising cattle in this beautiful setting of Colorado.

Good book, great writing but down a star for some unnecessary language. Not foul, so to speak, just unnecessary.
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Reading Progress

March 1, 2012 – Finished Reading (Mass Market Paperback Edition)
March 26, 2013 – Shelved (Mass Market Paperback Edition)
April 14, 2020 – Started Reading
April 15, 2020 – Shelved
April 15, 2020 – Shelved as: western
April 15, 2020 – Shelved as: sharp-shooter
April 15, 2020 – Shelved as: ranching
April 15, 2020 – Shelved as: gold
April 15, 2020 – Shelved as: sacketts
April 15, 2020 – Shelved as: tn-reads
April 15, 2020 – Shelved as: audiobook
April 15, 2020 – Finished Reading

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