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Louis L'Amour said, "I think of myself in the oral tradition as a troubadour, a village tale-teller, the man in the shadows of the campfire. That's the way I'd like to be remembered- as a storyteller. A good storyteller."
When L'Amour died, he had sold over 200 million books, which is now well over 300 million. To ask what his influence was is redundant, considering these staggering sales. People liked him.
Critics said of his travels after he left home at 15 and his comments about all that he saw, especially all that he read during that time, as just L'Amour taking a license to talk about whatever he wanted. This is pretty sad.
The book that tells us about L'Amour is "The Education of a Wandering Man" For me reading was a turning point in seeing L'Amour's real depth and becoming a fan. It also brought back much of what I had loved about reading and re-started my reading obsession.
Almost all of the other successful Western Writers say they were influenced by L'Amour in one way or another and had to consider him as they developed their place in that genre. His plot approach and mastery of his genre are masterful.
L'Amour did more for the Western category as a distinct form of composition that brings its unique place in the whole body of literature than any other author.
