Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir -- Louis L'Amour

From his decision to leave school at fifteen to roam the world, to his recollections of life as a hobo on the Southern Pacific Railroad, as a cattle skinner in Texas, as a merchant seaman in Singapore and the West Indies, and as an itinerant bare-knuckled prizefighter across small-town America, here is Louis L'Amour's memoir of his lifelong love affair with learning--from books, from yondering, and from some remarkable men and women--that shaped him as a storyteller and as a man. Like classic L'Amour fiction, <i>Education of a Wandering Man</i> mixes authentic frontier drama--such as the author's desperate efforts to survive a sudden two-day trek across the blazing Mojave desert--with true-life characters like Shanghai waterfront toughs, desert prospectors, and cowboys whom Louis L'Amour met while traveling the globe. At last, in his own words, this is a story of a one-of-a-kind life lived to the fullest . . . a life that inspired the books that will forever enable us to relive our glorious frontier heritage.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Louis L'Amour<br><b>Publisher:</b> Bantam<br><b>Published:</b> 11/01/1990<br><b>Pages:</b> 272<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.30lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.90h x 4.10w x 0.70d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780553286526<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Our foremost storyteller of the American West, <b>Louis L'Amour </b>has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and woman who settled the frontier. There are more than thr