Holiday Giveaway WINNER: Louis L'Amour Hardcover Book

[Pete44ru]

A "read-only-once, by-a-little-old-man", Louis L'Amour/Hopalong Cassidy Novel: The Trail To Seven Pines will be sent (free) to the lucky (?) winner for (hopefully) Thanksgiving.

If interested, post yore moniker, and I'll draw one outta my hat, when I git back from next week's Maine hunting trip.

[EDITED 11/21/09] John deFresno, you're the WINNER ! (please PM me your snailmail addy)



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[J Miller]

I'd love a chance, please put my J Miller in the hat.

Joe

[Pathfinder09]

I'll put mine in too.

Jim Z.
aka Pathfinder09

[madman4570]

Pete, Looks like a great book! But because I won the last book drawing you had I will bow out of this one!
Good Luck All

[76/444]

Yup! Count me in!

76/444

[bsaride]

Put me in too, bsaride.

I sent about 40 LL books (all my paperbacks) to Irac during Desert Storm.

[rjohns94]

Me too.

[alnitak]

Might as well throw my name in the hat as well. (I'm a sucker for a good book!)

[RIHMFIRE]

The man tells a good story...I'm in

[JohndeFresno]

Never read a Hopalong novel, yet I was a devoted childhood fan of his TV shows.

I met William Boyd at my doctor's office during one of his last years. He was being treated for heart problems at the time, and the doctor ushered me in to Hoppy's cubicle to cheer him up. I was about 10 years old at the time.

I understand that ol' Hoppy of the books is 180 degrees the opposite of the buttermilk drinking, horse kissing TV hero; but definitely throw my name in, please!

[iceman]

count me in if shipping to Canada is not an issue.

[KirkD]

You can add my name to the pile!

[Doc Hudson]

Oh, what the heck!

I'll toss my hat into the ring as well.

[edwardyoung]

I'm in. Thanks

[Ysabel Kid]

I'm in. Please throw Y2K (Ysabel Kid's Kid) into the mix too!

[mod71alaska]

I'm in, Pete. Thanks...and good hunting!!!

[don Tomás]

...me too, please!
Tom

[TedH]

What the heck, put me in too.

[Jaguarundi]

Yup,throw me in too !

[stretch]

Yes, please.

-Stretch

[Sheepman Dave]

I'm in, Thanks!

[Pete44ru]

[EDITED 11/21/09] John deFresno, you're the WINNER ! (please PM me your snailmail addy)

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[JohndeFresno]

Pete - YAY!

Thank you! Just opened up the site this morning. This will be my first Hopalong book.

And it's a fitting reminder on my shelf of my friends at Leverguns!

Address sent. Actually, my town is so small, you could just put "For John" on the package and it will get to me.

[Pete44ru]

Is there a waiting period for gun books, in California ?

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[JohndeFresno]

Is there a waiting period for gun books, in California ?

Close.

At the local high school, you cannot do ANY research on firearms, guns, or whatever (even hunting) from their computers. A firewall blocks it.

I'll probably get the book with a HazMat stamp on it!

[Pete44ru]

John, "the book is in the mail".

BTW - I was a dedicated Hoppy fan in the 50's, too !

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[madman4570]

Congrats John!

[JohndeFresno]

Thanks for the congrats, Madman!

Pete -

I was unable to log on yesterday due to a family gathering; but I received the book two days ago in geat shape. It's like new! Are you sure you've read it?

I can't wait until I dig into the Hoppy series for the first time, and perhaps start a reading frenzy with this line of books as I revisit adventures of my old hero. He's a bit rougher around the edges than the Hoppy of my childhood years, I'm told; but then again, so am I!


I was amazed to read the dozens of titles written by Louis L'Amour that have been translated into great Western Movies - not only the Sackett novels, but:
Catlow
The Cherokee Trail
Conagher
Crossfire Trail
How the West Was Won (that was a huge surprise)
The Shadow Riders
Short stories - Bowdrie and Bowdrie's Law (the character Bowdrie)
...and possibly other titles that I don't recognize as silver screen adaptations

I can see that I have truly missed some great reading by not following this great author, sooner.

It was also interesting to note, from the book jacket, that Hoppy was originally created by Clarence E. Mulford in more than one novel, and that "Mulford chose the young Louis L'Amour to carry on the Hopalong tradition in four unforgettable novels" after Mulford retired.

Thank you again! What a great Christmas present from you and from Leverguns!

[Pete44ru]

You're entirely welcome, John.

It's almost as good as hunting - Light the fire, pull up a chair, and sip a good brandy with a good read. Enjoy.

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[Ysabel Kid]

Congrats John!!!

[KirkD]

Well, this got me to thinking about the few Louis L'Amour books I haven't read yet, so I stopped off at the library today and scored big. I've got four of them to read tonight!

[JerryB]

Kirk I just got to tell you, once just ain't enough. You will go through them all many times, some more than others. I started reading them in the early 1950's and still at it.

[JohndeFresno]

Ysabel -

You might be interested in this link:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/e/j-t ... el-kid.htm

[KirkD]

Well, it's been a good weekend; I was able to read three Louis L'Amour books .... one Friday evening, one Saturday evening, and one this afternoon and evening. (The Sackett Brand, Ride the River, and Treasure Mountain). At least I think those are the titles. I was in such a dadgummed rush to get reading I didn't spend much time reading the title up front. I still have one more stashed up in the bedroom and the library called and said they got another ordered in. Tomorrow, it's back to work.