Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir

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, Education of a Wandering Man 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.

Author: Louis L'Amour
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 11/01/1990
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.10w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780553286526
ISBN10: 0553286528
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

About the Author
Our foremost storyteller of the American West, Louis L'Amour has thrilled a nation by chronicling the adventures of the brave men and woman who settled the frontier. There are more than three hundred million copies of his books in print around the world.