Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: The Lonesome Gods (CD-Audio)

from Whiskey3pa

A really good novel. Early Los Angeles setting and the Mojave Desert. Boy left orphaned and raised by woman with a past. Mystic elements which really work if you have ever sat alone in the desert. Good reading.

from MerryMary

An odd story - not in L'Amour's usual vein. An orphan boy must find his way in the earliest days of California's settlement by whites. Not precisely paranormal - as some of his stories are - but this one has that sort of feel.

from andyray

This is my second of L'Amour's books I have read, and the quality continues. He missed earning a full five stars only because his point-of-view changes are sometimes uncomfortable and he repeats several sentgences again and again. But when I step into his world, I am in the desert with the people...

from atimco

I have long thought that Louis L'Amour's The Lonesome Gods had a lovely title. Even in the days when I was a student shelver at a provincial public library and thought westerns beneath me (largely due to their popularity with the Amish boys of the district), that title seemed wistfully appealing....

from tkcs

3.5 stars for a good story about life in the early days in California. It was fun to read a Western. The writing is somewhat lacking and all the dialogue reads like the same person is speaking, but still I recommend it.