Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Shalako (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures) : A Novel (Paperback)

from fuzzi

I reread Shalako today, at least I think it was a reread. I didn't recall any of the plot or characters, who were not the standard fare of many western stories. A hunting party, led by a Prussian officer intent on proving his superiority over American Indian 'savages', finds itself cut off and in...

from Whiskey3pa

An interesting story from the ‘disparate band thrown together' type of story. Good but not great read.

from MerryMary

A group of rich, well-connected tenderfeet are loose in Apache territory without the Army's knowledge. Shalako can probably get them out, but the Prussian army officer is rather amused by all the worry, and would actually rather get a chance to tangle with the warriors. It would make an interesti...

from Beukeboom

A nice western from Louis L'Amour but the thing that struck me is that it seemed as if this were originally intended as a short story and for whatever reason, L'Amour padded it with excess dialogue and extra descriptive scenes that really didn't add anything constructive with the central story. I...

from MerryMary

A group of rich, well-connected tenderfeet are loose in Apache territory without the Army's knowledge. Shalako can probably get them out, but the Prussian army officer is rather amused by all the worry, and would actually rather get a chance to tangle with the warriors. It would make an interesti...