Louis LaMore Biography (1908-1988)

Born Louis Dearborn LaMoore; born March 22, 1908, in Jamestown, NY; died June10, 1988, in Los Angeles, CA; buried in Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA; son of Louis Charles (a veterinarian and farm-machinery salesman) and Emily (maiden name, Dearborn) Moore; married Katherine Elizabeth Adams, February 19, 1956; children: Beau Dearborn, Angelique Gabrielle. Career: Writer. Lecturer at man universities including University of Oklahoma, Baylor University, University of Southern California, and University of Redlands; previously worked as a longshoreman, lumberjack, miner, elephant handler, hay shocker, boxer, flume builder, sailor, and fruit packer. Military service: U.S. Army, lieutenant, 1942-46. Member: Writers Guild of America-West, Western Writers of America, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, American Siam Society, California Writers Guild, California Academy of Sciences. Awards,Honors: Academy Award nomination, best writing--motion picture story, 1954, for Hondo; Western Writers of America Award, best novel, 1969, forDown the Long Hills; LL.D., Jamestown College, 1972; Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award, North Dakota, 1972; American Book Award, 1980, for Bendigo Shafter; Buffalo Bill Award, 1981; LL.D., University of LaVerne, 1981; LL.D., North Dakota State University, 1981; National Genealogical SocietyAward, 1981; Congressional Gold Medal, 1983; Presidential Medal of Freedom,1984; LL.D., Pepperdine University, 1984.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer
Birth Details: March 22, 1908; Jamestown, New York, United States
Death Details: June 10, 1988; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

RECORDINGS
Taped Readings (based on stories by L&rsquo
Amour)
Riding for the Brand, Bantam, 1987
Bowdrie Passes Through, Bantam, 1988
Keep Travelin' Rider, Bantam, 1988
One for the Mojave Kid, Bantam, 1988
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Frank J. Gill, Jr., and Jack Natteford) East of Sumatra,1953
(With George Van Marter and Franklin Coen) Four Guns to the Border,1954
(With Tom Hubbard and Fred Eggers) Treasure of the Ruby Hills,1955
(With Herb Meadow and Don Martin) Stranger on Horseback,1955
(With Jack Natteford) Kid Rodelo,1966
Novels
Westward the Tide, World's Work, 1950 reprinted Bantam, 1984
Hondo, Gold Medal, 1953 reprinted Gregg, 1978 Bantam, 1985
Crossfire Trail, Ace Books, 1954 reprinted Gregg, 1980 Bantam, 1985
Kilkenny, Ace Books, 1954 reprinted Gregg, 1980 Bantam, 1984
Heller with a Gun, Gold Medal, 1954 Bantam, 1985
To Tame a Land, Fawcett, 1955 reprinted Bantam, 1985
Guns of the Timberlands, Jason, 1955 reprinted Bantam, 1985
The Burning Hills, Jason, 1956 reprinted Bantam, 1985
Silver Canyon, Avalon, 1956 reprinted Bantam, 1981
Last Stand at Papago Wells, Gold Medal, 1957 reprinted Bantam, 1986
The Tall Stranger, Fawcett, 1957 reprinted Bantam, 1986
Sitka, Appleton, 1957 reprinted Bantam, 1986
Radigan, Bantam, 1958 reprinted 1986
The First Fast Draw, Bantam, 1959 reprinted G.K. Hall, 1989
Taggart, Bantam, 1959 reprinted, 1982
Flint, Bantam, 1960 reprinted 1985
The Daybreakers, Bantam, 1960 reprinted 1984
Sackett, Bantam, 1961 reprinted 1984
Lando, Bantam, 1962 reprinted 1985
Shalako, Bantam, 1962 reprinted 1985
Killoe, Bantam, 1962 reprinted 1986
High Lonesome, Bantam, 1962 reprinted 1982
How the West Was Won, Bantam, 1963 reprinted Thorndike, 1988
Fallon, Bantam, 1963 reprinted, 1982
Catlow, Bantam, 1963 reprinted 1984
Dark Canyon, Bantam, 1963 reprinted 1985
Hanging Woman Creek, Bantam, 1964 reprinted 1984
Mojave Crossing, Bantam, 1964 reprinted 1985
The Sackett Brand, Bantam, 1965 reprinted 1985
Kiowa Trail, Bantam, 1965
The High Graders, Bantam, 1965 reprinted 1989
The Key-Lock Man, Bantam, 1965 reprinted 1986
Kid Rodelo, Bantam, 1966 reprinted 1986
Kilrone, Bantam, 1966 reprinted 1981
The Broken Gun, Bantam, 1966 reprinted, 1984
Mustang Man, Bantam, 1966 reprinted 1986
The Sky-Liners, Bantam, 1967 reprinted Thorndike, 1986
Matagorda, Bantam, 1967 reprinted 1985
Down the Long Hills, Bantam, 1968 reprinted 1984
Chancy, Bantam, 1968 reprinted 1984
Conagher, Bantam, 1969 reprinted 1982

The Empty Land, Bantam, 1969 reprinted 1985
The Lonely Men, Bantam, 1969 reprinted Bantam, 1984
Galloway, Bantam, 1970
The Man Called Noon, Bantam, 1970 reprinted 1985
Reilly's Luck, Bantam, 1970 reprinted 1985
Brionne, Bantam, 1971 reprinted 1989
Under the Sweetwater Rim, Bantam, 1971
Tucker, Bantam, 1971
North to the Rails, Bantam, 1971
Ride the Dark Trail, Bantam, 1972 reprinted 1986
Treasure Mountain, Bantam, 1972
Callaghen, Bantam, 1972
The Ferguson Rifle, Bantam, 1973
The Quick and the Dead, Bantam, 1973 revised edition, 1979
The Man from Skibbereen, G.K. Hall, 1973
Rivers West, Saturday Review Press, 1974 reprinted Dutton, 1989
Sackett's Land, Saturday Review press, 1974
The Californios, Saturday Review Press, 1974
The Man from the Broken Hills, Bantam, 1975
Over on the Dry Side, Saturday Review Press, 1975
The Rider of Lost Creek, Bantam 1976
Where the Long Glass Blows, Bantam, 1976
To the Far Blue Mountains, Dutton, 1976
Sackett's Gold, Bantam, 1977
Borden Chantry, Bantam, 1977
Fair Blows the Wind, Bantam, 1978
The Mountain Valley War, Bantam, 1978
Bendigo Shafter, Dutton, 1978
The Iron Marshall, Bantam, 1979
The Proving Trail, Bantam, 1979
The Warrior's Path, Bantam, 1980
Lonely on the Mountain, Bantam, 1980
Milo Talon, Bantam, 1981
Comstock Lode, Bantam, 1981
The Cherokee Trail, Bantam, 1982
The Shadow Riders, Bantam, 1982
The Lonesome Gods, Bantam, 1983
Ride the River, Bantam, 1983
Son of a Wanted Man, Bantam, 1984
The Walking Drum, Bantam, 1984
Passin' Through, Bantam, 1985
Jubal Sackett, Bantam, 1985
Last of the Breed, Bantam, 1986
West of the Pilot Range, Bantam, 1986
A Trail to the West, Bantam, 1986
The Haunted Mesa, Bantam, 1987
Also wrote Man Riding West, Carroll & Graf.
Novels (As Tex Burns)
Hopalong Cassidy and the Riders of the High Rock, Doubleday, 1951reprinted Aeonian, 1974
Hopalong Cassidy and the Rustlers of West Fork, Doubleday, 1951 reprinted Aeonian, 1976
Hopalong Cassidy and the Trail to Seven Pines, Doubleday, 1951 reprinted Aeonian, 1976
Hopalong Cassidy: Trouble Shooter, Doubleday, 1952 Aeonian, 1976
Novels (As Jim Mayo)
Showdown at Yellow Butte, Ace Books, 1954 reprinted Gregg, 1980 Bantam, 1983
Utah Blaine, Ace Books, 1954 reprinted Gregg, 1980 Bantam, 1984
Short Stories
War Party, Bantam, 1975
Yondering, Bantam, 1980
The Strong Shall Live, Bantam, 1980
Buckskin Run, Bantam, 1981
Law of the Desert Born, Bantam, 1983
Bowdrie, Bantam, 1983
The Hills of Homicide, Bantam, 1984
Bowdrie's Law, Bantam, 1984
Riding for the Brand, Bantam, 1986
Dutchman's Flat, Bantam, 1986
The Trail to Crazy Man, Bantam, 1986
The Rider of the Ruby Hills, Bantam, 1986
Night Over the Solomons, Bantam, 1986
West from Singapore, Bantam, 1987
Longian, Bantam, 1988
Long Ride Home, Bantam, 1989
The Outlaws of Mesquite, Bantam, 1991
Valley of the Sun: Frontier Stories, Bantam, 1995
West of Dodge: Frontier Stories,1996
End of the Drive, Bantam, 1997
Other
The Education of a Wandering Man(autobiography), Bantam, 1989
Frontier(essays), Bantam 1984
The Sackett Companion: A Personal Guide to the Sackett Novels(nonfiction), Bantam, 1988
Smoke from this Altar(poetry), Lusk, 1939
Contributed over 400 short stories and articles to 80 magazines in the United States and abroad, including Argosy, Collier's, and Saturday Evening Post.

Further Reference

Adaptations:

"The Gift of Chochise" was adapted as a film, as Hondo May, 1987,by Warner Bros. in 1953; East of Sumatra was adapted as a film by Universal in 1953; Four Guns to the Border was adapted as a film by Universal in 1954; Treasure of the Ruby Hills was adapted as a film by Allied Artists in 1955; Stranger on Horseback was adapted as a film by United Artists in 1956; Kilkenny was adapted by Columbia in 1956; The Burning Hills was adapted as a film by Warner Bros. in 1956; BlackjackKetchum, Desperado was adapted in 1956; Utah Blaine was adapted asa film by Columbia in 1956; Walk Tall was adapted as a film by AlliedArtists in 1957; The Tall Stranger was adapted in 1957; Burning Hills was adapted as Apache Territory in 1958; Last Stand at Papago Wells was adapted by Columbia in 1958; Heller with a Gun was adapted as Heller with Pink Tights by Paramount, 1960; Guns of the Timberlands was adapted by Warner Bros. in 1960; Taggart was adaptedby Universal in 1964; Kid Rodelo was adapted by Paramount in 1966; Hondo and the Apaches was adapted as a film in 1967; Shalako wasadapted as a film by Cinerama Releasing Corp. in 1968; Catlow was adapted as a film by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1971; The Broken Gun was adapted as a film Cancel My Reservation by Warner Bros. in 1972; The ManCalled Noon was adapted by National General in 1973; "The Sackett Family" series was adapted into a miniseries, The Sacketts in 1979; The Shadow Riders was adapted for television in 1982; Down the Long Hills wasadapted for television's Disney Channel in 1986; The Quick and the Dead was adapted for television's HBO in 1987; Conagher was adapted for television in 1991.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series, volume 25, Gale, pp. 261-67.
Current Biography: 1980, H.W. Wilson, 1981, pp. 203-06.
Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook: 1980, Gale Research, 1981, pp. 241-45.

Periodicals:

Smithsonian, p. 154.
Time, June 27, 1988, p. 54.
U.S. News & World Report, July 18, 1983, p. 67.*

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