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Louis Dearborn LAMOORE

Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale Cemetery
Los Angeles County,
California

1908 - 1988
The man who would become Louis L'Amour grew up in the fading days of the American frontier. He was born Louis Dearborn LaMoore on March 22, 1908, the last of seven children in the family of Dr. Louis Charles LaMoore and Emily Dearborn LaMoore.

His books consisted primarily of Western novels (though he called his work "frontier stories"); however, he also wrote historical fiction. eventually wrote 100 novels, over 250 short stories, and (as of 2010) sold more than 320 million copies of his work. By the 1970s his writings were translated into over 10 languages. Every one of his works is still in print. At he time of his death his sales had topped 200,000,000. In the years since his death in 1988 over one hundred and twenty million copies of his books have been sold. None of Louis L’Amour’s Bantam titles have ever been out of print.

Contributed on 4/29/21 by tomtodd
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Submitted: 4/29/21 • Approved: 4/29/21 • Last Updated: 4/29/21 • R10086-G9610

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