Posted by Ron Choquette on May 11, 2000 at 04:12:22:

In Reply to: Re: Ideas posted by Mike Shaffer on May 10, 2000 at 16:44:28:

Great ! There is life on this section of the board ... We'll have to invite others to join us.

Thanks for your comments Mike.

My objective(s) regards the ideas/suggestions made is to, perhaps, generate some additional dialogue among board participants and at the same time facilitate a forum for LL readers to appreciate/understand his works a little more.

Often words "slip" by us because we are not aware of their true meaning. Your definitions/explanations of the words/phrases I listed were as I understand them. There are many more words and phrases that I and others are not familiar with and, again, perhaps we, as a group effort, can compile a glossary of Louis L'Amour text.

The issue of chronology is a question that I've seen posted a number of times on the board. People are curious as to when the stories take place, and although (I believe) Louis likely did not write his stories with any thought of having them all "link up", given the frequency of the question, "In what order should I read the books ?", I thought we, as a group, might attempt to provide an answer with a listing of the time periods during which the events take place.

I've read all of LL's books (some a number of times) and I get something new out of each experience. I've had fun "looking for the when" as I read. There is such a broad spectrum of time in his work. "The Broken Gun" in the 1960's; "Under the Sweetwater Rim" in 1864 (as does "The Daybreakers"); "Ride the River" in the 1840's and 1850's; and "The Walking Drum" from 1176 through 1180. In some cases there is no definative answer as to "when ?", it's a matter of looking for clues ... that's the part that challenges me. For what it's worth.

Regards the Chapter Three quote from "The Daybreakers", I felt that it meant that they had not heard from Tell, but, that they believed that he was still alive and would be back soon. The question, I think, is ... Was there a brother older than Tell, who is now deceased ? My mother, now 83, was the third born of four daughters, she is now the oldest of the sisters ... still alive. Two have died. My reading ... for what it's worth.

And the above is why I think this is a great board. An opportunity to stretch my mind and share thoughts with kindred spirits.

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