Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir

From his decision to leave school at fifteen to roam the world, to his recollections of life as a hobo on the Southern Pacific Railroad, as a cattle skinner in Texas, as a merchant seaman in Singapore and the West Indies, and as an itinerant bare-knuckled prizefighter across small-town America, here is Louis L''Amour''s memoir of his lifelong love affair with learning—from books, from yondering, and from some remarkable men and women—that shaped him as a storyteller and as a man. Like classic L''Amour fiction, Education of a Wandering Man mixes authentic frontier drama--such as the author''s desperate efforts to survive a sudden two-day trek across the blazing Mojave desert--with true-life characters like Shanghai waterfront toughs, desert prospectors, and cowboys whom Louis L''Amour met while traveling the globe. At last, in his own words, this is a story of a one-of-a-kind life lived to the fullest . . . a life that inspired the books that will forever enable us to relive our glorious frontier heritage.

• | Author: Louis L'Amour
• | Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 1990
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780553286526
• | ISBN-10: 0553286528