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S'està carregant… Shalako: A Novel (1962 original; edició 2018)de Louis L'Amour (Autor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. 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 the middle of an Apache uprising. Their only hope for survival is with the assistance they receive from a saddle tramp, a drifter who knows the way of the desert and of the fighting Apaches. One of L'Amour's better stories, not formula at all. 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 could be wrong, but there was something about it that seemed a bit forced to me. Otherwise it was a very good story of survival, betrayal and triumph commonplace in Louis L'Amour westerns. 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 interesting tale to tell in European drawing rooms. Unfortunately, Apaches don't use the latest accepted rules of war. The fate of them all rests in the hands of Shalako - who knows and respects his enemies. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
He was a white man as cunning as any Indian, a brooding man who trusted in nothing but his weapon and his horse. Shalako was determined to cross the bleak Sonoran Desert--the Apaches' killing ground--by himself. But then he came across a European hunting party, and a brave and beautiful woman, stranded and defenseless. Shalako knew that he had to stay and help them survive. For somewhere out there was a deadly Apache warrior . . . and he had the worst kind of death in mind for them all. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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When he can't convince them how dangerous their situation is, he moves on but guilt combined with having met the attractive woman Irina Carnarvon in the caravan party, he returns in time to help them fight off an Apache attack. He then leads them to temporary safety higher in the mountains where they spend several days fighting off attacks until the US Army can fight its way to save them.
As well as the Apaches to worry about, the party has some bad men in their number who are really only interested in the travelers' money, jewels and women. As with most L'Amour novels of this vintage, the narrative moves fast and constant with vivid descriptions of survival in the desert. ( )