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| Title | : | Sackett's Land (The Sacketts #1) |
| Author | : | Louis L'Amour |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 185 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1980 by Bantam (first published 1974) |
| Categories | : | Westerns. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Adventure |
Louis L'Amour
Paperback | Pages: 185 pages Rating: 4.14 | 9092 Users | 526 Reviews
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After discovering six gold Roman coins buried in the mud of the Devil’s Dyke, Barnabas Sackett enthusiastically invests in goods that he will offer for trade in America. But Sackett has a powerful enemy: Rupert Genester, nephew of an earl, wants him dead. A battlefield promise made to Sackett’s father threatens Genester’s inheritance. So on the eve of his departure for America, Sackett is attacked and thrown into the hold of a pirate ship. Genester’s orders are for him to disappear into the waters of the Atlantic. But after managing to escape, Sackett makes his way to the Carolina coast. He sees in the raw, abundant land the promise of a bright future. But before that dream can be realized, he must first return to England and discover the secret of his father’s legacy.
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| Original Title: | Sackett's Land |
| ISBN: | 0553276867 (ISBN13: 9780553276862) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Sacketts #1 |
| Setting: | England,1599 S.E. coast of Colonial N. America |
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Ratings: 4.14 From 9092 Users | 526 ReviewsWrite-Up Based On Books Sackett's Land (The Sacketts #1)
Rather than include every Sackett book by Louis L'Amour in this list, I chose this one as a basis for a "blanket" review of the series. They are popular -- as is/are the movie version(s) -- because they are built around admirable characters involved in high-action adventures. The plots play out against a broad sweep of historical events. But L'Amour does not try to portray the "movers and shakers" of an era -- the true historic figures -- except possibly in passing. Instead, his SackettLegendary author Louis L'Amour takes us across the Atlantic to England to meet Barnabas Sackett in this first of the series. This character-driven storyline takes us through a fiasco of being wrongfully accused of robbery by the Crown of England. If caught, he could face a long prison sentence or perhaps even death. Two options he could do without. This is one mess that Barnabas wasn't able to talk his way out of. With the wind on his back, he set sail for America, land of opportunity.As a
Sacketts Land (#1 in the Sacketts Saga)Oh! Barnabas! As a man of the Fenlands* he proves himself to be full of derring-do, spontaneous lunges and a strict belief in first impressions. (*fens . . . the fens or fenlands is a marshy wet lands in eastern England. Swampy and with waterways Kya from Where the Crawdads Sing would long to see if she could schedule a swamp themed vacation tour. In 756 months of life I cannot ever remember hearing of such a place existing in England and in the last twelve
I read this long ago and I have it (in an omnibus edition with several other L'Amour books...I have a few other omnibus editions). This will not appeal to some of you, it will not appeal to some who have liked other books we agree on. But I like it. I was introduced to L'Amour's books at a time when I had limited access to books. I found that in general I like his work.Louis L'Amour is probably best know for his westerns and his best known westerns are probably the ones that have to do with the
You've got to admire, or at least smile at, this founding document of the fictional Sackett dynasty, not only for its main character's, Barnabas Sackett's* minute consciousness of the fact that he is a founder of a dynasty, but for how he (again, very consciously) goes about doing so. For while, as his companion Jubain tells him early in the story "some of the great families of the world were founded with nothing but a sword and a strong right arm," Barnabas is all about establishing something
Sackett's Land is a fast paced adventure story about how Barnabas Sackett, the patriarch of the fictional Sackett clan first visited Colonial America in 1599, where he would later settle and found a family of courageous pioneers and fighting men. The Sacketts tells the story of the American Frontier as it follows generations of the Sackett clan.Barnabas Sackett is a bigger than life action-adventure-hero, twice as strong as most men, and skilled with sword, bow, and fists. I told my husband the
I list this not so much because I think it's the greatest book ever, but because I think everyone should read at least one Louis L'Amour, and at least one of the Sackett novels. Kind of an American tradition. I confess that a L'Amour novel is to me what chocolate is to someone else--a guilty pleasure that I have to indulge in every so often. Just a fun read, and one made more interesting when reading in conjunction with a McCarthy novel or another piece of modernist literature about the West.
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