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Recommend an author like Louis L'amour

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  • 04-12-2013 10:30am
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    username123
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    Trying to come up with a new author for my father in law to get into.

    He loves Louis L'amour, he likes Dan Brown - but other than that he seems to dip in and out of non fiction without tending towards any particular subject matter.

    Im trying to come up with a good xmas present for him so a new author would be a great help!


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    Quatermain
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    Louis L'Amour was one of those fine masters of the pulp craft. Early adventure novels and stories with a great flair for the dramatic and lots of action. To that end, I'd recommend some folk who follow in the same vein, like:

    Robert E. Howard - Conan, Solomon Kane, Kull.
    Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan, John Carter.
    Bernard Cornwell - The Sharpe series.
    C.S. Forester - The Hornblower series.
    G.M. Fraser - The Flashman Papers.

    They're all quite old-school, and write as such, but often with a strong basis in reality and history. They're the sort of books I grew up with, though. They shouldn't be too hard to track down.


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