Louis L'Amour was the king of western novels, and many of his books and short stories have been adapted into classic movies. Across a four-decade career, L'Amour crafted dozens of novels and stories that brought western literature to the masses. His tales of frontier life made him one of the bestselling authors of all time, and he's still read today.

Naturally, L'Amour almost immediately began selling stories to Hollywood, and his books were first adapted into westerns at a time when the genre was at its most popular. Though his works rarely produced critically-acclaimed cinema in the early days, L'Amour remained a consistent source for filmmakers to draw from. Years later, L'Amour's books found new life as TV movies.

During a time when the genre was on the decline, L'Amour's novels wer

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