Louis L’Amour’s Son Beau Discusses Restoring Rivers West For Lost Treasures Series

About this episode

Beau L’Amour discusses the restoration process and editorial history of the novel Rivers West from the Lost Treasures series.

For fans of Louis L’Amour, the Lost Treasures series has opened a rare window into the legendary author’s creative process — the drafts, the letters, the abandoned openings, and the stories-behind-the-stories that shaped his iconic body of work. In this episode, Beau L’Amour returns to Writing the West to discuss the newest release in the series, Rivers West, a novel with a fascinating editorial history and an equally compelling restoration process. From early 19th-century political intrigue ...

People in this episode

Guest: Beau L’Amour

Topics covered

• Louis L’Amour
• Lost Treasures series
• Rivers West
• creative process
• editorial history

Keywords

• political intrigue
• 19th-century

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Rivers West

Books & works: Lost Treasures, Restoring Rivers West, Lost Treasures Series, Rivers West

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