A PRIZED COLLECTION OF AMERICAN FICTIONFROM AMERICAS FAVORITE STORYTELLER This firstrate collection of short stories by the incomparable Louis LAmour showcases the legendary writer at his very best spinning a fascinating and wholly authentic set of unforgettable tales. In these extraordinary stories we meet a man who is forced to defend himself by taking anothers lifeand must pay for his actions in a most punishing manner a young thrillseeker who finally finds a place he can call home and vows to stay thereregardless of the man who tries to stand in his way and a drifter who honors a deathbed promise to a stranger by embarking on an unlikely mission of mercy. Complete with revealing authors notes the stories in Law of the Desert Born are historically precise and filled with LAmours trademark humor and adventure.