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   From: laro@idworld.net   
      
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   > On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 23:41:08 -0600, "GTT"  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Hey, I suspect you're correct.  Thanks for the correction.   
   > >   
   > >I did not remember it being from a Louis book, but stands to reason.   
   >   
   > RIDE THE RIVER is pretty similar, but they must have changed some   
   > things.   
   >   
   > /snip/   
   >   
   > >I always joked that the difference between Zane and Louis, was that in   
   Zane   
   > >Grey books, the cowboy never even got to kiss his horse; in Louis   
   L'Amour's   
   > >books, he did get to kiss the horse, but never the girl.  They were   
   clean,   
   > >clean clean.   
   >   
   > Some, not RIDE THE RIVER, were pretty violent. But maybe in a way that   
   > kids wouldn't notice.   
   >   
   > >  Probably why they are not a best seller today.   
   >   
   > Are other westerns more popular?   
      
   No, but porno and sex books are.  If the kids are not into that stuff, yet   
   they are "readers"  then they are reading such stuff like all the games,   
   SciFi characters, Dungeons and Dragons....  There are so many things to keep   
   kids' minds off good books, sigh.   
      
   Actually, the above was what I meant when i said "not a best seller today."   
      
   But to reply to your question, I'd imagine there are many westerns more   
   popular.  I find Elmer Kelton a good writer, but there are several other   
   regulars in the genre.   
      
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