Today is the birthday of Louis Dearborn LaMoore (March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988), better known as the western fiction writer Louis L'Amour.At the age of 15, he left school because of the difficult financial times at home caused by the Great Depression. He was largely a self-taught man who never stopped learning. A voracious reader, his personal library held over 17,000 volumes. Louis L'Amour became one of the most prolific western writers in history.
He wrote over 400 short stories and 100 novels, as well as numerous television scripts and screenplays. His books have been translated into 10 languages. At the time of his death in 1988, there were over 200 million copies of his books in print.
Louis Dearborn LaMoore also wrote under the pen names Tex Burns and Jim Mayo. He received the Congressional Gold Medal in 1983 and was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Reagan in 1984.
"Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content." - Louis L'Amour
"A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself." - Louis L'Amour
"A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat. " - Louis L'Amour
"Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value. " - Louis L'Amour
"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning." - Louis L'Amour
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