That was the trouble with California in the 1840's. The lif… - Louis L'Amour

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That was the trouble with California in the 1840's. The life was too easy, there was no necessity for struggle, and men must struggle or they deteriorate.

Louis L'Amour

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Louis Dearborn L'Amour /ˈluːi ləˈmʊr/ (22 March 1908 – 10 June 1988) was an American novelist and short story writer whose works consisted primarily of Western novels, which he called his "frontier stories", but who also wrote historical fiction, science fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

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Pen Names: Tex Burns • Louis Deaborn Lamoor • Jim Mayo

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