The Sacketts

kamloops67 said:
I don’t recall , did the sacketts and the talons ever become kin or meet in any of the novels ?
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The Talons and Sacketts were kin. Em Talon was born a Sackett. In Ride the Dark Trail, Logan Sackett helps out Em Talon and Milo and Barnabas Talon. In the man from the Broken Hills, Milo Talon is the main character but I believe there's some Sacketts involved.
 
For those interested in The Sacketts, and are looking for more info than what was in the novels, I recommend The Sackett Companion. Lots of info including a Sackett family tree. Also he describes some of what he had planned to do with the Sacketts, the Talons and the Chantrys.
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This reminds me of Skip Sackett who was a well known regular here especially on the reloading forum. He forgot more about reloading than most people ever knew. For some reason he was abruptly banned about ten years ago. Miss the guy and his knowledge.
 
After agreeing on our faith in The Lord Jesus Christ, I believe it was our mutual love of Westerns that brought my bride and me together.

I especially enjoy the “newer” Westerns with Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Barry Corbin, et al. IIRC Tom Selleck spent about $35,000 on his own gear for ‘Monte Walsh”. I really enjoy “Crossfire Trail” too (and Mr. Selleck’s handling of the Schofield revolver).
 
The book is (almost) always better than the movie.

I bought my copy of the Sacketts DVD at Goodwill for less than $5.

Due to Sam Elliott's support for gun control I really don't have any use for him and that's all I'm going to say about that.

The DVD version of the Sackets covers The Daybreakers and Sackett and it does a reasonably good job of it but they really screwed up the ending
 
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In his biography Education of a Wandering Man Louis L'Amour acknowledged that he repeated the same 4 or 5 plots multiple times but he also said that only 4 or 5 plot lines even exist in literature.

I'm not sure if that's true but people are still buying his books 35 years after he died.

At one time I had the complete set of Bantam paperbacks but I ended up selling them.

I have all The Sackett books and his novels ( Last of the Breed, The Lonesome Gods, The Walking Drum) and the like but I'm not really interested in the new re-releases that his son has been publishing. I think Bendigo Shafter was my favorite.

I remember one of his stories in which the hero grew up with Billy the Kid and meets him in New Mexico and calls him Billy Antrim but I can't remember the title. If anyone can help me out with the title I'd appreciate it.
 
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Smoke said:
In his biography Education of a Wandering Man Louis L'Amour acknowledged that he repeated the same 4 or 5 plots multiple times but he also said that only 4 or 5 plot lines even exist in literature.

I'm not sure if that's true but people are still buying his books 35 years after he died.

At one time I had the complete set of Bantam paperbacks but I ended up selling them.

I have all The Sackett books and his novels ( Last of the Breed, The Lonesome Gods, The Walking Drum) and the like but I'm not really interested in the new re-releases that his son has been publishing. I think Bendigo Shafter was my favorite.

I remember one of his stories in which the hero grew up with Billy the Kid and meets him in New Mexico and calls him Billy Antrim but I can't remember the title. If anyone can help me out with the title I'd appreciate it.
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Reilly’s Luck according to my Google machine. :D


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Tom S. said:
Amazon has all 18 books for $90 which equals $5 a piece and they are new with free delivery. Not a bad deal, IMHO.
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Well, I wish I had come back here again earlier because I tried to order 8 titles :

1. The Sackett Land
2. To The Far Blue Mountains
3. The Daybreakers
4. Sackett
5. Jubal Sackett
6. The Sackett Brand
7. Sackett Companion
8. Treasure Mountain

Unfortunately, they had already sold Treasure Mountain, so I got 7. These are the hardcover leatherette books though. What do y’all think of my choices? And, should I go ahead and still get Treasure Mountain?
Larry

BTW, thanks for all the responses so far!
 
S-W4EVER said:
..IIRC Tom Selleck spent about $35,000 on his own gear for ‘Monte Walsh”. I really enjoy “Crossfire Trail” too (and Mr. Selleck’s handling of the Schofield revolver).
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Two excellent movies! I'm thinking, "$35K for his own gear?!" I recall nice holster, nice saddle... Maybe nice hat and and a nice horse..Maybe nice six gun... But... $35K?! Really?

"Nobody sits a horse like Monty Walsh."

Love that scene where he picks up the 1876 in Crossfire Trail, too.

Selleck has really been an excellent actor in Westerns for our generation.

Like his Jessie Stone movies, too.
 
boykinlp said:
Well, I wish I had come back here again earlier because I tried to order 8 titles :

1. The Sackett Land
2. To The Far Blue Mountains
3. The Daybreakers
4. Sackett
5. Jubal Sackett
6. The Sackett Brand
7. Sackett Companion
8. Treasure Mountain

Unfortunately, they had already sold Treasure Mountain, so I got 7. These are the hardcover leatherette books though. What do y’all think of my choices? And, should I go ahead and still get Treasure Mountain?
Larry

BTW, thanks for all the responses so far!
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Treasure Mountain is good one. Galloway and Lando are also good and introduce new Sacketts. Mustang Man is good and don't forget The Warriors Path. They're all pretty good, actually.
 
S-W4EVER said:
After agreeing on our faith in The Lord Jesus Christ, I believe it was our mutual love of Westerns that brought my bride and me together.

I especially enjoy the “newer” Westerns with Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Barry Corbin, et al. IIRC Tom Selleck spent about $35,000 on his own gear for ‘Monte Walsh”. I really enjoy “Crossfire Trail” too (and Mr. Selleck’s handling of the Schofield revolver).
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If you get an opportunity to find it, the book Monte Walsh may be one of my favorite westerns ever. It is or has been long out of print but was released as an audio book about 2015. There are used ones on the market. It follows a horseman through life and change from about 1870 through the age of automobiles. The language is classic as are the antics.
Jack Schaefer may be best known for Shane but wrote some other great books too.
 
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I would highly recommend to anybody that you get all 18 books. Then find the list of the titles in chronological order and read them in that order.

Sackett books in chronological order

1 Sackett's Land (1974)
2 To the Far Blue Mountains (1976)
3 The Warrior's Path (1980)
4 Jubal Sackett (1985)
5 Ride the River (1983)
6 The Daybreakers (1964)
7 Lando (1962)
8 Sackett (1964)
9 Mojave Crossing (1964)
10 The Sackett Brand (1965)
11 The Sky-Liners (1967)
12 The Lonely Men (1969)
13 Mustang Man (1970)
14 Galloway (1970)
15 Treasure Mountain (1973)
16 Ride the Dark Trail (1972)
17 Lonely on the Mountain (1980)

The books cover from the early 1600s in England to the late 1870s in the Western United States.

I think they give a good overview of our Westward expansion.

I would also highly recommend How The West Was Won. Which was L'Amour's adaptation of the original screen play of the 1962 film.
 
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