The Haunted Mesa (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures): A Novel

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A great read. But as usual the hero always wins. But, would we want it any other way. Probably not.

Enjoyed the read and the extras in the back about the writing of the book.

Louis L'Amour has been one of my favorite authors for decades or long before his passing. Most of his fans know him as one of the most gifted authors of the western genre. After reading his autobiography, "Education of a Wandering Man", I realized there was far more to the man & the author than his most popular western paperbacks. So, it was I began to seek out his more obscure works like his detective short stories, his brilliant historical novels "The Walking Drum" & "The Lonesome Gods". Only recently did I become aware that he had written a science fiction novel late in his life, "The Haunted Mesa". In fact, I believe that Louis was working at editing this book right up to the time of his death. Some of the other readers that have critiqued "The Haunted Mesa" did not like the build up of the central character asking many of the same questions over & over. Some of the questions have depth & I believe Louis was trying to get his readers to think deeply about those questions & ideas being presented. Sometimes to form an idea or opinion, it takes a lot of soul searching. I think that line of reasoning is what Louis was trying to portray with his character of Mike Raglan. I found the book like many written by Louis L'Amour to be quite enjoyable while teaching valuable history lessons from the author's lifetime of experiences. The other idea that I came away with from reading "The Haunted Mesa" is that Louis L'Amour could have been a great science fiction author if he had chosen to go down that path rather the commercially successful western for its time period. Like Louis once said about Edgar Allen Poe, the great author of suspense & the macabre story might have made an equally successful storyteller in another genre. At the time of Poe, scary stories of suspense was where the money was at. Louis became popular with the game changing advent of the paperback novel & westerns being the most popular film genre. It may be hard for a younger generation to fathom but the paperback was just as much a game changer as the Kindle reader has been in transforming print media into a digital world. If you read "The Haunted Mesa" with an open mind, I believe that you will agree that Louis L'Amour should be considered a great author regardless of the genre being used!

As La'Mour's last book he does get a bit repetitive at times.I have to say not his best written book.The topic is very interesting especially if you have any knowledge of the Ananazi indians.The Las third of the book does move quickly and the climax is riveting.

This is one of my favorite books. I misplaced my copy years ago and am so glad to find this new copy from Trinh Ho. All was as described in the listing. Shipping was great. I am very pleased with this company and its customer service.

I'm so glad I read this! Very hard to put down. I just wanted it to keep going! LolLoved it

So much detail with many other cultural stories brought in to make the story seem potentially real. I couldn't put it down.

I have not finished the book yet but it is a good book to read so far

I read this novel first about 40 years ago and enjoyed it. This time I felt the story was quite repetitive and found myself scanning the pages to get to the end. I think the premise for the story was a great idea but could’ve been told in a lot less pages.

This is a well written tale that makes you think about the world we live in. Is it possible that there is a parallel existence that's we are unaware off. It makes one wonder. I Will recommend this story to my friends and watch for their reactions

This is one of L'Amours better modern books. He is an excellent writer.

This book was bought as gift for a Louis L'Amour fan who enjoys every book he's read by this author.