Education of a Wandering Man
by Louis L'Amour
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Author: Louis L'AmourEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1990-12-01
ISBN: 0553286528
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: "Adventure Is Nothing But A Romantic Name For Trouble" Louis L'Amour
Summary: 3 Stars
EDUCATION OF A WANDERING MAN is not a western, and this may disappoint
some Louis L'Amour fans. He meanders philosophically around memories of his travels,enumerating each book he read while he was out and about. He says, "Life is for delving, discovering, learning," so he writes a lot about the value of books and education:
"I think the greatest gift anyone can give to another is the desire to know, to understand. Life is not for simply watching spectator sports, or for taking part in them; it is not for simply living from one working day to the next. Life is for delving, discovering, learning. Today, one can sit in the comfort of his own home and explore any part of the world or even outer space through books. They are all around us, offering such riches as can scarcely be believed. Also, I might add, having done both, it is better to sit in comfort with a cold drink at hand and read the tale than to actually walk out of the Mohave Desert as I did."
(He's referring to starting to drive a Model T out of the desert when he hits a rock, and breaks an axel, forcing him to walk for several miles--without water. A great chapter(eight) for anyone who's experienced anything similar to this.)
He also writes about adventure: "What people speak of as adventure is something nobody in his right mind would seek out, and it becomes romantic only when one is safely at home."
I wouldn't have liked this book when I was young. I would have considered L'Amour cocky, and he may well have been, but I'm now able to overlook that to get to some of his interesting ideas. Well written book? Not especially. You have to work a bit. It was published posthumously, so that may have affected the final product.
Note: I'm considering EDUCATION OF A WANDERING MAN might be an interesting
companion to INTO THE WILD, as both L'Amour and WILD's McCandless were wanderers fed by books.
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