Catlow (Bantam Western H4654)

The Apaches, Mexico, the desert qu'aimer as Louis L'Amour. A beautiful story: you're thrown into action at the end of the turbulent 19th century.

My daughter sent this book as a Christmas present for my husband. The other books she ordered were in English - this one was in Spanish. I returned it and reordered the book, I thought in English - I received the Spanish edition again. I do like all Louis Lamour books and feel he is an excellent writer.

This book from June, 1963, has its locale in the desert area of Sonora, the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico. The Frank McCarthy painting used on the cover of the Bantam paperback has always held my interest as being somewhat unique for L'Amour books. This is a light-hearted romp concerning a legend of Mexican gold being carried on mule train or 'conducta'. And though the United States law and the entire Mexican Army will be after Bijah Catlow he is going to try to get the gold. But the girl, the Mexican General, and passing through Seri Indian country alive, (they use poision-tipped arrows), are complications of which he hadn't reckoned. Catlow's life long friend Marshal Ben Cowan is another of those complications. There is alot of humor in this novel, but there is a danger and 'breathlessness' in it also. The book is much better than the movie, starring Yul Bryner and Richard Crenna, which played it too much for laughs. Re-reading CATLOW is always similiar to meeting an old friend. It is another of the L'Amour books that hold one's attention in its re-reading. Semper Fi.

Catlow is an exellent book that is full of action.The lesson that the characters learned was that it is important to persevere through hard times. The minus to this is that people with the wrong motives can suceed with what they are attempting to do. If the"bad" percever more than the "good" people they can perscervere even if the "good" people are trying to stop them and reach thier goals.Catlow is an ecelllent book for pleasure reading.

This is a hilarious book about two friends, one a sheriff and the other a wanted man! The sheriff catches his friend time and again, only to lose him. To find out the end, buy the book! Believe me, it's well worth it, 'specially to a western and Louis L'Amour fan!