Comstock Lode (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures): A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Louis L'amour

John Lacey, a young prospector, has a dream: to find a rich vein of gold on the Comstock Lode in Nevada. But when he gets there, he discovers that his claim is on top of the mine. So he sets up shop in a nearby town and spends all his time in the saloon. He soon realizes that this is one big mining camp with two sides--the miners who work hard and make their fortunes, and those who come to town only to spend what they can't earn at home. From the saloon John watches as faces are transformed into masks by their struggle for survival. His dream becomes steeped in blood and violence, but even as John's life disintegrates around him, he begins to understand

A first-person novel of the old West, Comstock Lode is the story of a false wilderness. On the Oregon Trail, Louis L'Amour's characters face those who would profit from their dreams, those who would deny them the bounty that they seek and those who are too blind to see. They encounter both friends and foes, including Indians and white men in search of gold.

Louis L'Amour is one of the most famous American writers, which means the stories he has written have been read and enjoyed by millions of people all over the world. His stories are filled with adventure, action, intrigue and suspense. The story Comstock Lode is a continuation of his writing career, as Louis L'amour writes about Jesse James and his brothers in this story. In 1910, they find themselves having to leave their lives in order to save their family from the clutches of greedy men and get ahead of a lawman bent on taking them down. This audiobook was narrated by three different narrators with different voices that helped bring life to the characters.

Louis L'Amour is one of the most famous authors in American history, and almost nothing has been published or recorded about his life and career. Besides a few articles and biographies, there are very few public records of anything pertaining to Mr. L'Amour's personal life. There's not much out there to learn about his early years, and even less information on the stories that made him famous - Comstock Lode, Wyatt Earp, Hombre.

L'Amour's protagonist, known as "Drifter", is a man with a split personality who is unable to trust himself or others. After serving his time in prison and being released, he sets out on an adventure to find the treasure of John 'Doc' Holliday (a real-life figure) - which has been hidden somewhere in the Sierra Nevada mountains. He follows leads, goes through personal trials and tribulations, and finds himself constantly coming across obstacles that he cannot overcome or in some cases even predict.

Louis L'amour's Comstock Lode is a tale of adventure and discovery in the New Mexico territory. When he dies, Louis L'Amour leaves behind a treasure trove of unpublished manuscripts and letters, which provide an intimate portrait of this legendary author and his work. In the age of digital publishing, these works are all but forgotten. Now Jason Culp has brought them back to light with a new Audible original from Blackstone Audio.