Louis L'Amour
/ˌluːi ləˈmʊə(r)/
/ˌluːi ləˈmʊr/
- (1908-88) a US author of over a hundred books, most of them westerns, which sold more than 200 million copies during his life. He is the only US writer to have received a gold medal from Congress (in 1983) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (in 1984). His first book, Hondo (1953), was made into a 3-D film with John Wayne. Among his other books which also became films were The Burning Hills (1956) and Heller in Pink Tights (1960).
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
Louis L'Amour