Scholars are making discoveries, writing papers, lecturing.
“I have so few.” He gestured toward the door.” So much is happening out there of which I know nothing.
In this lengthy passage, for example, one former school teacher opens his heart to the wandering American now under his roof, and I get a sense that such memories, though fictitious, were actually been shared by many such souls within the borders of the U.S.S.R. In this alien, yet all-too genuine police state, conformity reigns and freedom ceases to exist, save in the quiet solitude of one’s own daydreams. Brimming with violence and natural living, this book opens wide the imagination to exciting “What if I…” musings.Īlongside the adventures of Joe Mack and the frigid tundra, L’Amour also reflects upon the struggles of those held under the oppressive thumb of Soviet Rule, where intellectuals are outlaws, and outlaws are politicians. After escaping from a Soviet prison, American fighter pilot and Native American Joe Mack must return to his “savage” ancestral past, throw all pursuers off his trail, and slowly trudge his way toward the Bering Straights. This is a novel of survival across the world’s harshest terrain, the Siberian outback, as well as a critique of Soviet Communism. I’ve known of L’Amour all my life, though not being a fan of Western novels, I thought this would be a good taste of what the men in my family have loved for years. Then one day my dad loaned him a copy of Last of the Breed, and he’s been hooked on both L’Amour and escapism-through-fiction ever since. My grandfather has been collecting Louis L’Amour since before I can remember, though for his first fifty years of life, he never enjoyed reading. I shall move on, further away, and when spring comes I shall go to America.” She lifted a cynical eyebrow.
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