Last of the Breed
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“For sheer adventure L’Amour is in top form.”—Kirkus Reviews
Here is the kind of authentically detailed epic novel that has become Louis L’Amour’s hallmark. It is the compelling story of U.S. Air Force Major Joe Mack, a man born out of time. When his experimental aircraft is forced down in…
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1 author picked Last of the Breed as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
When I first read this book as a kid in the late 1980s, it felt ripped from the headlines of the day, about an American Air Force pilot shot down over Russia who has to rely on his Native American heritage and ferocity to escape and survive in a vast, frozen wilderness.
I reread it decades later, and man, it feels like it could have been written yesterday. Part of it is that geopolitics really doesn’t ever seem to change much, but stripping away the trappings of civilization always feels like a good way to think about who we really…
From Victor's list on war never changes except when it does.
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