Trivia

Was so prolific that, decades after his passing, his estate is still unearthing lost or unpublished works.

He wrote over 100 novels and dozens of short stories, almost all of them dealing with the American West. In 1983 he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Freedom by the US Congress for his large body of work.

Wrote 17 novels and short stories in his generation-spanning series "The Sacketts." Prior to his death he had planned to write seven or eight more in the series, including one set during the American Revolution and another about mountain men.

Served in the US Merchant Marine.

Interred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, CA, just outside and to the right of the entrance to the Great Mausoleum where the "Last Supper" stained-glass window is located.

He won two Bronze stars as an Army officer in the Red Ball Express supply line during World War II in Europe.

North Dakota made him an Honorary Colonel.

Father of Beau L'Amour.

In early 1956 20th Century-Fox optioned his soon-to-be-published novel "Sitka" for Dick Powell to produce and direct. The film was to be Powell's first project with the studio under a multi-picture deal signed the previous year. The novel was published in 1957 but the film was not made. The novel was also sent to MGM but no producer at that studio was interested in acquiring it.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 503-505. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.