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The Shadow Riders

by Louis L’Amour

First published 1982

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Set in the immediate post-Civil War South and Southwest, Former Confederate soldiers returning home find that wartime violence has not ended and must pursue raiders who exploit the disorder of demobilization and Reconstruction.

Against the historical background of Emancipation and Reconstruction, L’Amour builds the story around land, work, violence, loyalty and the uncertainty of frontier life. His characters survive by reading landscape and people carefully, and the action is grounded in the practical realities of travel, work, weapons, distance and local authority.

Historical Periods

Emancipation and Reconstruction1863–1877 CE

Genres

Western & Frontier Fiction

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