The Ferguson Rifle (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)
A Novel
Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures
- By: Louis L'Amour
- Narrated by: Brian D'Arcy James, Jason Culp & Dan John Miller
- Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
Description
The classic Western, now newly repackaged as part of Bantam's Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures program--with never-before-seen material from Louis and his son, Beau L'Amour.
It began with gold that had once belonged to Montezuma. Stolen and cached in a church in Mexico, it was recovered by two army officers who fled north for the French settlements. Along the way one stabbed the other to death. The remaining officer was eventually killed by Plains Indians, but he buried the treasure just before he died.
Now Ronan Chantry, a handful of trappers, and an Irish girl whose father was killed after telling her a few vague landmarks are searching for the lost treasure. But they are not alone. The girl's uncle, Rafen Falvey, wants it, too. Like Chantry, he is well educated, bold, and determined. Under different circumstances the two men might have been friends. But in all likelihood it wouldn't have made any difference. When it comes to gold, even friendship doesn't keep men from killing each other.
Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures is a project created to release some of the author’s more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives.
In Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures: Volumes 1, Beau L’Amour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father was never able to publish during his lifetime. L’Amour’s never-before-seen first novel, No Traveller Returns, faithfully completed for this program, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. These exciting publications will be followed by Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures: Volume 2.
Additionally, many beloved classics will be rereleased with an exclusive Lost Treasures postscript featuring previously unpublished material, including outlines, plot notes, and alternate drafts. These postscripts tell the story behind the stories that millions of readers have come to know and cherish.
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Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures Series

Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 1
By: Louis L'Amour & Beau L'Amour
Length: 18 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
The first of its kind, a unique volume of twenty-one unpublished gems from one of the twentieth century’s most popular and prolific writers
Using his father’s handwritten notes, journal entries, and correspondences, Beau L’Amour uncovers how and why many never-before-seen manuscripts were written—and speculates about the ways they might have... Read more »

Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 2
By: Louis L'Amour & Beau L'Amour
Length: 19 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
More unpublished works from the archives of Louis L’Amour: complete short stories, partial novels, treatments, and notes that will transport readers from the Western frontier to India, China, and even the future.
Exploring the creative process of an American original, the Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures series will uncover the hidden history... Read more »

The Ferguson Rifle (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)
By: Louis L'Amour
Narrated by: Brian D'Arcy James, Jason Culp & Dan John Miller
Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
The classic Western, now newly repackaged as part of Bantam's Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures program--with never-before-seen material from Louis and his son, Beau L'Amour.
It began with gold that had once belonged to Montezuma. Stolen and cached in a church in Mexico, it was recovered by two army officers who fled north for the French... Read more »

The Lonesome Gods (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)
By: Louis L'Amour
Narrated by: David Strathairn, Jason Culp, Dan John Miller & Oliver Wyman
Length: 15 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
The classic Western, now newly repackaged as part of Bantam's Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures program—with never-before-seen material from Louis and his son, Beau L'Amour.
"I am Johannes Verne, and I am not afraid."
This was the boy's mantra as he plodded through the desert alone, left to die by his vengeful grandfather. Johannes Verne was soon to... Read more »

Passin' Through (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)
By: Louis L'Amour
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
As part of the Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials!
It seemed the perfect place to lie low. The owner of the ranch was an attractive gray-haired lady who had once been an actress. The other woman was a beautiful, fragile-seeming blonde. They needed repairs done, and he needed to disappear for a... Read more »

No Traveller Returns (Lost Treasures)
By: Louis L'Amour & Beau L'Amour
Length: 7 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Louis L’Amour’s long-lost first novel, faithfully completed by his son, takes readers on a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas.
Fate is a ship.
As the shadows of World War II gather, the SS Lichenfield is westbound across the Pacific carrying eighty thousand barrels of highly explosive naphtha. The cargo alone makes the journey... Read more »

Comstock Lode (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)
By: Louis L'Amour
Narrated by: Erik Singer, Jason Culp & Dan John Miller
Length: 15 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
The classic Western, now newly repackaged as part of Bantam's Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures program--with never-before-seen material from Louis and his son, Beau L'Amour.
It was just a godforsaken mountainside, but no place on earth was richer in silver. For a bustling, enterprising America, this was the great bonanza. The dreamers, the... Read more »

Down the Long Hills (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures)
By: Louis L'Amour
Length: 4 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Everyone was dead. Indian raiders massacred the entire wagon train. Only seven-year-old Hardy Collins and three-year-old Betty Sue Powell, managed to survive. With a knife, a faithful stallion, and the survival lessons his father taught him, Hardy must face the challenges of the open prairie as they head west in search of help. Using ingenuity... Read more »
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