Shalako (novel)

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First edition (publ. Bantam Books)

Shalako is a 1962 Western novel by Louis L'Amour and the name of a town that the author intended to build.[1] It would have been a working town typical of those of the nineteenth-century Western frontier. Funding for the project fell through, and Shalako, which would have been named in honor of the protagonist of the novel, was never built.

Film adaptation[edit]

The novel was made into the film Shalako in 1968, starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Phillips, Robert (1989). Louis L'Amour: His Life and Times. PaperJacks. ISBN 978-0-7701-1094-9.
  2. ^ Moore, Bobby (25 June 2020). "Louis L'Amour: A 20th Century Master of Old West Storytelling". Wide Open Country. Retrieved 18 October 2021.