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Contemporary Fiction · 1960 · PG

Flint

by Louis L'Amour

A dying man returns to the frontier to settle old scores — and finds one last fight worth having.

For10+GenreContemporary FictionLength216 pagesRead time~5.5 hours

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Violence

Some

Frontier gunfights; typical Western violence

Language

None

No profanity

Sexual Content

None

No sexual content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

None

Themes of a man facing death with dignity and choosing to spend his last days doing something worthwhile

What this book is about

L'Amour's 1960 Western follows James T. Wigan, who has learned he is dying of cancer and retreats to the wild frontier to die alone — only to be drawn into protecting a woman whose ranch is being stolen. One of L'Amour's more contemplative Westerns. For all ages.

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