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To Tame a Land

Name: To Tame a Land
Author: Louis L'Amour

by Louis L'Amour

1955•Western•149 pages

Taste attributes: westernadventuredramasimplelinearhuman spirit/resilience/survivalcoming of agerescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA western that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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5.0 / 5

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About This Book

Rye Tyler was twelve when his father was killed in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for books and an instinct for survival, Rye is schooled in the hard lessons of life in the West. But after killing a man, he is forced to leave his new home. He rides lonely mountain passes and works on dusty cattle drives until he finds a job breaking horses.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

WesternAdventureDramaHuman spirit/resilience/survivalComing of ageRescue/escape/jeopardy

Subjects

WesternWestern storiesSurvival

Details

Author: Louis L'Amour
Published: 1955
Pages: 149
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Source: Open Library

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