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Jan 1, 2001 · April 9, 2018. A five year old boy is taken by his mother's current beau to be abandoned in the wilderness to die. But despite being down on his luck and a drunkard, the man cannot bring himself to simply kill the child so he leaves little Valentine Darrant at a friend's place, for the night.
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- Louis L'amour
Louis Dearborn L'Amour ( / ˈluːi ləˈmʊər /; né LaMoore; March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) was an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels, though he called his work "frontier stories". His most widely known Western fiction works include Last of the Breed, Hondo, Shalako, and the Sackett ...
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- June 10, 1988 (aged 80), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Louis Dearborn LaMoore, March 22, 1908, Jamestown, North Dakota, U.S.
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Reilly's Luck. Val Darrant was just four years old the snowy night his mother abandoned him. But instead of meeting a lonely death, he met Will Reilly—a gentleman, a gambler, and a worldly, self-taught scholar. It was a cold, snowy night as he was hustled away on a buckboard to be abandoned. But he did not die; he met Will Reilly.
Jun 1, 1985 · Reilly's Luck: A Novel. Mass Market Paperback – June 1, 1985. by Louis L'Amour (Author) 2,954. Part of: Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures (29 books) See all formats and editions. Val Darrant was just four years old the snowy night his mother abandoned him. But instead of meeting a lonely death, he met Will Reilly—a gentleman, a gambler, and a ...
Aug 27, 2019 · Reilly's Luck (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures) CHAPTER 1. It was dark and cold, the only light coming from the crack under the ill-fitting door. The boy huddled in the bed, shivered against the cold, listening to the low mutter of voices from the adjoining room. Outside everything was buried in snow.
Dec 28, 2004 · Books. Reilly's Luck: A Novel. Louis L'Amour. Random House Publishing Group, Dec 28, 2004 - Fiction - 320 pages. Val Darrant was just four years old the snowy night his mother abandoned him. But instead of meeting a lonely death, he met Will Reilly—a gentleman, a gambler, and a worldly, self-taught scholar. For ten years they each were all ...
Reilly's Luck. Val Darrant and Will Reilly met up one sold, snowy night when four-year-old Val had been left to die of exposure and Will was seeking a new way to play the odds. It's a most unlikely pairing--especially on the American frontier--and only Louis L'Amour could bring them together in this, another spirited tale of adventure and courage.
