
Herb Thiel
Louis' Chronlogy
The chronology as Louis wrote it
This page is the chronology based on the book The Sackett Companion by Louis L'Amour himself. The book only covers the Sacketts, so obviously the rest is my own guesswork, based on having read and re-read the books.
Book Name | Main Character | Approx. Time | Description |
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Fair Blows The Wind | Tatton Chantry | 1580's | Founder of the Chantry Family |
Sackett's Land | Barnabas Sackett | Late 1500's - Early 1600's | Sackett Family "Founder" |
To The Far Blue Mountains | Barnabas Sackett | Early 1600's | Sackett Family "Founder" |
The Warrior's Path | Kin Ring & Yance Sackett | 1620's | Founders Of Cumberland Gap (Kin Ring) & Clinch Mountain (Yance) Sacketts |
Jubal Sackett | Jubal Sackett | 1620's | Brother of Kin & Yance |
Rivers West | Jean Talon | Early 1800's | Grandson or Great Grandson of The first Talon |
The Ferguson Rifle | Ronan Chantry | Early 1800's | Ronan Chantry |
Bendigo Shafter | Ethan Sackett | Approx 1835 - 1870 | Ethan Sackett is a secondary character. Book Is about Bendigo Shafter |
Ride The River | Echo Sackett | 1840's | Includes some Clinch Mountain Sackett and Chantry folk |
Over on the Dry Side | Owen Chantry | After 1860 and likely 1866 | Owen Chantry |
War Party | William Tell Sackett | Post Civil War | Collection Of Short Stories, "Booty For A Badman" Features 19 year old Tell |
The Daybreakers | Tyrell & Orrin Sackett | 1870 - 1872 | How the Sacketts came West |
Dark Canyon | Gaylord Riley | 1870 - 1872 | Tell Sackett has a very insignificant cameo appearance as a drifiting cowhand. I include this book for continuity's sake. Not a bad read, though. |
End of the Drive | Tell Sackett | Post Civil War - 1870 | Collection of short stories, "The Courting of Griselda" features Tell |
Sackett | William Tell Sackett | 1874 - 1875 | Introduces Tell |
The First Fast Draw | Cullen Baker | Post Civil War | Not one of the 3 families, but this person is mentioned in passing in "Lando." Good story, though, too. |
Lando | Orlando Sackett | 1873 - 1875 | Excellent fight scenes. Mr. L'Amour was a boxer, too. |
Mojave Crossing | Tell Sackett | 1875 - 1879 | Tell |
Borden Chantry | Borden Chantry | late 1870's, possibly later | Unsure of the dating on this one. |
Mustang Man | Nolan Sackett | 1875 - 1879 | First book about a Clinch Mountain Sackett descended from Yance |
The Lonely Men | Tell Sackett | 1875 - 1879 | Includes Orrin's Wife |
Galloway | Galloway and Flagan Sackett | 1875 - 1879 | Narrated by Flagan. |
Treasure Mountain | Orrin & Tell | 1875 - 1879 | Includes the Tinker, refers to Colburn "Pa" Sackett. |
Lonely On The Mountain | Tell, Orrin, Tryrel, & Logan | 1875 - 1879 | Includes Cap Rountree |
Ride The Dark Trail | Logan Sackett & Emily Talon | 1875 - 1879 | Includes Em's sons, Milo and Barnabas. |
Son of a Wanted Man | Tyrel Sackett & Borden Chantry | 1875 - 1879 (ish) | Sackett and Chantry are secondary, but important characters. Story is about Mike Bastian. |
The Sackett Brand | Tell Sackett | 1875 - 1879 | Includes 'most every Sackett in the West. |
The Sky-Liners | Flagan & Galloway | 1875 - 1879 | A couple of cameo appearances by big names. |
The Man From The Broken Hills | Milo Talon | 1875 - 1879 | Some backstory on the "Western" Talons. |
Milo Talon | Milo Talon | 1875 - 1879 | |
North To The Rails | Tom Chantry | 1879 or later | Had never used a gun on a person and didn't intend to. |
Passin' Through | Milo Talon(?) | After 1879 | The main character never gives his name except as "Passin' Through," and I had been convinced that he is a Sackett. I received an email from Paul saying he thought it was Milo Talon, who says in Chapt 26 that his name is Passing Through. Also, his mother is a Clinch-Mountain Sackett. |
If you are looking to get into detailed discussions about some of these things I would highly, highly (did I say highly?) recommend The Discusion Forum at the official Louis L'Amour website. There is a lot of information there about Louis and the West in general.