Shortly before his death in June 1988, Louis L’Amour completed writing his most
unique adventure story: a personal reflection on his lifelong love affair with
learning. Now Bantam Books proudly presents this special Centennial Edition of
Education of a Wandering Man, in which L’Amour vividly recalls many of the books
he read, the places he visited, and the people he met that catalyzed his
evolution as a writer. In this, his most personal book ever, L’Amour writes of
growing up in Jamestown, North Dakota, of the parents who instilled in him a
love of the printed and spoken word, and of his decision to leave