He was born Louis Dearborn LaMoore of French-Canadian background March 22, 1908 in Jamestown, North Dakota

An American author of (primarily) Western fiction (see also Frontier, Western movie, and Wild West).

Louis L'Amour ( 1908 – 1988)

In the 1930's he began to sell stories to pulp magazines. After serving in WWII, he continued to write stories for magazines.

 In the 1950's, he began to sell novels. He eventually wrote more than 100 novels, selling more than 225 million copies that were translated into dozens of languages and made into 30 motion pictures.

Louis L'Amour died on June 10, 1988 and was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.