Who is hondo lane

Maybe I'll stick to his short stories Jun 04, Joe rated it really liked it Shelves: listened-to. A classic cowboy novel that keeps it simple. Hondo is a scout for the Army in Indian territory. He's a lone man with a dog. He meets a woman and a boy. He falls in love with the woman. There's some problematic racial issues involving Native Americans. Although I was impressed that Hondo empathized more with the Native people than I would have guessed.

Louis L'Amour doesn't waste any time in "Hondo. Dec 07, Greg Strandberg rated it really liked it. This is a very good western novel. You have a woman at a frontier ranch, and Apaches closing in.

Army troops are getting wiped out, the suspense builds. If you're thinking of reading a western novel and don't know where to start, this is a good one. Obvs, i could totally relate.

Sometimes you just need a good, simple, romanticised western, and LL writes them beautifully. I enjoyed this book for the most part.

We had fearsome Apache warriors, the love of a man for a woman, the need a woman has for a man, their eyes meet Okay, it didn't get quite that bad.

Basically there was a lot about the importance of family and a love of the land. The writing itself was beautiful and the story was pretty good. I listened to the audio, which was narrated by David Strathairn, and he did an excellent job. I liked it. Jan 10, Malum rated it liked it Shelves: western. Another in a long line of "romantic Westerns" that authors like L'Amour and Zane Grey churned out by the fistful.

This one isn't so bad, but it starts winding down and losing steam long before the finale. Jan 14, Shorel rated it it was amazing Shelves: fiction. One of Mr. L'amour's earlier novels, it quite easy to see why his works are considered the epitome of western fiction.

I truly enjoyed reading Hondo, which was rich in its descriptions of the southwest and particularly the Apache people groups. If you've never read any westerns, this would be a great one to start with. Jul 11, Madeline rated it liked it Shelves: western. Audiobook 3. I thought the story was a little simplistic and predictable.

But, overall, a good read. Feb 02, Jon rated it it was amazing. Beautiful western tale that had a little bit of everything and a nice romance plot around the center of it. It painted the picture perfectly and this was everything I wanted out of a western read.

Up front: the only other frontier Western I have read is Lonesome Dove , which was for me the superior book. However I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. Character: Hondo Lane is a rough, tough, loner of a man.

He is a stereotype of what we think a man in the old west would be. He is a drifter. A half-breed though that term grates on me.

He is kind of the Jack Reacher of the old west. And while that is a draw to most, for me it was a negative. I find this kind of character Up front: the only other frontier Western I have read is Lonesome Dove , which was for me the superior book.

I find this kind of character a bit too perfect, a bit too smart, a bit too tough. This is not the kind of man -- or person, for that matter -- that I am drawn to in real life, or in books. Elements: We have a woman, living alone with her son, seemingly deserted by her man. We have a hero who loves to be alone and drifting, but who is drawn to the woman. And we Apaches who are realizing they must fight. And we have the white men attempting to force the Apache out and we all know that they had nowhere to go.

Can Hondo be a peacemaker? Will he choose to settle down? The best part of this book is its descriptions of the old west. The setting is so real that when our hero is hot, sweaty and thirsty so are we.

The story was unsurprising and the characters stereotypical, but the settings are so well done that I rounded up. Rounded up. Mar 06, Denise rated it really liked it. I shockingly really like this book. Hondo was HOT!!! And Angie the female protagonist was not a whore The dialog was interesting and the indigenous folks were treated fairly respectfully, which I did not expect given when this was written.

Not bad! My book is called Hondo by Louis L'Amour. The setting is in the dessert of Arizona back in the cowboy and Indian days. The main character of this book of course is Hondo Lane, and the antagonist in my opinion was the chief Vittoro. Hondo was a dispatch rider who loved his cigarettes, his dog, and the land. Because the Apache Indians were hunting heads and Hondo was half white one of the conflicts for Hondo was to simply stay alive.

During their brief time together they became fond of each other and Hondo purchased a horse from Angie. Hondo used this horse to do his traveling but unfortunately it had a brand on it of E. L, which stands for Ed Lowe which happens to be Angie's husband who abandoned them.

Hondo ends up making enemies with Ed and unfortunately ends up killing him. After killing Ed Hondo gets captured by the Apache Indians. The climax of the story is when Hondo gets captured and has to fight to the death for his freedom and prevails.

He was rejoined with Angie but the Indian he spared returned for his head which forced Hondo to kill him. The ending was Angie and Hondo return to civilization and live happily ever after as man and wife I assume.

This story is about a half Indian half Caucasian rugged man who survives and upholds his honor and is one with nature. This was an interesting story and I give this book high marks.

I think that Louis L'Amour is a good writer I really like this western. A screenwriter was hired to turn the ten page short story into a movie. At the time, Louis L'Amour was not that well known an author yet. He got permission to novelize the screenplay without giving credit to the screenwriter and publish the book Hondo, under his own name the first time he had a novel released in his name and it was released at the same time as the movie.

A li I really like this western. A little known fact about the movie Hondo is that it was originally filmed in 3D hence a few fight scenes with knives going directly at the camera.

The story itself is a good one. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. A rough character depicted by the John Wayne in the movie, Hondo Lane is a hired gun for the US Army in their fight against the Apaches in Arizona, but Hondo himself is part Apache, and his dual loyalties allow him to handle each situation with respect to the individuals, not just as a group. A merciful man, Hondo's humility allows him to deal well with most people.

Angie's ranch is where Hondo recovered for a season after being attacked in the desert by Apaches. He loads the chamber and tells her to keep it that way. Hondo tells Angie she reminds him of a woman from her past, and kisses her before he leaves. The final scenes featuring the Apache attack were shot by John Ford, whom Wayne had asked to finish the film; Ford was uncredited for this work.

There is a stirring resolution with a cavalry-Apache battle on the run. Too bad. It was a good way. It means bad-tempered. Chance in Rio Bravo. It was honorably retired after Rio Bravo in after 20 years of hard use. The cast is excellent, and aside from the central role of Hondo Lane, the young Geraldine Page really makes the movie as slightly prissy pioneer woman Angie Lowe.

Previously known only for her work on the New York stage, she got an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her work here. A political liberal, she was reportedly horrified at the right-wing views of Wayne, Bond, Arness and director Farrow. Ward Bond, one of the usual John Wayne-John Ford suspects, is also superb as a slightly rougher than usual variation of the rough-hewn frontier character he normally played.

The young and blond James Arness plays yet another scout, this one of a morally dubious nature.