Desperation pushed Louis L'Amour out of Jamestown, into life of travel and adventure

Louis L'Amour's comfortable childhood in Jamestown, in a house brimming with books and conversation, ended in financial distress, launching his life of travel and adventure that shaped the career of one America's most beloved Western writers.

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