Yondering is a collection of short stories by American author Louis L'Amour, published in 1980. A departure from L'Amour's traditional subject matter of the Old West, Yondering contains a mix of adventure stories and character studies, primarily set in the first half of the 20th century. Two of them are set during the World War II era, with many of the stories drawing upon the author's own life experiences.[1] The book's publication celebrated the milestone of L'Amour having an estimated 100 million books in print at that time of publication.
A limited leather-bound hardcover edition was available direct from Bantam Books at the time of the first paperback publication in 1980.
The book was revised in 1989, with the primary difference the inclusion of some of L'Amour's previously unpublished short stories in a similar vein; "Ruins of El Walarieh," "And Proudly Die," Show Me The Way Home," and "So You Want Adventure." Excised was a "The Moon of the Trees Broken by Snow: A Christmas Story" which, according to the author's son Beau L'Amour, "never really belonged in this book."[2]
List of Stories in the Original Edition, June 1980
Where There's Fighting
The Dancing Kate
Glorious! Glorious!
Dead-End Drift
Old Doc Yak
Survival
Thicker Than Blood
The Admiral
Shanghai, Not Without Gestures
The Man Who Stole Shakespeare
A Friend of the General
Author's Tea
A Moon of the Trees Broken By Snow: A Christmas Story
Let Me Forget ... (poem)
List of Stories in the Revised Edition, November 1989
Where There's Fighting
The Dancing Kate
By the Ruins of El Walarieh
Glorious! Glorious!
Dead-End Drift
Old Doc Yak
Survival
And Proudly Die
Show Me the Way to Go Home
Thicker Than Blood
The Admiral
Shanghai, Not Without Gestures
The Man Who Stole Shakespeare
A Friend of the General
Author's Tea
So You Want Adventure, Do You?
Let Me Forget ... (poem)
Audio adaptations
Three stories from Yondering have been released on audio cassette from Bantam Audio.
Dead End Drift -read by Richard Crenna with an introduction by Louis L'Amour, 1987
Old Doc Yak -read by Richard Crenna with an introduction by Louis L'Amour, 1987
Survival -read by Richard Crenna with an introduction by Louis L'Amour, 1987
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