The Walking Drum

Awsome!!!!

This is a wonderful book, it has every walks of life in it, love, adventure, education, you name it. I read this book about every 15 months!

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so so

just okay

Great

All the history involved is amazing the used book i bought before nooks or kindles were even dreamed of has a list of all the books .authors and places. Its a gret learning tool also. I just wish he could written the trilogy as planned im 25 and almost have all his books. Id be tyrel if i lived then

Fantastic read!

The Walking Drum is an amazing historical novel. Louis L'Amour weaves some much history into the story that the characters take on a very real personna I love this book and it's author. You can't go wrong with The Walking Drum!

Ap World History Review: Why you should pick this up if you have the time for it.

The Walking Drum by Louis Lamour is a very interesting story, one I haven't seen the like of yet. I really enjoyed it though, because it showed so much in the space of so little pages. The story takes you, and I say you because the entire book is written in first person, as in "I took the road" and it really draws you in, from the devastating loss of everything a boy knows to his quest for vengance, slavery aboard a ship, freedom and intellectual growth, to classic damsel in distress scenarios and daring swordfights, and countless brushes with death, all while showing a deeply philosophical side of how the people thought during these times. I know I am somewhat rambling, but it is hard to explain this book. Being that Im currently in AP World History and have learned much of the information here, I felt very comfortable with the story and surprised when things that I recognized from our AP textbook and even other information I had read or glanced over appeared right alongside Kerbouchard as he traveled from a pirate community to an intellectual powerhouse of Cordoba, and then to Europe, arriving in Paris, then to Keiv in the russian steppes and on to Constantinople. Watching him grow as the story progresses, and it does rather quickly, was very interesting and I was surprised when I finished the book that he had come all the way from a boy who didnt know what to do with himself. One of the interesting quirks I enjoyed in this book was that previous knowledge of history during this time isnt nessecarily needed; while you may recognize a few terms thrown around, like the Ummayyed and Abbasid Caliphates, or maybe that Cathay is another word for the Chinese, the author spends paragraphs on historical information that is revelant to what is happening in the story. For example, when Kerbouchard visited Paris the author went on about the history of learning in paris and how it had evolved, how students teneded to be poor, etc, and once you read it you had a better understanding of the situation and enviornment that Kerbouchard was in. These historical anecdotes really helped set the stage for Kerbouchard's travels. All of this simply goes to show how amazing this book was, I thouroughly enjoyed reading it and if you have the time (a day or two, at most) I would defintely recommend it. There was supposed to be an continuation of this story. Sadly, the author Louis died before he could wrtie the next books, so that makes this book doubly special.

One of my favorite books S

Loius L'Amour is a master storyteller and The Walking Drum is one of his best books.

Good read

Different than louis usual work but his excellent story telling skills show through

Fantastic reading..

I have just begun to read books by Louis L'Amour and this one was outstanding!

His western novels are very interesting and I was surprised at the depth of The Walking Drum as far as history is concerned.

Writing style is colorful and spell binding.

Enjoy novels most of all....short stories are not quite as interesting to me.

You also learn a lot from his writing and it does not 'insult your intelligence."

Great Book!

A lot of people have asked me how I can stand L'Amour, declaring that once you've read one, you've read them all. While that could be argued about some points of his westerns, this book is different in every way except for his brilliant writing style that allows people to enjoy his books even knowing how they'll end. A treat for those who enjoy his books and a surprise for those who've stereotyped them!

awesome!!!

I'm a girl by the way. I had to read this for my ap world history class. This book keeps you interested in it and has so much adventure and history. I couldn't put it down once I started reading it. You get so caught up in the book and also the historic info. Loved it.

awsome

I'm a fourteen year old girl and this was my first Louis L'amour book. I read it over the fourth of July weekend and realy enjoyed it. The story was great and verry well written, you really get into the characters. Not only did I love the story but there was a lot of history in it too, I learned more about the time period from this book than you could probably lean anywhere else. An exelent book for all teens and adults.

I can't read it for some reason...

Everyone says it's a great book, but it's taking me FOREVER to read it. Maybe it's cause I don't really like medieval stuff. I'm forced to read this book because of my Pre AP Language Arts class... I'm only in Middle school so this book.. I really can't comprehend it well... it kinda sorta took me 5 hours to read the first 11 chapters...

Loved It !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was and awesome book, I love all the information that Luis LAmour gets when he writes a book, this one has a whole lot more than any of the others.

I've read it over & over again!

This a great, swashbuckling historical epic! For those who know L'Amour as only a Western author, this book comes as a shock. He goes back to his French roots and produces a grand novel of a heroic, larger than life young man overcoming great challenges physically while developing intellectually. He does this in a little known period of history (1200 A.D.), giving great respect to the European Muslim and Middle Eastern worlds. Simply great entertainment from a master storyteller! I've wished many times he would have written at least two sequels.

SWEET

if you are currently attending kell high schol or will be in the future, it would be wise to read this book. it tells a tale or hardship and overcomming many obsticles.

A pretty good book

This book is for someone who likes epic journies. If you don't like books that take forever for the end to come, don't read it. Its a good book, but I think it might be more of a guys kind of book. But it was well written.

Kerbochard is my hero

The main character in this book goes on an epic journey to save his father. he meets many women and is in a never ending persuit of knowlege. i read this book and enjoyed the componation of action and history. Anyone who likes books should read this.

Forced to Read

I had to read this book for a 9th grade World Geography class. It starts out boring and ends leaving you want to read more. It is about this son who wants to find his dad. He travels around the Meditteranean searching for his father. It ends in suspense and the writer died before he could write another. Only read this if your a world geography teacher.

A great read

I'm not big fan of Louis Lamour but when I read this book I was amazed at the imagery and depth of this book. How he was able to keep recreating his character and making a new hero every couple of chapters. I really enjoyed this book and have referred it to everyone I know.

Excellent novel

L'Amour performs brilliantly again with this exciting, captivating novel... i was addicted from the first page thru the last.