Flint vs The Law at Randado: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Flint Flint Louis L'Amour · 1960 ★★★★☆ 4.3 183 pages · ≈ 3 h 23 m · Moderate

He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America--and one of the most feared and hated.Now,…

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Cover of The Law at Randado The Law at Randado Elmore Leonard · 1955 ★★★★☆ 3.9 302 pages · ≈ 5 h 36 m · Moderate

Back in Randado, young deputy sheriff Kirby Frye sets out to bring to justice twelve upstanding citizens who, prompted by hard-drinking and the urgings of wealthy cattle baron Phil Sundeen, have hanged two of Kirby's…

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FlintThe Law at Randado
Goodreads 4.2 (7699) 3.9 (1285)
Hardcover 3.7 (6) 4.0 (1)
Google Books 3.5 (3) 1.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (523) 4.0 (24)

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FlintThe Law at Randado
Ratings 7699 1285
Editions 27 19
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read — 620
Reading it now — 158
Written reviews — 105
Wikipedia attention 15305 —
Pages 183 302

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