Don Stivers achieves his authenticity by thoroughly researching everything written about the moment of history he is depicting, then refers to vintage photos (if there are any), poses models in his own collection of uniforms and weapons, and composes all elements into a plausible artistic whole, recreating in exact detail, taking the viewer back to what it must have looked like, the weather, time of day, positions of the main players at a point of critical importance— illustrating the tactical masterstroke, the individual act of heroism, or even the homebound wife’s lonely vigil.
He says of his work, “I consider myself an illustrator who creates realistic historic scenes that not only convey the mood of the moment but which make the viewer feel it is happening right before him. I work at painting seven days a week and would be bored doing anything else.”
Don Stivers’ art works are in countless military museums and
installations and in thousands of personal collections around the world.
- From the website that bears his name
His works are on display at military museums and bases, including the Pentagon, the U.S. Cavalry Museum, and the Army War College.
Fort Leavenworth history enthusiasts will enjoy the 1882 print.
Novels
(including series novels)
Westward the Tide (London, 1950; first US publication 1976) ISBN 0-553-24766-2
The Riders of High Rock (1951) ISBN 0-553-56782-9
The Rustlers of West Fork (1951) ISBN 0-553-29539-X
The Trail to Seven Pines (1951) ISBN 0-553-56178-2
Trouble Shooter (1952) ISBN 0-553-57187-7
Hondo (1953) ISBN 0-553-80299-2
Showdown at Yellow Butte (1953) ISBN 0-553-27993-9
Crossfire Trail (1954) ISBN 0-553-28099-6
Kilkenny (1954) ISBN 0-553-24758-1
Utah Blaine (1954) ISBN 0-553-24761-1
Heller with a Gun (1955) ISBN 0-553-25206-2
Guns of the Timberlands (1955) ISBN 0-553-24765-4
To Tame a Land (1955) ISBN 0-7393-4406-4
The Burning Hills (1956) ISBN 0-553-28210-7
Silver Canyon (1956) ISBN 0-553-24743-3
Last Stand at Papago Wells (1957) ISBN 0-553-25807-9
Sitka (1957) ISBN 0-451-20308-9
The Tall Stranger (1957) ISBN 0-553-28102-X
Radigan (1958) ISBN 0-553-28082-1
The First Fast Draw (1959) ISBN 0-553-25224-0
Taggart (1959) ISBN 0-553-25477-4
The Daybreakers (1960) ISBN 0-553-27674-3
Flint (1960) ISBN 0-553-25231-3
Sackett (1961) ISBN 0-553-06205-0
High Lonesome (1962) ISBN 0-553-25972-5
Killoe (1962) ISBN 0-553-25742-0
Lando (1962) ISBN 0-7393-2114-5
Shalako (1962) ISBN 0-553-24858-8
Catlow (1963) ISBN 0-553-24767-0
Dark Canyon (1963) ISBN 0-553-25324-7
Fallon (1963) ISBN 0-553-28083-X
How the West Was Won (1963) ISBN 0-553-26913-5
Hanging Woman Creek (1964) ISBN 0-553-24762-X
Mojave Crossing (1964) ISBN 0-7393-2115-3
Kiowa Trail (1964) ISBN 0-553-24905-3
The High Graders (1965) ISBN 0-553-27864-9
The Key-Lock Man (1965) ISBN 0-553-28098-8
The Sackett Brand (1965) ISBN 0-7393-4221-5
The Broken Gun (1966) ISBN 0-553-24847-2
Kid Rodelo (1966) ISBN 0-553-24748-4
Kilrone (1966) ISBN 0-553-24867-7
Mustang Man (1966) ISBN 0-7393-2116-1
Matagorda (1967) ISBN 0-553-59180-0
The Sky-Liners (1967) ISBN 0-553-27687-5
Brionne (1968) ISBN 0-553-28107-0[18]
Chancy (1968) ISBN 0-553-28085-6
Down the Long Hills (1968) ISBN 0-553-28081-3 (winner of the Golden Spur Award)
Conagher (1969) ISBN 0-553-28101-1[18]
The Empty Land (1969) ISBN 0-553-25306-9
The Lonely Men (1969) ISBN 0-553-27677-8
Galloway (1970) ISBN 0-7393-2118-8
The Man Called Noon (1970) ISBN 0-553-24753-0
Reilly's Luck (1970) ISBN 0-553-25305-0
The Ferguson Rifle (1973) ISBN 0-553-25303-4
North to the Rails (1971) ISBN 0-553-28086-4
Tucker (1971) ISBN 0-553-25022-1
Under the Sweetwater Rim (1971) ISBN 0-553-24760-3
Callaghen (1972) ISBN 0-553-24759-X
Ride the Dark Trail (1972) ISBN 0-553-27682-4
The Man from Skibbereen (1973) ISBN 0-553-24906-1
The Quick and the Dead (1973) ISBN 0-553-28084-8
Treasure Mountain (1973) ISBN 0-553-27689-1
The Californios (1974) ISBN 0-553-25322-0[19]
Sackett's Land (1974) ISBN 0-553-27686-7
The Man From the Broken Hills (1975) ISBN 0-553-27679-4
Over on the Dry Side (1975) ISBN 0-553-25321-2
Rivers West (1975) ISBN 0-553-25436-7
The Rider of Lost Creek (1976) ISBN 0-553-25771-4
To the Far Blue Mountains (1976) ISBN 0-553-27688-3
Where the Long Grass Blows (1976) ISBN 0-553-28172-0
Borden Chantry (1977) ISBN 0-553-27863-0
Fair Blows the Wind (1978) ISBN 0-553-27629-8
The Mountain Valley War (1978) ISBN 0-553-25090-6
Bendigo Shafter (1979) ISBN 0-553-26446-X (winner of the National Book Award)
The Iron Marshal (1979) ISBN 0-553-24844-8
The Proving Trail (1979) ISBN 0-553-25304-2
Lonely on the Mountain (1980) ISBN 0-553-27678-6
The Warrior's Path (1980) ISBN 0-553-27690-5
Comstock Lode (1981) ISBN 0-553-27561-5
Milo Talon (1981) ISBN 0-553-24763-8
The Cherokee Trail (1982) ISBN 0-553-27047-8
The Shadow Riders (1982) ISBN 0-553-23132-4
The Lonesome Gods (1983) ISBN 0-553-27518-6
Ride the River (1983) ISBN 0-553-50251-4
Son of a Wanted Man (1984) ISBN 0-553-24457-4
The Walking Drum (1984) ISBN 0-553-28040-6
Jubal Sackett (1985) ISBN 0-553-27739-1
Passin' Through (1985) ISBN 0-553-25320-4
Last of the Breed (1986) ISBN 0-553-28042-2
West of Pilot Range (1986) ISBN 0-553-26097-9
A Trail to the West Audio (1986) ISBN 0-553-45009-3
Last of the Breed (1987) ISBN 978-0-553-28042-5
Haunted Mesa (1987) ISBN 0-553-27022-2
Collections of short stories
War Party (1975, featuring The Gift of Cochise and Trap of Gold)
The Strong Shall Live (1980)
Yondering (1980; revised edition 1989)
Buckskin Run (1981)
Bowdrie (1983)
The Hills of Homicide (1983)
Law of the Desert Born (1983)
Bowdrie's Law (1984)
Night Over the Solomons (1986)
The Rider of the Ruby Hills (1986)
Riding for the Brand (1986)
The Trail to Crazy Man (1986)
Dutchman's Flat (1986)
Lonigan (1988)
Long Ride Home (1989)
The Outlaws of Mesquite (1990)
West from Singapore (1991)
Valley of the Sun (1995)
West of Dodge (1996)
End of the Drive (1997)
Monument Rock (1998)
Beyond the Great Snow Mountains (1999)
Off the Mangrove Coast (2000)
May There Be a Road (2001)
With These Hands (2002)
From the Listening Hills (2003)
The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour:
The Frontier Stories – Volume 1 (2003)
The Frontier Stories – Volume 2 (2004)
The Frontier Stories – Volume 3 (2005)
The Adventure Stories – Volume 4 (2005)
The Frontier Stories – Volume 5 (2007)
The Crime Stories – Volume 6 (2008)
The Frontier Stories – Volume 7 (2009)
Non-fiction
Education of a Wandering Man (1989)
Frontier
The Sackett Companion
A Trail of Memories: The Quotations of Louis L'Amour (compiled by Angelique L'Amour)
Poetry
Smoke From This Altar (1939)
Compilations with other authors
The Golden West
Stagecoach