01978cam a2200361 i 4500 516924180 TxAuBib 20180220120000.0 740402s1974||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780553062120 0553062123 TxAuBib rda L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988. Sackett's land / Louis L'Amour. Louis L'Amour Hardcover Collection Edition/ January 1982. Toronto : Bantam Books, 1974. 162 pgs : map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Sacketts, The ; 1 After discovering six gold Roman coins buried in the mud of the Devil’s Dyke, Barnabas Sackett enthusiastically invests in goods that he will offer for trade in America. But Sackett has a powerful enemy: Rupert Genester, nephew of an earl, wants him dead. A battlefield promise made to Sackett’s father threatens Genester’s inheritance. So on the eve of his departure for America, Sackett is attacked and thrown into the hold of a pirate ship. Genester’s orders are for him to disappear into the waters of the Atlantic. But after managing to escape, Sackett makes his way to the Carolina coast. He sees in the raw, abundant land the promise of a bright future. But before that dream can be realized, he must first return to England and discover the secret of his father’s legacy. 20180220. Sackett family (Fictitious characters) Fiction. Frontier and pioneer life Fiction. Western stories. sears Historical Fiction. West (U.S) Fiction. United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Fiction. The Sacketts ; 1. BTCLS