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I quote (p.62):

“What kind of man could leave a woman like that in Apache country? His eyes were suddenly wide open and he was angry, thinking about it. She was all woman, that one. And a person…a real person.��

And this (p.130):

“A man without a woman, without a home, and without a child was no man at all.��

I'd heard that Louis L'Amour couldn't write a woman to save his life. After reading this, I wonder whether he knew any.