author
Gustave Aimard
1818–1883
Adventure, frontier danger, and far-off landscapes run through these fast-moving novels by a French writer who turned his taste for travel into popular fiction. Best known for stories set in the Americas, he helped bring the western and frontier tale to a wide 19th-century readership.
55 Audiobooks
Araukanien päällikkö: Intiaaniromaani
by Gustave Aimard
De spoorzoeker: Schetsen en Tooneelen uit de Amerikaansche wildernis
by Gustave Aimard
Stronghand; or, The Noble Revenge
by Gustave Aimard
Le lion du désert: Scènes de la vie indienne dans les prairies
by Gustave Aimard
The Trapper's Daughter: A Story of the Rocky Mountains
by Gustave Aimard
The Bee Hunters: A Tale of Adventure
by Gustave Aimard
Tiikerikissa: Seikkailuja kaukaisessa Lännessä
by Gustave Aimard
De lynch-wet
by Gustave Aimard
Las noches mejicanas
by Gustave Aimard
The Tiger-Slayer: A Tale of the Indian Desert
by Gustave Aimard
Cœur de panthère
by Gustave Aimard, J. Berlioz d' (Jules Berlioz) Auriac
The Indian Chief: The Story of a Revolution
by Gustave Aimard
Arkansasin sissit: Seikkailuromaani suurilta ruoholakeuksilta
by Gustave Aimard
The Trail-Hunter: A Tale of the Far West
by Gustave Aimard
The Gold-Seekers: A Tale of California
by Gustave Aimard
The Trappers of Arkansas; or, The Loyal Heart
by Gustave Aimard
Le Montonéro
by Gustave Aimard
Le fils du Soleil (1879)
by Gustave Aimard
The frontiersmen : A novel
by Gustave Aimard
Les terres d'or
by Gustave Aimard, J. Berlioz d' (Jules Berlioz) Auriac
Les chasseurs mexicains: Scènes de la vie mexicaine
by Gustave Aimard
Cardenio: Scènes de la Vie Mexicaine
by Gustave Aimard
The Treasure of Pearls: A Romance of Adventures in California
by Gustave Aimard
The Smuggler Chief: A Novel
by Gustave Aimard
The Red Track: A Story of Social Life in Mexico
by Gustave Aimard
The Border Rifles: A Tale of the Texan War
by Gustave Aimard
L'éclaireur
by Gustave Aimard
Jim l'indien
by J. Berlioz d' (Jules Berlioz) Auriac, Gustave Aimard
Kivisydän: Seikkailuja kaukaisessa Lännessä
by Gustave Aimard
Le Guaranis
by Gustave Aimard
Les Forestiers du Michigan
by Gustave Aimard, J. Berlioz d' (Jules Berlioz) Auriac
The Pearl of the Andes: A Tale of Love and Adventure
by Gustave Aimard
The Buccaneer Chief: A Romance of the Spanish Main
by Gustave Aimard
The White Scalper: A Story of the Texan War
by Gustave Aimard
De zwervers op de grenzen : Naar de achtste Fransche uitgave
by Gustave Aimard
The Queen of the Savannah: A Story of the Mexican War
by Gustave Aimard
Los Merodeadores de Fronteras
by Gustave Aimard
The Freebooters: A Story of the Texan War
by Gustave Aimard
Les nuits mexicaines
by Gustave Aimard
The Rebel Chief: A Tale of Guerilla Life
by Gustave Aimard
De graaf de Lhorailles
by Gustave Aimard
Stoneheart: A Romance
by Gustave Aimard
The Red River Half-Breed: A Tale of the Wild North-West
by Gustave Aimard
The Prairie Flower: A Tale of the Indian Border
by Gustave Aimard
Last of the Incas: A Romance of the Pampas
by Gustave Aimard
The Adventurers
by Gustave Aimard
The Flying Horseman
by Gustave Aimard
The Indian Scout: A Story of the Aztec City
by Gustave Aimard
The Pirates of the Prairies: Adventures in the American Desert
by Gustave Aimard
The Insurgent Chief
by Gustave Aimard
The Missouri Outlaws
by Gustave Aimard
The Guide of the Desert
by Gustave Aimard
De goudzoekers
by Gustave Aimard
Le Robinson des Alpes
by Gustave Aimard
About the author
Born in Paris in 1818, Gustave Aimard was the pen name of Olivier Aimard, a French novelist who became widely known for adventure stories set in Latin America, Mexico, and the American frontier. Reference works such as Encyclopaedia Britannica describe him as a popular writer of frontier fiction, and his Wikipedia biography likewise presents him as an author of numerous books about the Americas.
His fiction drew on a life that was often described as roaming and adventurous, and critics have long compared his storytelling to that of James Fenimore Cooper. Aimard wrote prolifically, with titles including Les Trappeurs de l'Arkansas, and he became an important 19th-century French voice in the western and frontier-adventure tradition.
He died in Paris in 1883. Today, he is remembered less as a literary stylist than as a vivid popular storyteller whose novels offered readers action, travel, and romance in distant settings.