Awards
In 1982 he won the Congressional (National) Gold Medal, and in 1984 President Ronald Reagan awarded L'Amour the Presidential Medal of Freedom. L'Amour is also a recipient of North Dakota's Roughrider Award.
In May 1972 he was awarded an Honorary PhD by Jamestown College, as a testament to his literary and social contributions.
Bendigo Shafter (1979) won the U.S. National Book Award in the one-year category Western.
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