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[louislamour]

Louis at his desk. #tbt #louislamour #losttreasures #western #authorsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B5IsjaXpDol/?igshid=1vs6fmqod5kxd

[gijoe365]

Just randomly I happened to find a very treasured item that I thought was gone forever. I was looking for something else entirely when I found this old envelope in an old file folder.

The envelope is from around 1984 or 1985 I wager, when I was around 7 or 8 yrs old, based on the address it was sent to. Inside the envelope was a short note on a single sheet of looseleaf and my G.I. Joe Mobile Strike Force dog tag.  The note reads as follows: “Dear Chris, Hi, I was to Keji about a month ago, and found your  chain and thought you’d like it back. Well, here it is. Bye, Susan.”

First off, for those of you who aren’t from around here, “Keji” is the local vernacular for The Kejimkujik National Park in southern Nova Scotia, which is now also a National Historic Site. I went camping there quite regularly with my fam as a kid. I would have definitely taken my G.I. Joe gear with me and obviously dropped this dog tag there on one trip. Susan was nice enough to mail it to me! (This was a day and age when people took the time to write a note, put it in an envelope and take it to the mailbox to return stuff they found that wasn’t theirs. Imagine!)

So, as for the dog tag itself. This would have been one of (if not the) earliest mail-in promotions that Hasbro did with G.I. Joe. It was part of the “Mobile Strike Force Team” package, which as a kid, was a truly incredible package. You mailed in, and then they sent you an introductory newsletter, a military style belt with the G.I. Joe logo on it, an official Membership Card, a cool poster (that I think was a thin plastic type material, and around 11x14 in size, and featured the image that I’m pretty sure was also the cover of Marvel’s G.I. Joe #1), A G.I. Joe iron-on logo,  AND your own personalized dog tag that had your name and address on it. Phew!

Well lemme tell you, that all was a HUGE deal to me when i was that age. That offer would have come out when I was 6 and lined up with the first year of G.I. Joe being on the market - 1982.

I can’t tell you what a joy it was to find this old dog tag that I completely forgot was returned to me years ago! It is VERY worn and the writing engraved is a bit hard to read at this point, but it’s been 30+ years!  I hope to possibly come across some of the other pieces from my Membership Kit but if you wanna see pictures, 3Djoes.com has a great page to show you all the items: http://www.3djoes.com/1982-gi-joe-mobile-strike-force-team-blockbuster-membership-kit.html

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[louislamour]

Pub Week for Lost Treasures Volume 2 #Repost @randomhouse ・・・ You didn't think we'd let Tuesday go by without a new release stack? Rest assured, here they are! #bookstagram #newreleases #fallreading #theconfessionclub #elizabethberg #louislamour #losttreasures #instabook https://www.instagram.com/p/B5GrM1OJPZv/?igshid=5pst6o6w3y0z

[louislamour]

Mark your calendar! Join Beau and Angelique on Monday November 18th, 2019 as they discuss Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures Volume II - the latest in the Lost Treasures book series which goes on sale Tuesday November 19th! Listen in as they recall their father's process and add special meaning to some of his most challenging work. Work that never reached that final "The End." #facebooklive #louislamour #losttreasures #authorsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B43jzQOpsNZ/?igshid=73a5xuug886j

[louislamour]

Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures Edition of THE WALKING DRUM! From castle consort to galley slave, from sword-racked battlefields to a princess’s private chamber, and ultimately, to the impregnable fortress in the infamous Valley of Assassins, The Walking Drum is a powerful adventure in an ancient world that you will find every bit as riveting as Louis L’Amour’s stories of the American West. Order your copy today! @penguinrandomhouse #louislamour #westerns #losttreasures #fallreads http://www.louislamour.com/novels/walkingwalking_drum.htm https://www.instagram.com/p/B4LGUtMpjYA/?igshid=lho5gcocztb6

[louislamour]

This Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures edition includes Beau's personal recollections of the research, stories and inspiration for this exploration into the mysterious realms that lay beyond the veil of time and tradition! #thehauntedmesa On SALE October 1st @penguinrandomhouse #louislamour #losttreasures #western #westerns https://www.instagram.com/p/B2wr7o6ppqK/?igshid=1hhbzl082m4to

[louislamour]

NOW with the Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures Postscript! Here is the kind of authentically detailed epic novel that has become Louis L'Amour's hallmark. It is the compelling story of U.S. Air Force Major Joe Mack, a man born out of time. When his experimental aircraft is forced down in Russia and he escapes a Soviet prison camp, he must call upon the ancient skills of his Indian forebears to survive the vast Siberian wilderness. Only one route lies open to Mack: the path of his ancestors, overland to the Bering Strait and across the sea to America. But in pursuit is a legendary tracker, the Yakut native Alekhin, who knows every square foot of the icy frontier--and who knows that to trap his quarry he must think like a Sioux. Order your copy today at link in profile! @penguinrandomhouse #louislamour #newbook #losttreasures #western https://www.instagram.com/p/B0jpQCmpBBS/?igshid=1ij9ni0o7rykr

[louislamour]

In the LOUIS L'AMOUR'S LOST TREASURES POSTSCRIPT for The Lonesome Gods, (http://www.louislamour.com/novels/lonesomegods.htm) Louis hints at the spiritual and supernatural elements that the finished novel would come to touch upon: "A boy growing up in the mountains and desert, a boy growing up with the magic of the sun and the stars, with the desert plants the birds and the snakes, growing up with the realization of the strength and the beauty of it all. Let him grow into the country and let the country grow into him, let them be one in strength, in serenity, in inevitability. Let him view man as a part of nature, as a creature left to survive--if he can. #louislamour #losttreasures ... Fill this book with desert and Indian lore, with magic, hope, love and realization with at the end, meditation and great books, with poetry and philosophy. A story of a man living out his life against the back-drop of the desert. Let this be magic! " https://www.instagram.com/p/CjTfPoZvL-K/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=