Lonesome Dove (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Larry McMurtry
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Historical Western Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Western fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Cattle, Nineteenth century, Prostitution or prostitutes, Native Americans or American Indians, Cowboys or cowgirls, Outlaws, Frontier or pioneer life
- Locales: United States
After writing for more than twenty years about the modern West, Larry McMurtry has written in LONESOME DOVE an epic novel about its frontier heritage. Though full of action (including rustling raids, lynchings, lightning and hail storms, river crossings, a locust plague, stampedes, outlaws, and Indian fights), LONESOME DOVE is essentially a novel of character. Its main protagonists are Augustus McCrae (Gus) and Woodrow F. Call, veteran Texas Rangers, who own a cattle company in the town of Lonesome Dove. Gus is easygoing, humorous, a compulsive talker, while Call is a laconic loner and...
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