Two former Texas Rangers, Woodrow Call and Augustus McCrae, drive cattle from Texas to Montana with a crew of oddballs, misfits, and true heroes. With its roots firmly sunk in classic trail-drive lore, this novel nevertheless transcends the Western genre. Commenting on the book's phenomenal success, McMurtry said, "LONESOME DOVE was a critical ...
"Lonesome Dove" - Larry McMurtry's epic tale of two aging Texas Rangers who drive a herd of stolen cattle 2,500 miles from the Rio Grande to Montana to found the first ranch there - captured the public imagination and has never let it go. The novel, published in 1985, was a "New York Times" best seller and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. More ...
A love story and an epic of the frontier, Lonesome Dove is the grandest novel ever written about the last, defiant wilderness of America. Richly authentic, beautifully written, Lonesome Dove is a book to make readers laugh, weep, dream and remember. Now a blockbuster television event.
Two former Texas Rangers, Woodrow Call and Augustus McCrae, drive cattle from Texas to Montana. With its roots firmly sunk in classic trail-drive lore, this novel nevertheless transcends the Western genre. In 1986 it won the Pulitzer Prize. McMurtry explained its success by claiming "[Readers] want the 19th century back. It offers readers an ...
Set in the late 19th century, Lonesome Dove is an adventurous story of a cattle drive from Texas to Montana. The narrative centers around two friends: Augustus McCrae, a reluctant rancher who has a way with women, and W. F. Call, whose talent for leadership conceals a secret sorrow. For Gus, Call, and the others who join the journey, the cattle ...
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