Streets of Laredo - Softcover

McMurtry, Larry

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19,375 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671792822 ISBN 13: 9780671792824

Publisher: Pocket Books (Mm), 1994

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry comes the sequel and final book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy. An exhilarating tale of legend and heroism, Streets of Laredo is classic Texas and Western literature at its finest.

Captain Woodrow Call, August McCrae's old partner, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down a brutal young Mexican bandit. Riding with Call are an Eastern city slicker, a witless deputy, and one of the last members of the Hat Creek outfit, Pea Eye Parker, now married to Lorena--once Gus McCrae's sweetheart. This long chase leads them across the last wild streches of the West into a hellhole known as Crow Town and, finally, into the vast, relentless plains of the Texas frontier.

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Review:

"Newsweek"

"Streets of Laredo" is a splendid addition to the literary portrait of McMurtry's native Texas and the West that he has been creating for three decades. It's also one of his most affectingly melancholy books....The characters are as finely etched as any McMurtry has ever minted.

"News Week"

Splendid...one of the most affectingly melancholy books.

"Los Angeles Times"

One of McMurtry's most powerful and moving achievements.

"Chicago Tribune"

A marvelous novel in its own right and in every way a worthy successor to "Lonesome Dove."

"Cosmopolitan"

Gorgeous...violent, funny, achingly sad, filled with heroism

and regret....If you can put "Streets of Laredo" down, I'll eat my ten-gallon hat.

"The New York Times Book Review"

Larry McMurtry remains a genius at dialogue. The scene where the seven whores start reminiscing about the first men in their lives is wonderful.

"The Boston Globe"

Larry McMurtry is a wonderful storyteller, and with,.".Streets

of Laredo..."he has written a novel that is even better than the

original -- and that was one hell of a tale.

""Streets of Laredo" is here and all that needs to be said is this: Hallelujah. . . . McMurtry has taken us back to the glory days of Lonesome Dove. . . ."--"Los Angeles Daily News"

""Streets of Laredo" is a splendid addition to the literary portrait of McMurtry's native Texas and the West that he has been creating for three decades. It's also one of his most affectingly melancholy books. . . . The characters are as finely etched as any McMurtry has ever minted."--"Newsweek"

"Streets of Laredo" is here and all that needs to be said is this: Hallelujah. . . . McMurtry has taken us back to the glory days of Lonesome Dove. . . . --"Los Angeles Daily News""

"Streets of Laredo is a splendid addition to the literary portrait of McMurtry's native Texas and the West that he has been creating for three decades. It's also one of his most affectingly melancholy books. . . . The characters are as finely etched as any McMurtry has ever minted."--Newsweek

"Gorgeous . . . violent, funny, achingly sad, filled with heroism and regret . . . If you can put Streets of Laredo down, I'll eat my ten-gallon hat."--Cosmopolitan

"A marvelous novel in its own right and in every way a worthy successor to Lonesome Dove."--Chicago Tribune

"One of McMurtry's most powerful and moving achievements."--Los Angeles Times

"Larry McMurtry remains a genius at dialogue. The scene where the seven whores start reminiscing about the first men in their lives in wonderful."--New York Times Book Review

"Larry McMurtry is a wonderful storyteller, and with . . . Streets of Laredo. . . he has written a novel that is even better than the original--and that was one hell of a tale."--Boston Globe

Streets of Laredo is here and all that needs to be said is this: Hallelujah. . . . McMurtry has taken us back to the glory days of Lonesome Dove. . . . --Los Angeles Daily News"

"Streets of Laredo is here and all that needs to be said is this: Hallelujah. . . . McMurtry has taken us back to the glory days of Lonesome Dove. . . ."--Los Angeles Daily News