Lonesome Dove - Hardcover

McMurtry, Larry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671504207 ISBN 13: 9780671504205

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1985

Synopsis

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 drive is not only a daring and, perhaps, foolhardy endeavor, it comes to represent American dreams of the West.

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Review:

"USA Today"

If you only read one western novel in your life, read "Lonesome Dove."

"USA Today"If you only read one western novel in your life, read "Lonesome Dove."

"A marvelous novel . . . moves with joyous energy . . . amply imagined and crisply, lovingly written. I haven't enjoyed a book more this year . . . a joyous epic."--"Newsweek"

"The finest novel that McMurtry has yet accomplished . . . "Lonesome Dove" has all the action anyone could possibly imagine . . . [and] both in general and in details, the authority of exact authenticity . . . superb."--"Chicago Tribune"

"Everything about "Lonesome Dove" feels true . . . These are real people, and they are still larger than life."--Nicholas Lemann, "The New York Times Book Review"

""Lonesome Dove" is Larry McMurtry's loftiest novel."--"Los Angeles Times"

"If you read only one western novel in your life, read "Lonesome Dove"."--"USA Today"

Book Description:

The Pulitzer Prize winning novel - a story of love, honour, loyalty and betrayal

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0671504207
• ISBN 13: 9780671504205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 843