The Lonesome Dove Series edition by Larry McMurtry Literature Fiction eBooks
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The timeless, bestselling four-part epic that began with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove takes readers into the lives of Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, two tough-as-nails Texas Rangers in the heyday of the Old West.
Dead Man’s Walk
As young Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call--"Gus" and "Call" for short--have much to learn about survival in a land fraught with perils not only the blazing heat and raging tornadoes, roiling rivers and merciless Indians, but also the deadly whims of soldiers. On their first expeditions--led by incompetent officers and accompanied by the robust, dauntless whore known as the Great Western--they will face death at the hands of the cunning Comanche war chief Buffalo Hump and the silent Apache Gomez. They will be astonished by the Mexican army. And Gus will meet the love of his life.
Comanche Moon
Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow Call, now in their middle years, are still figuring out how to deal with the ever-increasing tensions of adult life--Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe, and Call with Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him--when they sign up to pursue the Comanche horse thief Kicking Wolf into Mexico. On this mission their captain, Inish Scull, is captured by the brutally cruel Mexican bandit Ahumado, and Gus and Call must come to the rescue, with the aid of new friends including Joshua Deets, Jake Spoon, and Pea Eye Parker, as well as the renowned Kickapoo tracker, Famous Shoes.
Lonesome Dove
Gus and Call, now retired from the Texas Rangers and settled in the border town of Lonesome Dove running the Hat Creek Cattle Company, are visited by their old friend Jake Spoon, who convinces Gus and Call to gather a herd of cattle and drive them north to Montana in order to start a cattle ranch in untouched territory. Gus is further motivated by a desire to see the love of his life, Clara Allen (nee Forsythe), who now lives with her children and comatose horse-trader husband in Ogallala, Nebraska. On the way to Montana they travel through wild country full of thieves, murderers, and a lifetime's worth of unforgettable adventure.
Streets of Laredo
Woodrow Call is back in Texas, a Ranger once again and a general gun-for-hire, but increasingly a relic as the westward sprawl of the railroads rapidly settles the once lawless frontier. Hired by a railroad tycoon to hunt down a dangerous bandit named Joey Garza, Call sets out once again with a hapless Yankee named Ned Brookshire who works for the railroad company that hired Call. Call's old friend Pea Eye Parker--who initially refused to join the expedition because of his family--sets off with the Kickapoo tracker Famous Shoes to try to catch up with Call, until he runs into troubles of his own. The long pursuit of Garza leads them all across the last wild stretches of the West into a hellhole known as Crow Town and, finally, into the vast, relentless plains of the Texas frontier.
The Lonesome Dove Series edition by Larry McMurtry Literature Fiction eBooks
Mr. McMurftry is good at spinning a yarn, but he tends to exaggerate for effect. More troubling is that he doesn't know how to conjugate "lie" and "lay" and "sit' and "set." I'm astounded that this famous author would make such low-level grammatical errors, and that the publisher would not hire a capable editor to clean up these stupid errors. Here are some examples: "...he lay aside his Bible..." "He sat the jug down...." the body was "...laying on the sidewalk..."There's also a cluelessness about pronouns. How about this: someone "...persuaded he and Call to..."
This is one of the most poorly edited books I've ever encountered. Shame on the writer and publisher.
I won't be reading any more McMurtry books.
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The Lonesome Dove Series edition by Larry McMurtry Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Larry developes complex characters and does an outstanding job bringing the reader along for the ride.
One of the best series I have read in a long time!
Larry- would love to have a coffee with you.....I live in Missouri City Texas......big fan. 👍👍👍
Very captivating adventure and well worth the price for the series. McMurtry brings the characters to life showing their individual personalities, strengths, and weaknesses. The only problem with the series is you don't want to put it down.
It had been years since I saw the tv series and I had forgotten how good it was. BUT, the book is much more detailed, an engrossing read. It puts the series to shame, but I usually think the books are better than the shows. I give this book a 10 for being easy to read and interesting. My only negative remark is that it is very sad to see the characters die as many do.
As I got farther into the series I found myself skipping large sections of text because the author tended to go on at unnecessary length and detail about events that were not essential to the main story arc. The books could easily have been condensed by 50% without being less interesting. Also I got annoyed over the way the author continually portrayed men as stupid, weak, larcenous or perverse while the women were all smart, noble and strong. The women always seemed to be mad at the men in their lives. They were frequently and unjustifiably quite mean to the men and I found it grating. One example - Clara Allen was mad at her husband because he knew nothing about horses and as a result had been mortally injured by one. In the end, Clara herself is killed by a horse she is trying to break, showing the same "bad judgement" as her husband, but she is portrayed throughout as some sort of heroine. The "tension" between the sexes throughout the series was contrived and unsupported by events in the plot.
If you enjoyed the mini series which I certainly did, you will very much enjoy reading the books. I'd recommend the entire series so you have all the background information. If you haven't seen the mini series, it will provide helpful insight on the characters. I loved the story and the characters. I was impressed with the detailed description of how tough frontier life could be during the early settlement years in Texas. This is an excellent read for just about anyone over sixteen!
Don't waste your money. I bought this because I enjoyed the movie version so much & some reviewers said the books were better. WRONG! The books are very negative and cast your movie favorites as fools, cowards, and lazy people. That may be how people were back in those days, but if so, it's a miracle this country survived! Just wish there was a return policy on these......
It is difficult to know how to rate this collection. The literature itself is, in the main, superb. However, I find myself constantly annoyed and my reading pleasure diminished by the unnacceptable number of typos in spelling and punctuation. I am starting to feel a little ripped off as this is happening more and more in , editions of books. It would not be acceptable in print editions. Perhaps a rebalance between profit and quality is needed.
Mr. McMurftry is good at spinning a yarn, but he tends to exaggerate for effect. More troubling is that he doesn't know how to conjugate "lie" and "lay" and "sit' and "set." I'm astounded that this famous author would make such low-level grammatical errors, and that the publisher would not hire a capable editor to clean up these stupid errors. Here are some examples "...he lay aside his Bible..." "He sat the jug down...." the body was "...laying on the sidewalk..."
There's also a cluelessness about pronouns. How about this someone "...persuaded he and Call to..."
This is one of the most poorly edited books I've ever encountered. Shame on the writer and publisher.
I won't be reading any more McMurtry books.
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