Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove

By Larry McMurtry

  • Release Date: 2010-06-01
  • Genre: Classics
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 1,153 Ratings)

Description

The Pulitzer Prize­–winning American classic of the American West that follows two aging Texas Rangers embarking on one last adventure. An epic of the frontier, Lonesome Dove is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America.

Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove is a book to make us laugh, weep, dream, and remember.

Reviews

  • Lonesome Dove gave us Call & Gus

    5
    By sopink
    Exceptional book, it will always be one of my favorites. LM knows how to create such remarkable characters that leave life long impressions on us.
  • Awesome book!!!

    5
    By Findaddy16
    Best western book I have ever read.
  • Gus

    5
    By Lexchantarelle
    I have read and reread this book many times. When my husband and I were trying for a kid, I came to him one day and said “I have a name. Think literature” he immediately knew “Gus”. We ended up with a boy but whether girl or boy they would have been Gus. I bawl my eyes out every time I read it. The first couple hundred pages are a bit slower, but once you’re into it it’s so hard to put down. If naming my kid after it isn’t a good endorsement, I’m not sure what would be.
  • Lonesome Dove

    5
    By Pro miners
    Read it. You’ll love it and you’ll be upset when it ends.
  • Best read in a long time.

    5
    By m.melia
    I loved this book. It has been ages since I have read a book that I could not put down.
  • Epic

    5
    By jworbes
    Epic!
  • Vivid depiction of the wild west

    4
    By di pinto
    Lonesome Dove is a vivid depiction of the wild west and the men and women who populated it. Unfortunately, the story kind of petered out and left lots of unanswered questions. Perhpas a sequel answers some of them, but gernerally I don’t like weak endings. Otherwise the book was riveting throughout. I gave it 4 rather than 5 stars because of the unsatisfactory ending. — di pinto
  • Excellent

    5
    By Mike Walnut Creek
    One of the best books I’ve ever read. I loved the movie, but like The Godfather, the book has extra details that make it better & worth reading.
  • A book Americans will love

    1
    By OriginalRB
    Racist, misogynistic, and violent, this is a book Americans will love. If this is what wins the Pulitzer Prize I will never again use that endorsement as an indication of a good book.
  • Lonesome Dove

    4
    By boots saddle
    Ok western yarn, but the author should never, never have killed off Gus McCrae. Gus was half the story just like in Mc’s two previous books about these two Texas Rangers. Very disappointing ending, leaving a big hole in the following book, Streets of Laredo. Pulitzer Prize, my backside.

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