Lonesome Dove
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Two former Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, leave their Texas ranch to lead a cattle drive to Montana, encountering outlaws, Native Americans, and ex-loves along the way.
Larry McMurtry werd geprezen om zijn meeslepende verhalen die vaak het Amerikaanse Westen verkenden. Zijn werken kenmerken zich door een scherp oog voor het leven, met personages die net zo complex zijn als de landschappen die ze bewoonden. McMurtry's proza was zowel sober als lyrisch, en ving de essentie van de Amerikaanse geest. Zijn literaire nalatenschap is rijk, en behandelt diverse thema's met een unieke stem.







Two former Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, leave their Texas ranch to lead a cattle drive to Montana, encountering outlaws, Native Americans, and ex-loves along the way.
Larry McMurtry's Cheyenne is not a place on the map it's a part of life the best part ... Leaving Cheyenne tells of a love triangle unlike any other: Gideon Fry, heir to Texas ranch; Johnny McCloud his cowboy friend; and Molly, whom they both love and who bears each of them a son. Gid, Molly, and Johnny take turns narrating a deeply human story that spans forty years the story of how finally they all left Cheyenne
Sam the Lion runs the pool-hall, the picture house and the all-night cafe. Coach Popper whips his boys with towels and once took a shot at one when he disturbed his hunting. Billy wouldn't know better than to sweep his broom all the way to the town limits if no one stopped him.
The epic four-volume cycle that began with Larry McMurty's Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, Lonesome Dove, is completed with this brilliant and haunting novel—a capstone in a mighty tradition of storytelling. Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, now in their middle years, are just beginning to deal with the enigmas of the adult heart—Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe; and Call with Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him. Two proud but very different men, they enlist with a Ranger troop in pursuit of Buffalo Hump, the great Comanche war chief; Kicking Wolf, the celebrated Comanche horse thief; and a deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for torture. Comanche Moon joins the twenty-year time line between Dead Man's Walk and Lonesome Dove, following beloved heroes Gus and Call and their comrades-in-arms—Deets, Jake Spoon, and Pea Eye Parker—in their bitter struggle to protect an advancing Western frontier against the defiant Comanches, courageously determined to defend their territory and their way of life. At once vividly imagined and unflinchingly realistic, Comanche Moon is a sweeping, heroic adventure full of tragedy, cruelty, courage, honor and betrayal, and the culmination of Larry McMurty's peerless vision of the American West.
The eagerly awaited prequel to McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize winner Lonesome Dove features the beloved characters Woodrow Call and Gus McCrae as young Rangers, not yet twenty, in the days of the Texas Republic, and tells of how they are first confronted with the wild frontier that will mold them.
Pits legendary Texas Ranger Woodrow Call against his deadliest adversary ever.
The producers of the miniseries Streets of Laredo now present the story of the last two Cherokee warriors--Zeke Proctor and Ned Christie--and their struggle to remain true to their Indian ways. Focusing on Ned and Zeke's loyalty to their heritage and determination to be judged by Indian justice at a time when white men were trying to take judicial power away from the Cherokee nation, Zeke and Ned is prime McMurtry.
The stunning first novel from the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove. Young Lonnie idolizes Hud--a wild-acting man who'll do anything to get what he wants, whether it hurts someone or not. There are only two people Hud won't bow to. And when he tries to conquer them, nothing will ever be the same.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry offers an intimate and reflective exploration of a writer's life in this deeply personal follow-up to his memoir, Books. Through his experiences, McMurtry delves into the challenges and triumphs of the writing process, providing insights into the literary world and his own creative journey. This work captures the essence of being a writer, revealing the complexities and rewards that come with the craft.
The author presents a memoir of his odyssey from rancher's son to critically-acclaimed novelist, in a reminiscence set against the backdrop of the Lone Star State.