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| Title | : | Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove #3) |
| Author | : | Larry McMurtry |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 464 pages |
| Published | : | October 17th 2000 by Simon Schuster (first published 1995) |
| Categories | : | Westerns. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction |
Larry McMurtry
Paperback | Pages: 464 pages Rating: 3.93 | 11372 Users | 586 Reviews
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Dead Man's Walk is the first, extraordinary book in the epic Lonesome Dove tetralogy, in which Larry McMurtry breathed new life into the vanished American West and created two of the most memorable heroes in contemporary fiction: Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call. As young Texas Rangers, Gus and Call 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.Details Books During Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove #3)
| Original Title: | Dead Man's Walk |
| ISBN: | 0684857545 (ISBN13: 9780684857541) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Lonesome Dove #3 |
| Characters: | Augustus "Gus" McCrae, Captain Woodrow Call |
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Ratings: 3.93 From 11372 Users | 586 ReviewsAssess Out Of Books Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove #3)
A man could perhaps and perhaps all day, and not find his way to the truth.I felt as though I walked across a very long desert by the time I completed this book. The prequel to the great Lonesome Dove, this book required staying power. Admittedly, I am not a big fan of westerns but McMurtry is a more-than-decent writer so this book entered my collection. But it exhausted me.That doesn't mean the book is hard to read. Quite the opposite. But the title is very appropriate. Walking. Lots and lotsThis is the first book in the Lonesome Dove trilogy. I didn't know I could be so captivated by a story of the Texas Rangers. Other GR friends have written more detailed reviews and their enthusiasm is contagious. I am now a fan and will read more. Will Paton's narration was top notch.
The reader meets Captains Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove as tired old men, ready for one last adventure after a life of Texas Rangering. Here in Dead Man's Walk, the reader is reintroduced to them as young recruits to the Rangers. Like Lonesome Dove and its sequel Streets of Laredo, this prequel is a hell of a good time. McMurtry turns a guilty pleasure genre into a rich, capital-L Literary experience. Though the thorough characterization in
While it was great to read about Gus and Call again - two of literature's more vivid characters - there seemed to be little point to DEAD MAN'S WALK other than "here's some more Gus & Call." While LONESOME DOVE contains not only great characters and stirring developments, but also meditates on themes of change, age and regret, here McMurtry seems content to just revisit his two leads and kick them around the old west for a few hundred pages. Most disappointingly, in this novel Gus and Call
Wow. What a stinkeroo this turned out to be. In fact, it sadly confirms the suspicions I had of McMurtry while reading Lonesome Dove which is to say he has incredible skill in drawing you into a rich, realistic, dusty Old West atmosphere but lacks the ability to create a well-structured story. Also, contrary to popular opinion, I feel McMurtry -- at least in his Western novels -- paints some pretty one-dimensional characters.This book triples the meandering of Lonesome Dove, which incidentally I
4 and 1 / 2 starsIn this novel, Woodrow Call and Augustus Gus McCrae are just young men who have joined the Texas Rangers. On their first ride out to survey a new road, they meet up with Buffalo Hump, one of the fiercest Comanche warriors on the plains. They lose two men, and are lucky to make it back safely to San Antonio.On their next adventure, the troop heads out for Santa Fe, New Mexico over a thousand miles away! They meet up with a tornado. Gus falls in love with practically every woman
Having thoroughly enjoyed Lonesome Dove, I decided to explore the rest of the books about Gus and Call by McMurtry. My local library's copy of Streets of Laredo had a binding issue, so while they are repairing it, I skipped forward to the 3rd book which is actually stepping back in time to when Gus and Call are young men not yet twenty joining up with the Texas Rangers for what would be a pair of long, storied careers. The book is split into two missions: one which takes them on an abortive
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