Lonesome Dove A Novel
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- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Pages
- 843
- ISBN
- 9780671624613
In the small, dusty border town of Lonesome Dove, Texas, two aging former Texas Rangers, the loquacious Augustus "Gus" McCrae and the stoic Woodrow F. Call, lead a quiet life running a livery stable. Their glory days of rangering are long past, but a restless yearning for one last great adventure stirs when a former companion arrives with tales of an unspoiled frontier in Montana. On an impulse, Call decides they will gather a herd of cattle and drive them three thousand miles north, becoming the first to establish a ranch in that pristine territory.
What begins as a cattle drive evolves into a sweeping epic of the American West, a journey fraught with relentless hardship, sudden violence, and unexpected beauty. The trek across the vast and unforgiving plains tests the bonds of friendship and forces every character to confront their past, their regrets, and their own mortality. It is a story not just about the end of the frontier, but about the unforgettable men and women who inhabited it, exploring the deep complexities of loyalty, love, and loss in a world that is vanishing forever.
What begins as a cattle drive evolves into a sweeping epic of the American West, a journey fraught with relentless hardship, sudden violence, and unexpected beauty. The trek across the vast and unforgiving plains tests the bonds of friendship and forces every character to confront their past, their regrets, and their own mortality. It is a story not just about the end of the frontier, but about the unforgettable men and women who inhabited it, exploring the deep complexities of loyalty, love, and loss in a world that is vanishing forever.
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