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The timeless, bestselling fourpart epic that began with the pulitzer prizewinning lonesome dove takes readers into the lives of augustus mccrae and woodrow call, two toughasnails texas rangers in the heyday of the old west. The story focuses on the relationship among several retired texas rangers and their adventures driving a cattle herd from texas to montana. Set in a border town, lonesome dove seems to be more focused on the shrinking border between civilization and wilderness. Screenwriter, novelist, essayist, and bookseller larry mcmurtry is well known for his novels terms of endearment and the last picture show, and his pulitzerprizewinning saga lonesome dove, the films of terms of endearment, the last picture show, and. Larry mcmurtry is the author of the book lonesome dove, which was published in june 1985. The second book of larry mcmurtrys lonesome dove tetralogy, comache moon takes us once again into the world of the american west.
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