Lonesome Dove -- Larry McMurtry, Hardcover

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. Gus and Call travel again into the wild country, confronting thieves, murderers, and a dangerous gang of bandits--an adventure that may very well end in tragedy. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove is a book to make us laugh, weep, dream, and remember.

Author: Larry McMurtry
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 11/10/2000
Pages: 864
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.96lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.53w x 2.06d
ISBN: 9780684871226

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 58
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 16741 / Lonesome Dove


Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 09/04/2015 pg. 45

About the Author
Larry McMurtry (1936-2021) was the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lived in Archer City, Texas.