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Dead Man's Walk
Series: Lonesome Dove
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Dead Man's Walk
The first book in the Lonesome Dove quartet.
The first book in the Lonesome Dove quartet, set in frontier America in the early nineteenth-century.
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Taking you deep into the heart of the American West, Dead Man's Walk is the first book in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove quartet.
These are the wild days when Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call—heroes of Lonesome Dove—first encounter the untamed frontier that will form their characters.
Not yet twenty, Gus and Call enlist as Texas Rangers under the command of Caleb Cobb, a capricious outlaw determined to seize Santa Fe from the Mexicans. The two young men experience their first great adventure in the barren, empty landscape of the great plains, where arbitrary violence is the only law—whether from nature, or from those whose territory they must cross in order to reach New Mexico.
Danger, sacrifice, and fear test Gus and Call to the limits of endurance, as they seek the strength and courage to survive against almost insurmountable odds in the West of early nineteenth-century America.
Continue the series set in the Wild West with Comanche Moon.
Series: Lonesome Dove
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Larry McMurtry offers a gripping tale set in the Wild West, exploring themes of love, fear, and sacrifice, all while providing readers with dynamic and vibrant landscapes. Critics praise the book for its accessible storytelling and insightful reflections on significant philosophical questions, akin to great literary figures like Melville and Conrad. It's highlighted as a well-told, undemonstrative narrative of violence that captures the mythical essence of the Wild West, with commendations for successfully resurrecting memorable characters.
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ISBN: 9781447274643
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 February 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Picador
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 29.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 314g
Pages: 448
About the Author
Larry McMurtry is the author of more than thirty novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove. He has also written memoirs and essays, and received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Brokeback Mountain.
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