Historical · Literary
Lonesome Dove
Two retired Texas Rangers decide to drive a herd of cattle from the Rio Grande to Montana. Their journey is full of old friends, hard characters and dangers that wear the men down.
- First published
- 1985
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a vast, character-rich Western that is part adventure and part elegy for a fading way of life.
Skip this if you want a short book or a clean, heroic Western; it is long, brutal and often bleakly funny.
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