#1 Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove

Larry McMurtry
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A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, 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. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove is a book to make us laugh, weep, dream, and remember.
Genres: FictionHistorical FictionWesternsClassicsHistoricalAdventureAudiobookBook ClubNovelsLiterature
960 Pages

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