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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780671683900
ISBN: 067168390X
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 960
Publication Date: December 15, 1988
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket
Features:- ISBN13: 9780671683900
- Condition: New
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Larry McMurtry, in books like The Last Picture Show, has depicted the modern degeneration of the myth of the American West. The subject of Lonesome Dove, cowboys herding cattle on a great trail-drive, seems like the very stuff of that cliched myth, but McMurtry bravely tackles the task of creating meaningful literature out of it. At first the novel seems the kind of anti-mythic, anti-heroic story one might expect: the main protagonists are a drunken and inarticulate pair of former Texas Rangers turned horse rustlers. Yet when the trail begins, the story picks up an energy and a drive that makes heroes of these men. Their mission may be historically insignificant, or pointless--McMurtry is smart enough to address both possibilities--but there is an undoubted valor in their lives. The result is a historically aware, intelligent, romantic novel of the mythic west that won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
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A love story and an epic of the frontier, Lonesome Dove is the grandest novel ever written about the last, defiant wilderness of America. Richly authentic, beautifully written, Lonesome Dove is a book to make readers laugh, weep, dream and remember. Now a blockbuster television event.
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...read it. You'll not be sorry. I can't believe it took me so long to find what I now consider my favorite novel of all time.
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As everyone before has said, this book is fantastic, full of great characters that you'll miss when you've finished. BUT for this specific edition (Kindle) DO NOT read the preface by the author unless you want a couple pretty major spoilers. Maybe he assumed that because this was a re-release everyone was already familiar with the story? I don't know, but it was really disappointing to me as someone who had never read it before. Other than that, great read!!!
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Like many other reviewers here, I don't normally enjoy Westerns, with the exception of this one. I have read others, before and since, and none even got within rifle range of this great novel, one of my 2 alltime favorite books. I don't know how many times I've read it cover to cover, since I discovered it in a book-making factory in the late '80s. That edition did not even include the info from the book jacket, so I really embarked on that long journey with no clue what lay ahead. What a trip ... Read More
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Wonderful book. I read it 25 years ago and had to buy a new copy.
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I could have kept reading this for 10,000 pages if possible; it was that good. I was genuinely sad to see this book, and I do not say that often. I plan on reading Comanche Moon and Dead Man's Walk as soon as possible. If they are half as good as this book then I know I won't be disappointed.
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