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June 1, 1985 this large, stately, and intensely powerful new novel by the author of terms of endearment and the last picture show is constructed around a cattle drivean epic journey from dry, harddrinking south texas, where a band of retired texas rangers has been living idly, to the last outpost and the. From the pulitzer prizewinning author larry mcmurtry comes the sequel and final book in the lonesome dove tetralogy. The lonesome dove miniseries has drawn millions of viewers and won numerous awards, including seven emmys. Like this is our monkeynotes downloadable and printable book summary study guide booknotes synopsis analysis for lonesome dove by larry mcmurtry in pdf format. The national bestseller the second book of larry mcmurtry s lonesome dove tetralogy, comache moon takes us once again into the world of the american west. Lonesome dove by larry mcmurtry monkeynotes summarystudy. Larry mcmurtry books list of books by author larry mcmurtry. Mcmurtry is probably best known for his pulitzer prizewinning novel larry mcmurtry born june 3, 1936 in wichita falls, texas is an american novelist, essayist and screenwriter. To this day, this is the authors most famous and widely acclaimed book. Larry jeff mcmurtry born june 3, 1936 is an american novelist, essayist, bookseller, and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old west or in contemporary texas.
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