From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry comes the sequel and final book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy. An exhilarating tale of legend and heroism, “Streets of Laredo” is classic Texas and Western literature at its finest. Captain Woodrow Call, August McCrae’s old partner, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down a brutal young Mexican bandit. Riding with Call are an Eastern city … Eastern city slicker, a witless deputy, and one of the last members of the Hat Creek outfit, Pea Eye Parker, now married to Lorena–once Gus McCrae’s sweetheart. This long chase leads them across the last wild streches of the West into a hellhole known as Crow Town and, finally, into the vast, relentless plains of the Texas frontier.
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So much darkness. McCrae and Call had been together for so long. I had been apprehensive about taking this journey into a Gusless world. Not because I didn’t want to take another step without his sass and wisdom, but because I thought the relationship between the two old rangers was too important to the chemistry of the Lonesome Dove world. …
McMurty is quite the story-teller. I didn’t appreciate the swear words peppered throughout, but I give him the original feel of the way it was. Great description and characters.
A great western. Seems to have some historically accurate scenes. Very believable characters. Must like westerns to really get into it.
Streets of Laredo takes place years after the Hat Creek Outfit establishes a cattle ranch in Montana, the collective dream of Call and Gus and the men who work and tag along with the pair of close friends. I enjoyed Lonesome Dove immensely and looked forward to reading Streets of Laredo soon after completing the previous novel. Streets of Laredo …