Assisting the Rangers in their wild chase is the renowned Kickapoo tracker, Famous Shoes.Ĭomanche Moon closes the twenty-year gap between Dead Man's Walk and Lonesome Dove, following beloved heroes Gus and Call and their comrades in arms - Deets, Jake Spoon, and Pea Eye Parker - in their bitter struggle to protect the advancing West frontier against the defiant Comanches, courageously determined to defend their territory and their way of life. Two proud but very different men, they enlist with the Ranger troop in pursuit of Buffalo Hump, the great Comanche war chief Kicking Wolf, the celebrated Comanche horse thief and a deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for torture. The epic four-volume cycle that began with Larry McMurty's Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, Lonesome Dove, is completed with this brilliant and haunting novel-a capstone in a mighty tradition of storytelling.Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F.
Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow Call, now in their middle years, continue to deal with the ever-increasing tensions of adult life - Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe, and Call with Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him. Two proud but very different men, they enlist with a Ranger troop in pursuit of Buffalo Hump, the great Comanche war chief Kicking Wolf, the celebrated Comanche horse thief and a deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for torture.Ĭomanche Moon joins the twenty-year time line between Dead Man's Walk and Lonesome Dove, following beloved heroes Gus and Call and their comrades-in-arms-Deets, Jake Spoon, and Pea Eye Parker-in their bitter struggle to protect an advancing Western frontier against the defiant Comanches, courageously determined to defend their territory and their way of life.Īt once vividly imagined and unflinchingly realistic, Comanche Moon is a sweeping, heroic adventure full of tragedy, cruelty, courage, honor and betrayal, and the culmination of Larry McMurty's peerless vision of the American West.The second book of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove tetralogy, Comanche Moon takes us once again into the world of the American West. which includes Dead Mans Walk, Comanche Moon, Lonesome Dove. Call, now in their middle years, are just beginning to deal with the enigmas of the adult heart-Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe and Call with Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him. Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry Characters Captain Woodrow F. and showcases Larry McMurtrys strong affinity for the landscape.
Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F. The second book in the Lonesome Dove quartet, Comanche Moon, which follows on from Dead.
The epic four-volume cycle that began with Larry McMurty's Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, Lonesome Dove, is completed with this brilliant and haunting novel-a capstone in a mighty tradition of storytelling.
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