![]() Lonesome Dove is almost a ghost town when they leave, as they even take with them Lippy the piano player from the Dry Bean saloon, and Lorena Woods, who was the only "working girl" in Lonesome Dove. The fact that Jake is running from the law is not missed by Gus or Call, but the lure of open land pulls so hard that Call makes up his mind to go. The whole adventure begins when Jake Spoon, another former Ranger, returns from Arkansas with stories of untouched green pastures and mountain wilderness. Call and his partner Captain Augustus McCrae, both former Texas Rangers, the company includes Pea Eye and Deets, who also rode as Texas Rangers with the Captains, and Newt Dobbs, who is Captain Call's only son. ![]() The Hat Creek Cattle Company, half experienced and half young men new to the trail, are bound and determined to find unpopulated land to start a ranch. ![]() This epic story will make the reader laugh out loud and cry unabashed as it journeys from Lonesome Dove, Texas to Montana on a cattle drive. Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry, is an adventure from beginning to end. ![]()
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