Part of Lonesome Dove, book 4
First published 1997
Hard-drinking Gus McCrae and sober Woodrow Call are Texas Rangers patrolling the rugged frontier. They fight off Comanche raids and outlaw gangs, but their toughest battles are with their own hearts. Gus is jilted by his lover, while Woodrow struggles to accept the child he fathered with a prostitute. As the two men navigate their personal entanglements, they forge an unlikely friendship that sustains them through the dangers of the American West.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, 19th-century, american-history
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unlikely-friendship
Setting: Texas
Period: 19th-century
816 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Pocket Books