Part of Lonesome Dove, book 1
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First published 1985
In the dusty Texas town of Lonesome Dove, two aging former Texas Rangers – the romantic Gus and the driven, haunted Call – set out on a perilous cattle drive to the untamed Montana frontier. Along the way, they wrangle a colorful cast of characters, from the beautiful Lorena to the vicious outlaw Blue Duck, facing danger, betrayal, and their own bitter rivalry. This sweeping Western epic is a tale of friendship, adventure, and the relentless pull of the American Dream.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, 19th-century, epic, american-history
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Arkansas, Canadian River, Colorado, Fort Smith, Fort Worth, Lonesome Dove, Mexico, Miles City, Milk River, Missouri River, Montana, Musselshell River, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ogallala, Platte River, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Texas, West (U.S.), West United States, Wyoming, Yellowstone River
Period: 1870s
843 pages · Hardcover · New York: Simon and Schuster