
McMurtry went on to write a sequel, Streets of Laredo (1993), and two prequels, Dead Man's Walk (1995) and Comanche Moon (1997), all of which were also adapted as TV series.


In 1989, it was adapted as a TV miniseries starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall, which won both critical and popular acclaim. The novel was a bestseller and won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Set in the closing years of the Old West, the novel explores themes of old age, death, unrequited love, and friendship. The story focuses on the relationship among several retired Texas Rangers and their adventures driving a cattle herd from Texas to Montana. Larry McMurtry, the famed Texas novelist, screenwriter and bookseller, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his book 'Lonesome Dove', walks to the front of his bookstore Booked Up No. It is the first published book of the Lonesome Dove series but the third installment in the series chronologically. Lonesome Dove (1985) Streets of Laredo (1993) Dead Mans Walk (1995) Comanche Moon (1997) Series in order of internal chronology: Dead Mans Walk set in. Lonesome Dove is a 1985 Western novel by Texan author Larry McMurtry. Larry McMurtry (1936-2021) was the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two collections of.

If you would like to receive emails about future book club meetings, please email to be added to our email list. ISBN: 9781439126370 (electronic bk) Summary: From the Pulitzer Prizewinning author Larry McMurtry comes the sequel and final book in. The Great American Read Book Club is based on the books featured in the PBS series. Join us at 6pm in the Teen Zone to discuss these books.
