num_pages: 843
description: Set in the late 19th century, Lonesome Dove is an adventurous story of a cattle drive from Texas to Montana. The narrative centers around two friends: Augustus McCrae, a reluctant rancher who has a way with women, and W. F. Call, whose talent for leadership conceals a secret sorrow. For Gus, Call, and the others who join the journey, the cattle drive is not only a daring and, perhaps, foolhardy endeavor, it comes to represent American dreams of the West.
language: English
title: Lonesome Dove
titlecomplete: Lonesome Dove
characters: Lorena Wood, Joshua Deets, Augustus "Gus" McCrae, Pea Eye Parker, Newt Dobbs, Captain Woodrow Call
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Adventure, Westerns, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 182344
places: Texas, The United States of America
series: Lonesome Dove
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Western Novel
publisher: New York: Simon and Schuster