description: Part One Of Three Parts A love story, an adventure, an American epic, LONESOME DOVE embraces all the West -- legend and fact, heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers -- in a novel that recreates the central American experience, the most enduring of our national myths. Set in the late 19th century, LONESOME DOVE is the story of a cattle drive from Texas to Montana -- and much more. The drive is a risk, sure, but it's a part of the American Dream, a chance to carve a new life out of the last remaining wilderness. "Once again, McMurtry spins a yarn about the West -- and also about the nature of friendship, of folly, of responsibility, of moral codes and men and their destinies." (The Wall Street Journal)
language: English
title: Lonesome Dove, Part 1 of 3
titlecomplete: Lonesome Dove, Part 1 of 3
characters: Pea Eye Parker, Joshua Deets, Lorena Wood, Captain Woodrow Call, Newt Dobbs, Augustus "Gus" McCrae
genres: Adventure, Audiobook, American, Historical, Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Westerns, Fiction
ratings_count: 182291
places: The United States of America, Texas
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: Books on Tape, Inc.