Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, Book 3)

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And something I noticed – it could be that this is in the nature of most epic stories, but there was a Lord of the Rings vibe about the shape of the whole thing. When the sky had pinked up nicely over the western flats, Augustus went around to the back of the house and kicked the kitchen door a time or two. I loved Pea Eye, the Irishmen, the pigs, the horses, Bolivar, Po, Clara, July, Joe, Wilbarger and I'm sure I have left some out.

This is a good moment to point out the many moments of humor in the book - the rivalry between Gus and Po as the team's primary sources of entertainment was a great on-going joke. The tale seems to have a lot of Indian and wildlife threats – it felt like there were too many anonymous small groups of Indians (portrayed quite thinly in contrast to the cowboys) popping up to injure/kill a main character to poignant effect. Hearing that July Johnson has been looking for him, Jake leaves Texas in a hurry in the company of the Suggs brothers, who are, he soon realizes, cruel bandits.After a heavy rain, he sends Pea Eye down the swollen river to seek help, but Pea Eye loses his clothing, boots, gun, and food in the river and stumbles naked and unarmed for a 100-mile walk across the plains. I hope this review encouraged you to pick up and read this classic if you never had, or to reread it if you have. Nevertheless, they have real affection for each other, even though, as Clara notes, they might have been better off missing each other completely.

I have not seen the series and don’t think I ever shall… it would be impossible to accurately portray these incredibly interesting characters on film. Most of the book concerns a cattle drive, a great, messy, lumbering affair that acts as a backdrop to the lives and loves of the characters. When he finally found a clearing, he wouldn't leave it, and Pickles Gap came into being, mainly attracting travelers like its founder, which is to say people too weak-willed to be able to negotiate a few hundred miles of mesquite thicket without losing their nerve. Meanwhile, feverish and dying, Gus leaves the river shortly after Pea Eye, taking his chances and escaping the Indians. Finally the Army will manage the whip 'em down to where they can be squeezed onto some reservation, so the lawyers and bankers can come in and get civilisation started.Larry McMurtry is the author of more than thirty novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove . Gus and July attack Blue Duck's bandit encampment, killing the bandits and rescuing Lorena; however, Blue Duck has already made his escape, having murdered Roscoe, Joe, and Janey in the process. He didn't work unless he had to, and yet he could sit down night after night and out-eat three men who had put in a day's labor.