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Larry McMurtry - Comanche Moon
 

Larry McMurtry - Comanche Moon

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry comes the "New York Times" bestselling prequel to the "Lonesome Dove" story. Texas rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, now in their middle years, are just beginning to deal with the enigmas of the heart, while courageously trying to defend their territory and their way of life. Soon to be an ABC made-for-television movie.

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More scalping and torturing and good reading

bywhita Apr 20, 2000
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Pros Gus and Call
Cons Nobody's interesting all their lives
Recommended it? Yes

You've either read Lonesome Dove or you haven't. If you haven't, now you have the opportunity to start at the beginning, with Dead Man's Walk, then read Comanche Moon, then Lonesome Dove, and finish with Streets of Laredo, which is a hard book, and sad. The books were written out of order for the... Read full review »

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Another outstanding novel!

byWildpaint Apr 14, 2000
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Pros Adventurous!
Cons to some a long book.
Recommended it? Yes

This is another outstanding novel by Larry McMurtry! Not as long as the orginal novel of Lonesome Dove that he wrote but all 700 and some pages of it had me spellbound.

When reading this novel you can almost feel yourself there and writing about why and how the captains Call and McCrae did... Read full review »

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Another Magnificent Epic

bytomwagstaff Sep 6, 1999
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Pros A wonderful story, told with great artistry
Cons none
Recommended it? Yes

Comanche Moon is one of the four novels that McMurtry has completed in his great epic of the American West that began with his Pulitzer Prize winning Lonesome Dove. There have been two prequels and a sequel to Lonesome Dove. In Dove, we were introduced to Gus and Call in their later years, "two of... Read full review »

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Authors Larry McMurtry
Awards 1998 Spur Award

Professional Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle Book Review: "Most of all, 'Comanche Moon' may leave readers with the nagging wish that they could start fresh and read the installments of this epic in order of internal chronology, rather than by publication date. McMurtry's saga stands as a considerable achievement of popular storytelling, starting strong, sagging slightly in the middle, but arriving at a resounding climax and denouement. To begin with 'Dead Man's Walk and finish with 'Lonesome Dove' will be a singular treat for new readers."

Book Editions

PaperbackReissue703June 01, 1998Pocket Books7.25"(h) x 4.5"(w) x 1.5"(d), 0.8 lbs.9780671020644

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Captain Inish Scull liked to boast that he had never been thwarted in pursuit--as he liked to put it--of a felonious foe, whether Spanish, savage, or white.
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