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- Publisher: Pocket Books
- ISBN: 0671001167
- WAPI (Tower ID): 102137268
- Release Date: June 1, 1996
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Dead Man's Walk" by Larry McMurtry to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Dead Man's Walk"Browse more products related to "Larry McMurtry"Review"This is a great book...Larry McMurtry, at his best here, is one of the finest American novelists, ever. " "When it comes to contriving tests of manhood, Mr. McMurtry knows no master....['Dead Man's Walk'] is a stranger and a more ambitious book than its predecessor, ruthless in its disposition of characters, sparse and vivid in its creation of the inhuman landscapes of New Mexico and the plains....Mr. McMurtry's two novels, freestanding and yet linked, should surely earn an award of some kind, for carrying forward to their ultimate limit the themes and leather-tough atmospherics on which novels and films of the Texas frontier depend." "Succeeds marvelously...resurrecting two brilliantly conceived characters and delivering a rousing tale of the Wild West." "...[I]t is a satisfactory foothill, with the grand old mountain in view....McMurtry has a fine time with youthful damnfoolishness, and so does the reader. The young Rangers are randy and daft, and ...coltish around women...." "McMurtry has left himself plenty of room for sequels to the prequel; if that is his plan, I wish him well, because this book was great fun to read. It is now some 20 years since Larry McMurtry advised other Texas writers to stop writing about the lost Texas of legend and instead to chronicle the new, urban Texas. McMurtry set the example, in such novels as 'Terms of Endearment,' but the, wily devil, he doubled back on us and wrote the most sweeping and romantic western adventure of all. I, for one, am happy to cede the historical territory to him, and to allow McMurtry to bring Gus and Woodrow back to life as often as he likes." "Readers who are looking for pure adventure will gobble up "Dead Man's Walk"--a wild and wooly read --from cover to cover. Publisher's noteIn Dead Man's Walk, the prequel to the bestselling books, Lonesome Dove and Streets of Laredo, McMurtry dazzles readers once more with the early adventures of two of the most memorable heroes in contemporary fiction--Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call. National ads/media. AnnotationWoodrow Call and Gus McCrae, of LONESOME DOVE, are also the characters of this prequel, which takes place during their teenage years. They become Texas Rangers, go to Santa Fe to relieve the Mexicans of their territory, and confront a nemesis: the Comanche chief, Buffalo Hump. If You Enjoy "Dead Man's Walk (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Dead Man's Walk (Paperback)" by Larry McMurtry (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Historical - General Bestsellers
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