Lonesome Dove saga
Author
Author
Series
Lonesome Dove saga volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Former Texas Rangers leave their unsuccessful cattle business when they hear of good opportunities in newly opened territory.
Author
Series
Lonesome Dove saga volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
589 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this sequel to Lonesome Dove, Captain Call, now an old man, is hired by the railroad to hunt down a young train robber from Mexico named Joey Garza, who was raised by Apaches and who strikes targets well into Texas. The cast of characters includes a Yankee accountant sent to keep track of Call's expenses and Pea Eye, Call's longtime deputy, now settled down to a farming life with Lorena, a former prostitute who is the region's schoolteacher.
Author
Series
Lonesome Dove saga volume Prequel
Language
English
Description
During the years of the Texas Republic, a group of Rangers travel across Texas on several misbegotten missions. Two of the youngest Rangers, Woodrow Call and Gus McCrae, are featured in Lonesome Dove. Their coming of age can be charted by the rivers they cross--the Brazos, the Trinity, the Big Wichita--and the hardships they endure. Death is a constant companion, coming quickly at the hand of hostile Natives, fellow rangers, and nature itself. Their...
Author
Series
Lonesome Dove saga volume Second Prequel
Language
English
Description
As Buffalo Hump becomes older, his Comanche children rise to power, but his son Blue Duck breaks away to form a renegade group favoring guns over bows and arrows.