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PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-100684857537
ISBN-139780684857534
eBay Product ID (ePID)363542
Product Key Features
Book TitleStreets of Laredo : a Novel
Number of Pages544 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
TopicGeneral, Literary, Westerns
GenreFiction
AuthorLarry McMurtry
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN93-019279
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Larry McMurtry is a wonderful storyteller, and with . . . Streets of Laredo . . . he has written a novel that is even better than the original--and that was one hell of a tale."-- Boston Globe, "Larry McMurtry is a wonderful storyteller, and with . . .Streets of Laredo. . . he has written a novel that is even better than the original--and that was one hell of a tale."--Boston Globe, " Streets of Laredo is here and all that needs to be said is this: Hallelujah. . . . McMurtry has taken us back to the glory days of Lonesome Dove. . . ."-- Los Angeles Daily News, "A marvelous novel in its own right and in every way a worthy successor toLonesome Dove."--Chicago Tribune, Chicago TribuneA marvelous novel in its own right and in every way a worthy successor to Lonesome Dove., "Larry McMurtry remains a genius at dialogue. The scene where the seven whores start reminiscing about the first men in their lives in wonderful."-- New York Times Book Review, "Gorgeous . . . violent, funny, achingly sad, filled with heroism and regret . . . If you can putStreets of Laredodown, I'll eat my ten-gallon hat."--Cosmopolitan, " Streets of Laredo is a splendid addition to the literary portrait of McMurtry's native Texas and the West that he has been creating for three decades. It's also one of his most affectingly melancholy books. . . . The characters are as finely etched as any McMurtry has ever minted."-- Newsweek, "Streets of Laredois a splendid addition to the literary portrait of McMurtry's native Texas and the West that he has been creating for three decades. It's also one of his most affectingly melancholy books. . . . The characters are as finely etched as any McMurtry has ever minted."--Newsweek, "Larry McMurtry remains a genius at dialogue. The scene where the seven whores start reminiscing about the first men in their lives in wonderful."--New York Times Book Review, "Gorgeous . . . violent, funny, achingly sad, filled with heroism and regret . . . If you can put Streets of Laredo down, I'll eat my ten-gallon hat."-- Cosmopolitan, NewsweekStreets of Laredo is a splendid addition to the literary portrait of McMurtry's native Texas and the West that he has been creating for three decades. It's also one of his most affectingly melancholy books....The characters are as finely etched as any McMurtry has ever minted., "A marvelous novel in its own right and in every way a worthy successor to Lonesome Dove ."-- Chicago Tribune, "Streets of Laredois here and all that needs to be said is this: Hallelujah. . . . McMurtry has taken us back to the glory days of Lonesome Dove. . . ."--Los Angeles Daily News, CosmopolitanGorgeous...violent, funny, achingly sad, filled with heroismand regret....If you can putStreets of Laredodown, I'll eat my ten-gallon hat., NewsweekStreets of Laredois a splendid addition to the literary portrait of McMurtry's native Texas and the West that he has been creating for three decades. It's also one of his most affectingly melancholy books....The characters are as finely etched as any McMurtry has ever minted., Chicago TribuneA marvelous novel in its own right and in every way a worthy successor toLonesome Dove., The New York Times Book ReviewLarry McMurtry remains a genius at dialogue. The scene where the seven whores start reminiscing about the first men in their lives is wonderful., The Boston GlobeLarry McMurtry is a wonderful storyteller, and with...Streetsof Laredo...he has written a novel that is even better than theoriginal -- and that was one hell of a tale.
Dewey Decimal813.54
SynopsisFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry comes the final book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy--an exhilarating tale of legend and heroism, Streets of Laredo is classic Texas and Western literature at its finest. Captain Woodrow Call, August McCrae's old partner, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down a brutal young Mexican bandit. Riding with Call are an Eastern city slicker, a witless deputy, and one of the last members of the Hat Creek outfit, Pea Eye Parker, now married to Lorena--once Gus McCrae's sweetheart. This long chase leads them across the last wild stretches of the West into a hellhole known as Crow Town and, finally, into the vast, relentless plains of the Texas frontier., From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry comes the sequel and final book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy. An exhilarating tale of legend and heroism, Streets of Laredo is classic Texas and Western literature at its finest. Captain Woodrow Call, August McCrae's old partner, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down a brutal young Mexican bandit. Riding with Call are an Eastern city slicker, a witless deputy, and one of the last members of the Hat Creek outfit, Pea Eye Parker, now married to Lorena--once Gus McCrae's sweetheart. This long chase leads them across the last wild streches of the West into a hellhole known as Crow Town and, finally, into the vast, relentless plains of the Texas frontier., The final book of Larry McMurtry'sLonesome Dovetetralogy is an exhilarating tale of legend and heroism. Captain Woodrow Call, August McCrae's old partner, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down a brutal young Mexican bandit. Riding with Call are an Eastern city slicker, a witless deputy, and one of the last members of the Hat Creek outfit, Pea Eye Parker, now married to Lorena -- once Gus McCrae's sweetheart. This long chase leads them across the last wild streches of the West into a hellhole known as Crow Town and, finally, into the vast, relentless plains of the Texas frontier.
LC Classification NumberPS3563.A319S7 1993
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