Lonesome Dove

Written by Larry McMurtry

Published in

About "Lonesome Dove"

A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize— winning classic, Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America.Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove is a book to make us laugh, weep, dream, and remember.

Genres
  • Fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • Westerns
  • Classics
  • Historical
  • Adventure
  • Novels
  • Literature
  • Audiobook
  • American
awards
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1986)
  • PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (1986)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (1985)
  • Spur Award for Best Western Novel (1985)
ISBN 9780671683900 pages 960 publisher Pocket Books series Lonesome Dove #1 settings
  • United States of America
  • Texas (United States)
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