Dead Man's Walk (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780684857541)

The first of Larry McCurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove tetralogy, showcasing McCurtry's talent for breathing new life into the vanished American West through two of the most memorable heroes in contemporary fiction: Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call.

As young Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call ("Gus" and "Call" for short) have much to learn about survival in a land fraught with perils: not only the blazing heat and raging tornadoes, roiling rivers and merciless Indians, but also the deadly whims of soldiers. On their first expeditions--led by incompetent officers and accompanied by the robust, dauntless whore known as the Great Western--they will face death at the hands of the cunning Comanche war chief Buffalo Hump and the silent Apache Gomez. They will be astonished by the Mexican army. And Gus will meet the love of his life.

Author: Larry McMurtry
ISBN-10: 0684857545
ISBN-13: 9780684857541
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2000
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.98d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 136