r/LonesomeDove

What happens to everyone that was at the ranch? We are told it fails, but what happens to Lippy, Po Campo, Needle, Jasper, Allen O’Brien, and the rest?

Matilda ain’t no Lorena that’s for sure.

And Dead Man’s Walk ain’t Lonesome Dove. But it’s aight.

Jake shouldn’t have been hung. Like he said, “Hell, I just wanted to get through Kansas without being scalped.” The only thing he did was steal horses, but then they all stole horses together. In fact, their whole herd was stolen from mexico. Maybe he should’ve been hung for what he did to Lorena tho.

I always read non-fiction to learn from but this is the first fiction book I read and it’s turned me. Amazing.

I still like non fiction but sometimes it’s just too difficult to focus, while fiction just flows.

I already had 11/22/63 by Stephen King on deck to try but I might just mosey on over and read Streets of Laredo instead.

Uva uvam vivendo varia fit.

Both take place in 1876-1877 and reference Custer’s Last Stand. For anyone who hasn’t seen Deadwood and wants to scratch their itch for a western TV show, I can’t recommend it enough. I’m a bit surprised the Black Hills gold rush was never mentioned in the book, especially given the cattle drive’s proximity to the area. How do y’all think the outfit would’ve fared in Deadwood?

Like a lot of folks, my introduction to Larry McMurtry was his novel Lonesome Dover, which is on my top 5 novels of all time. I finished the series, and then added to my TBR his novel "Moving On". Last night I finished it, and I am not going to lie, I think it had a bigger impact on me than Lonesome Dove did.

I think it's probably due to being married now for over 20 years, and understanding the challenges that come along with it. For the story to not have an overarching plot, I found it kept me feeling anxious, and would often times catch me off guard. Such an amazing book that I would recommend to anyone.

Hey no spoilers please I’m halfway through. I’m confused how peach’s letter to July got to Fort Worth before he did. As far as I can tell they discovered Elmira was gone a few days after July left, and July seemed to take a fairly straight line to Fort Worth. How did Peach’s letter beat him there?

Then later that night when going to bed, I was legitimately sad when I remembered that I was done. I wasn't ready to say goodbye to all of those characters.

What a book! Absolutely lived up to the hype. I'm going to take a break, then work my way through the others.