Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item
VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Minor wear along top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Minor chipping and closed tears, top and bottom of spine, primarily the latter. Small closed tear to left edge at spine, front panel. Minor chipping to all outside corners. Slight fading and creasing to spine. Very minor soiling, back panel. In first 2 pics, paper insert placed inside for improved appearance. BOARDS: Shelf rubbing, front and back. A couple of very small bumps to back bottom edge. Several small stain spots to lower back, near quarterbound. BOOK: Very light staining to textblock page edges, primarily head. Hinge starting, half-title page. Separation repaired between top of spine/textblock. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Lonesome Dove, the 3rd installment chronologically in the Lonesome Dove series. This is a true 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Simon & Schuster in 1985. The original dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Brodart sleeve.
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"Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.
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."
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"Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, prominent book collector, bookseller and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins).
His 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove was adapted into a television miniseries that earned 18 Emmy Award nominations (seven wins). The subsequent three novels in his Lonesome Dove series were adapted as three more miniseries, earning eight more Emmy nominations. McMurtry and cowriter Diana Ossana adapted the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain (2005), which earned eight Academy Award nominations with three wins, including McMurtry and Ossana for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2014, McMurtry received the National Humanities Medal."
The above text was taken from, respectively, Simon & Schuster (via Google Books) and Wikipedia.
Synopsis
An epic story of two retired Texas Rangers on a cattle drive to Montana that is loosely basedon historic events from the 19th century, the original Lonesome Dove story was written to be a screenplay called "The Streets of Laredo.” The 1970s film was to be directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring John Wayne, James Stewart, and Henry Fonda. However, due to casting issues, the movie was abandoned. Larry McMurtry later turned the Lonesome Dove script into a full-length Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The novel was later re-adapted to a four-part television miniseries starring Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, and Robert Urich.
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Reviews
I am 64 years old and have read many books, but this novel takes the cow pie cake--so to speak. I could not put it down--it has consumed my days and nights with the most outstanding writing I have ever read. I almost wanted to scratch the palces he was describing--I felt the rope on my neck--the bug bites--smelled the smells the cowboys smelled--was happy when they were happy and ever so sad when the main characters were either killed or had to make a major decision.
A must read for everyone who says the love to read. This is a novel one must take on their trip to Mars or down an isolated jungle trip. It will keep you company better than anything else you could take with you.
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- Title
- Lonesome Dove
- Author
- Larry McMurtry
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1985
- Weight
- 3.44 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st printing
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