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1985 novel by Larry McMurtry

This article is about the novel. For the franchise as a whole and its various adaptations, see Lonesome Dove series.

Lonesome Dove is a 1985 Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry.

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It is the first published book of the Lonesome Dove series and the third installment in the series chronologically. It was a bestseller and won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In 1989, it was adapted as a TV miniseries starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall, which won both critical and popular acclaim.

McMurtry went on to write a sequel, Streets of Laredo (1993), and two prequels, Dead Man's Walk (1995) and Comanche Moon (1997), all of which were also adapted as TV series.

Premise

The novel, set in the waning days of the Old West centers on the relationships between several retired Texas Rangers and their adventures driving a cattle herd from Texas to Montana.

The novel contains themes including old age, death, unrequited l