• Dead Man's Walk

  • By: Larry McMurtry
  • Narrated by: Will Patton
  • Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (4,059 ratings)

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Dead Man's Walk

By: Larry McMurtry
Narrated by: Will Patton
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Publisher's summary

In Streets of Laredo, McMurtry brought the story ahead, giving us Call in his old age. Now, in Dead Man's Walk, he takes us back to the days when Gus and Call were young Texas Rangers, first experiencing the wild frontier that will form their characters. We also meet Clara Forsythe, the unforgettable young woman whose effect on Gus McCrae is immediate and unshakable. Danger, sacrifice, comradeship, and love give them the strength and courage to survive against the almost insurmountable odds of the frontier.

In Dead Man's Walk, Gus and Call are not yet 20, young men coming of age in the days when Texas was still an independent republic. Enlisting as Texas Rangers under a land pirate who wants to seize Santa Fe from the Mexicans, Gus and Call experience their first great adventure in the barren great plains landscape, in which arbitrary violence is the rule -- whether from nature, or from the Indians whose territory they must cross in order to reach New Mexico.

From the Indians defending their land with unrelenting savagery, to the Texans attempting to seize and "civilize" it, and the Mexicans threatened by both, the reckless men of the untamed frontier make this at once a riveting adventure story and a powerful work of literature.

©2000 Larry McMurtry (P)2000 Simon & Schuster
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Great Book - part of Lonesome Dove Series

Another great book about the Texas rangers in days before Lonesome Dove. Could not put it down. Will Patton is the BEST narrator!

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Loved this Book!

The narration, story and characters are all awesome! Now I’m on to Comanche Moon, the next book chronologically in the series.

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Good listen, but not his best

Felt a little contrived in parts, like he was grasping for a story. Weakest of the four books in the series.

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Dead Man's Walk

Loved it! Will Patton is an awesome narrator and the voices of Gus and Woodrow are so much like Bobby Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones in the movie Lonesome Dove that you can just see them (albeit younger) as you are listening. Just started Commanche Moon and the narration is a huge disappointment.

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Great beginning to the Lonesome Dove saga!!!

What made the experience of listening to Dead Man's Walk the most enjoyable?

Very well read by Will Patton.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Dead Man's Walk?

When Kicking Wolf was scared by Lady Carrey naked on her horse with the snake in her arms.

What does Will Patton bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Tons of emotion to each character.

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Enjoyed it, and found it hard to stop listening.

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I look forward to Comanche Moon.

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Great story, good narrator

Great adventure story, well read.
I love the series and this book kicks off the whole lonesome dove saga. Good

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was great up until the ending

Thee narrator was great.
The ending was rushed and didn't fit the book.
a good story though, none the less.

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Great story! Love to listen to Will Patton's voice

Would you listen to Dead Man's Walk again? Why?

Yes! Great narration!

Have you listened to any of Will Patton’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, Love his work!

Any additional comments?

Too bad the story line doesn't match that of Lonesome Dove. All three books should have followed the same story line.

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Dead Mans Walk

Have to listen closely in the beginning to get all the characters sorted out...then it is a great story and I am looking forward to book2.
Will Patton is a terrific reader .. fits the book great like in the James Lee Burke novels. And his voice is so soothi,g even in battle that I can set my sleep timer.

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Deus ex machina

Not as good as Lonesome Done but a good read for most of the story. Unfortunately the plot wrapped up in a way that didn’t feel believable.

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