Streets of Laredo

By: Larry McMurtry

Narrated by: Daniel Von Bargen

Length: 21 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

The final book of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove tetralogy is an exhilarating tale of legend and heroism. Captain Woodrow Call, August McCrae's old partner, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down a brutal young Mexican bandit. Riding with Call are an Eastern city slicker, a witless deputy, and one of the last members of the Hat Creek outfit, Pea Eye Parker, now married to Lorena - once Gus McCrae's sweetheart. This long chase leads them across the last wild streches of the West into a hellhole known as Crow Town and, finally, into the vast, relentless plains of the Texas frontier.

©2010 Larry McMurty (P)2010 Simon and Schuster Audio

Critic reviews

" Streets of Laredo is a splendid addition to the literary portrait of McMurtry's native Texas and the West that he has been creating for three decades. It's also one of his most affectingly melancholy books.... The characters are as finely etched as any McMurtry has ever minted." ( Newsweek)

"One of McMurtry's most powerful and moving achievements." ( Los Angeles Times)

"A marvelous novel in its own right and in every way a worthy successor to Lonesome Dove." ( Chicago Tribune)

Exceptional!

Impressive & riviting, I'm getting the other two novels in the series to read next

Great Story! Great Story Telling!

Daniel Von Bargen's narration is one of the best I've ever listened to. I've relistened to this great story multiple times. I keep going back to it every couple of years.

The Best in the Series, in my Opinion

I really felt the truth in the writing as both the characters and the setting age from book to book. This is a fitting end to an incredible series.

One of the best.

I love to read but don't have the time, so listening to such a well crafted and narrated story was pure joy.
I lost myself listening to this series, more so than with any other book, and I have listen to many.

The Sequel did not disappoint

The second book of this series is equally exciting in suspense, pathos, and character development. Like Ibsen, he brings questions to the surface and I can’t wait to read the third.

took a little bit but I loved it

as Streets of Laredo got rolling I was having a hard time getting next to the cast of characters. without Gus they seemed a little bit lackluster. I was never all that intrigued with Pea Eye and I'm still not but the other characters really stepped up as the story unfolded, pretty soon I was hooked just like I was with Lonesome Dove

Nicely wraps up the lonesome dove saga

Top notch story with excellent characters. Realistic situations with realistic outcomes blended with a good perspective on early life in South Texas

Great Story and Reader

Would you consider the audio edition of Streets of Laredo to be better than the print version?

I did not read the printed version so I cannot comment.

What other book might you compare Streets of Laredo to and why?

Lonesome Dove. It's the same author and narrator. Both were performed excellently.

Which character – as performed by Daniel Von Bargen – was your favorite?

Ned Brookshire

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It's a western. I can't say it was very emotional (not like Lonesome Dove).

Any additional comments?

An entertaining western with an interesting twist. It was nice seeing the rangers and Captain Call from another vantage point (that of Maria the daughter and sister of men they had hanged for horse stealing).

Best of the 3 non Lonesome Dove Novels

Having just finished the three Lonesome Dove follow up audiobooks , I found Streets of Laredo to be a fitting end to the story. I was not sure about Laredo going in. Some reviewers found it dark. Without Gus McCrae, what point was there in going on?

Well Woodrow seems to have felt the same way, but he uncomplainingly goes on. The flashbacks and recollections of Gus bring back his himor and brilliance. In Comanche Moon, Gus was portrayed as a a bit of a youthful clown and it was nice to get some brief remembrances of why he was so compelling.

Here is the West after the conquering of the Comanche and the buffalo. Villains still abound. Lorena and Clara still barely tolerate the captain. It's a great story.

Better than Lonesome Dove

I liked this better than Lonesome Dove. Perhaps because I felt like I knew the characters? The following quote is a good summary of this book "Life's but a knife edge. Sooner or later a person slips and gets cut". I felt that this book was more violent than LD.