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Boone's Lick

By: Larry McMurtry
Narrated by: Will Patton
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry returns to the Old West in a fast-moving, comic tale about a woman determined to conquer anything that stands in the way of an ultimate confrontation with her wayward husband.

In his first historical novel in ten years, Larry McMurtry introduces Mary Margaret, a nineteenth-century version of the formidable, unforgettable Aurora Greenway of Terms of Endearment. Mary Margaret is married to Dickie, who hauls supplies to the forts along the Oregon Trail and, as Mary Margaret rightly suspects, enjoys the pleasures of other women across most of the frontier. Fed up and harboring a secret love of her own, she collects the kids; her brother-in-law, Seth; her sister, Rosie; and her cranky father and makes her way westward to settle things once and for all.

The story of their trek across the country is packed with the elements McMurtry fans love: encounters with historical figures such as Wild Bill Hickock and U.S. Army colonel Fetterman (whose incompetence resulted in one of the bloodiest massacres in the history of the American West), larger-than-life fictional characters who join the family on their journey, and confrontations with nature at its wildest. With characters based on actual traders of the Old Santa Fe Trail, Boone's Lick is vintage McMurtry.©2000 Larry McMurtry, All Rights Reserved; (P)2000 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All Rights Reserved; AUDIOWORKS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc. Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Westerns
Engaging Characters • Colorful Storytelling • Entertaining Plot • Masterful Writing

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Larry McMurtry is one of my favorite authors, and this book doesn't disappoint. The characters were endearing and the story absorbing and in a true McMurtry way, sometimes shocking. I highly recommend it.

Enjoyable and Absorbing

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Good book with lots of interesting characters.
Worth your time very interesting book
I enjoyed it immensely

Very good listen

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I’m a great fan of Larry McMurtry, and Lonesome Dove is my favorite of his many books. Since I have retired, I’ve decided to read everything he’s written, and have enjoyed every one of the books I’ve read or listened to thus far. He never disappoints because he takes the time to develop his characters, and you can like them or loathe them, but you’ll feel you know who they are. He is also a great storyteller, so, speaking for myself, I am always entertained while I enjoy the experience.

Interesting characters invented by a master storyteller.

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Nevertheless, this is a fine offering. Read by my favorite audiobook reader, Will Patton, and written by one of my favorite authors, Larry McMurtry, this novel was a good time!

No Lonesome Dove

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No dislikes. Larry McMurtry is flawless in writing the west. Will listen to this one again.

Great story.

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