Lonesome Dove

De: Larry McMurtry

Narrado por: Lee Horsley

Duración: 36 h y 41 m

Resumen del Editor

A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Lonesome Dove, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America.

Two retired Texas Rangers, Captains Woodrow Call and Augustus "Gus" McCrae, lead a cattle drive from the small town of Lonesome Dove to the unsettled Montana territories. On their grueling journey, they are joined by Joshua Deets, a Black scout and former Ranger, Jake Spoon, a fugitive, and Newt Dobbs, a 17-year-old boy who may have family ties to Call. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove will make listeners laugh and weep, dream and remember.

This remastered audio edition is expertly read by actor Lee Horsley, best known for his starring role in the television series Matt Houston.

©2010 Larry McMurtry (P)1990 Phoenix Books, Inc.

Great book

I really enjoyed the story and also the characters. The performance was excellent and looking forward to the next book in the series.

right into the old west

I really enjoyed this story, takes you right into the old west. I loved Gus and his insightful views on life and people

Loved Lonesome Dove.

Excellent book. It was better than expected.
I quickly got used to the louder Gus voice.

Wow, what a story!

I should mention that I too only got the first 48 chapters when I first downloaded it. I thought I had finished the book! It was only after I started listening to the sequel, STREETS OF LAREDO, that I realized there was more. I deleted the book and reinstalled it and all the remaining chapters were there.

Fantastic book. Fantastic character. God bless Augustus McCray!

One of the top 5 novels EVER!

Superb in every aspect! Augustus McRae may be one of the greatest characters ever developed. The television series is in my top 10 of all time. The book is undeniably superior! Horsley was perfect to narrate. The only other person to do this story justice would be Walton Goggins.

classic story-telling

characters seem like real people. makes you laugh a cry. great narration. embodies life of texas in the story's era.

where is the rest of the book?

this is supposed to be unabridged but it stops after chapter 48. where is the rest?

Fantastic reading

Readers accents are phenomenal and the lonesome story is always changing and kept me hooked through all 37 hours

Audible fixed partial audiobook

Audible must have fixed the partial audio book that others had mentioned. As others said the narrator annoying voice of Gus is almost unbearable and ruins the feel of what is happening. towards the end of the book it gets better but but much.
I loved the mini series and the movie did a great job of staying true to the book. there are some things that were left out of the movie.

Great American Novel

This Pulitzer Prize winning novel is a national treasure and I wish it would have continued for another 30+ hours.

The narrator was perfect and played at 1.20x speed was just the right tempo to keep the story moving but while losing the tone of voice or story.

*What I listened to was the entire story, I didn’t encounter the same problems others wrote about in their reviews.

Now all that is left to do is lose this dern souther accent I picked up listen to this here dern yarn!