Streets Of Laredo

De: Larry McMurtry

Narrado por: Daniel Von Bargen

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

Reseñas de la Crítica

" 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)

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

Why????

Could you not have done enough homework to at least keep the name pronunciations the same between the first and second books? Obviously would’ve been great to have the same narrator, but at least use the first narrators pronunciation of the names so that the story stays true. Drives me insane!

Wow!

Love it and brpught a whole new meaning to Cowboys and the tough life and wow

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.

sad but good

Great finale to the Lonesome Dove series. Never did care for Claire much. But book very life like. Good, but sad. People I liked & people I didn't.

Maria's sad life and Lorena's stength

I wish Maria had found true love and happiness somewhere in her life. I felt to close to her pain .

Better than the TV series

Not as good as Lonesome Dove but still worth listening to. I enjoyed it and recommend it.

Another great story!

It took a while to get into this one. Captain Call didn’t seem to have quite the same personality. That could be due to the narrator, butI feel like it was also in the writing.
McMurtry didn’t keep his details completely straight from the other books and that always drives me to distraction! Ultimately though it is a dern fine story.

Settling loose ends

Streets of Laredo as the sequel to Lonesome Dove serves a purpose in my mind and my heart. The resolution of true wranglers and cowboys of Texas mixing with the Yankees of the East lives out and culminates in these pages. If you are lucky enough to meet an ancestor of a real pioneer of Texas or even be related to one, you will understand the importance of these stories and circumstances. Very satisfying and tolerable.