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

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.

I really love all of the Lonesome Dove series

I've listened to all this series twice now and I'm sure it won't be my last.

Compared to lonesome dove.

It carries the same style and story telling as lonesome dove. But leaves the reader wanting more. It's not this authors finest work, but an entertaining read all the same.

Wow!

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

Just as good as Lonesome Dove

I don't usually write reviews but after seeing so many negative reviews I had to provide another perspective.

I found the writing in this story just as poignant as Lonesome Dove and the characters just as appealing or interesting. I find it strange that people say this book is more depressing than Lonesome Dove. I think people remember LD with rose tinted glasses. I loved LD a lot, too, but that book was constantly violent and depressing. I think the core of people's dislike of this book is just because it doesn't have most of the characters they came to love in LD. Whether or not you think certain characters died justly or if it made sense is and always has been irrelevant to these stories. I could go on about the comparisons to LD, but I'll cut it there.

As far as the story on it's own, there were several moments that really took my breath away. I love how McMurtry gives and takes from the audience and lets the narrative be messy. Some things have a satisfying ending and some don't. Some characters end up in relationships or places that might not be what the reader expects, but he still writes it in such an interesting way that it works. I think how things ended was satisfying, as in the end the themes of masculinity, violence, self worth, and so on are not easy to wrap up neatly with a bow, and arguably should not be in a story this complex.

Definitely recommend giving the book a try if you liked Lonesome Dove. As with LD it takes a couple of chapters for the story to get going, but it is worth it. Try not to let your bias towards the characters of LD deprive you of a great story.

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.