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Comanche Moon

By: Larry McMurtry
Narrated by: Frank Muller
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Publisher's summary

Comanche Moon completes Larry McMurtry's epic cycle of novels of the American West that began with the Pulitzer-Prize-winning masterpiece, Lonesome Dove.

We join Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F. Call as they are just beginning to deal with the perplexing tensions of adult life -- Gus, and his great love, Clara Forsythe, Call and Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him -- when they enlist with a Ranger troop in pursuit of Buffalo Hump, the great Comanche war chief; Kicking Wolf, the celebrated Comanche horse thief; and a deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for torture.

Comanche Moon joins the 20-year time line between Dead Man's Walk and Lonesome Dove, as we follow Gus, Call and their comrades-in-arms -- Deets, Jake Spoon, and Pea Eye Parker -- in their bitter struggle to protect an advancing Western frontier against the defiant Comanches, determined to defend their territory and way of life.

At once realistic and yet vividly imagined, Comanche Moon is a giant of an audiobook and the keystone to a mighty achievement of storytelling. An epic adventure full of heroism, tragedy, cruelty, courage, honor and betrayal, Comanche Moon is the culmination of Larry McMurtry's peerless vision of the American West.

©2000 Larry McMurtry (P)2000 Simon & Schuster

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A true classic!

I love the Lonesome Dove series! This is my favorite! The story is great and the narrator is good too!

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Accurate in i5s history, clever storytelling

Lonesome Dove is one of the most entertaining novels I have ever read or listened to. This prequel was almost as fun. McMurtry is a great story teller and this novel is historically accurate. Great characters, great narration.

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Before Lonesome Dove was Comanche Moon

Before Lonesome Dove was Comanche Moon
not much to say if you like westerns Then this is a really good one....

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I love this as a stand alone book.

If you are reading this after Lonesome Dove be prepared for the characters to not have the same personalities. It isn't the same Gus's and McCray but they have the same names. I love the book and highly recommend it but don't understand why the author didn't have characters with different names.

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Great Book

Would you consider the audio edition of Comanche Moon to be better than the print version?

Yes, because the narrator adds a lot to the characters.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Captain Skull, He was a very cool character every time he was mentioned the story got very interesting.

Which character – as performed by Frank Muller – was your favorite?

Captain Skull.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The torture that captain Skull endured was really some good story telling.

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This book is read in four parts. The fourth part is dry, dull, and boring. They should have stopped at part three and the book would have been perfect. The last part was so dull that I barely got through it.

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A Classic!!

What made the experience of listening to Comanche Moon the most enjoyable?

The writing of Larry McMurtry is superb!! Each character has such great detail , you get to know their personalities, moods, idiosyncrasies

What other book might you compare Comanche Moon to and why?

Larry McMurtry's books are hard to compare to others, but they are certainly classics on their own

Have you listened to any of the narrator’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

This narrator was a bit nauseating at times, but he captured the characters personalities pretty well

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I love this book!! Call, Gus, Famous Shoes, Buffalo Hump will live on!!

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decent read

Decent book I thought the story was well written rarell diagraft I can't say I would purchase it again but the series is pretty good

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love Larry McMurtry

the richness of the plot and the depth of character in Comanche Moon is amazing. I have read all of his books and I find that Comanche Moon and Lonesome Dove are my favorite.

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A must read/hear for any Texan

I had to slow it down to .9x speed just so I can soak it in better. The reader puts emotion into the lines very well. Everything about this book is great. Each characters story is represented and the character arch’s are as enthralling as they are informing. The representation of every character is respectful and truthful. And great nonfiction historical documentation of one of the most successful Comanche War chief/general’s of the Texican-Comanche war for those Historophiles out there.

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Narration is nearly unbearable

I don’t know what else Frank Muller narrates but if it’s anything like this I’ll go out of my way to avoid it. I felt compelled to write this review on Chapter 2, having full confidence that the quality of the writing could carry the poor performance and render it tolerable.

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