Leaving Cheyenne

De: Larry McMurtry

Narrado por: John Randolph Jones, C.J. Critt, Mark Hammer

Texas. Even as it enters a new century, it is still a clean, lean, and hungry country—its passions quickly felt and quickly spent, its hopes as clear and forthright as the morning sun.

Bound inextricably to the land, its future is forged by young men and women like Gideon Fry, Johnny McCloud, and Molly Taylor. Gideon, a circumspect young man, is torn between his need to find his own way and the more formidable challenge of following in his rancher father’s footsteps. His best friend Johnny takes each day as it comes, his restless spirit finding its only solace in the arms of a woman, a barroom brawl, or on the back of a good horse traversing an open range. And binding them all together is Molly, the elusive and passionate woman they both love, who gives herself to both, commits herself to neither, and bears each of them a child.

Rugged, bold, and volatile, the three of them struggle with history even as they make it. And they, along with the country that bred them, come of age together in this tender and intimate novel of the heart.

©1991 Larry McMurtry (P)1993 Recorded Books

Great Story!!

What made the experience of listening to Leaving Cheyenne the most enjoyable?

I loved the Narration. Very griping emotions..

Any additional comments?

Such a sad ending.. Get this book..

Slow Starter: Don’t Give Up

Great story but it took some time to get into it. Get’s much better in Nook 2. Worth the wait.

Not at all what I was looking for!

I thought this would be a rowdy Western story. I was driving from Northern Montana to Rifle Colorado and wanted a rowdy Western to listen to. It wasn’t! I loved it anyway! Great story! Great writer!

Deeply touching story

From youth to middle to old age. Funny, sweet and sad. Just like life itself, the story had to end.

The second best work of McMutry

A story about three friends (2 males and 1 female) who grew up together in Texas, in the early to mid 1900’s. A platonic / romantic relationship between the three exists, similar, but not precisely like Lonesome Dove. I would have liked to have seen it as a movie.
The story starts when the 3 are at a young age, perhaps single digit age, and ends at the death of one of the principal characters. It is a story of a life long friendship between the three.
Personally I enjoyed the story because of its relationships between the characters. It gave me a knowledge of how something can mean nothing and nothing can mean something.