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The Last Kind Words Saloon
- Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Evoking the greatest characters and legends of the Old Wild West, here McMurtry tells the story of the closing of the American frontier through the travails of two of its most immortal figures: Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday.
Opening in the settlement of Long Grass, Texas - not quite in Kansas, and nearly New Mexico - we encounter the taciturn Wyatt, whiling away his time in between bottles, and the dentist-turned-gunslinger Doc, more adept at poker than extracting teeth. Now hailed as heroes for their days of subduing drunks in Abilene and Dodge - more often with a mean look than a pistol - Wyatt and Doc are living out the last days of a way of life that is passing into history, two men never more aware of the growing distance between their lives and their legends.
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McMurtry traces the rich and varied friendship of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday from the town of Long Grass to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Denver, then to Mobetie, Texas, and finally to Tombstone, Arizona, culminating with the famed gunfight at the O.K. Corral, rendered here in McMurtry's stark and peerless prose.
With the buffalo herds gone, the Comanche defeated, and vast swaths of the Great Plains being enclosed by cattle ranches, Wyatt and Doc live on, even as the storied West that forged their myths disappears. As harsh and beautiful, and as brutal and captivating as the open range it depicts, The Last Kind Words Saloon celebrates the genius of one of our most original American writers.
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- Carl
- 05-28-14
So So Addition to McMurtry's Western Stories
I've read all Larry McMurtry's Western stories and loved them all starting with his best, Lonesome Dove so I had to have this one. However the story seemed cut out from another that he never threw away. It also seems to be a repeat of many of his cowboy stories with a character from a past one passing through this one. Gave it 3 stars because the humorous dialog he imagines of that time (similar to his other westerns) that also illustrates the casual savagery of The West. He also paints a picture that makes me wonder how any sane person could ever imagine cowboy life as romantic and adventurous but it certainly was interesting.
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- Edgar
- 03-02-15
A nice addition to Larry McMurtry's works
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Larry McMurtry is the only author whose complete set of books I own. So that you don't assume I'm biased, I would rate his weakest work, such as The Evening Star, at only one star, reserving five for Lonesome Dove and Comanche Moon. Thus three stars for this gentle, nostalgic novella, enhanced by an excellent reader.
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- WinJam
- 07-20-19
Avoid if you liked Telegraph Days.
if you enjoyed Telegraph Days you may want to avoid this story. It is many of the same characters with a different timeline of events that is confusing and takes away from the story of Telegraph Days to me. the story never seemed to go anywhere it just rambled back and forth between characters with no plot or character development ever happening..
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- Norris D. Boyd Jr.
- 03-27-18
Did this one for the money
Used to like McMurtry, but this one he did to get a check. Full of so many cheap shots and tired stereotypes I was embarrassed for him. Not worth the time.
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- Faith Vander Voort
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If you’re looking for a good book...keep looking
I loved Lonesome Dove. I loved Comanche Moon. This book would leave a fan of either to conclude that Larry McMurtry has nothing left. Do yourself, and Larry McMurtry’s legacy a favor. Don’t read it.
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- Merlin
- 03-23-16
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It was a good read typical Mcmurty waiting next ones if you all funk with me again I will sp
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- Mary Ann Baker
- 10-25-16
Great characters!
Loved it as I do most of McMurtry"s books. Narration very good.
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- Jesse B Brown
- 06-20-16
disappointed
nowhere near what I have come to expect from Larry McMurtry novels. Way too short and ends very abruptly. I'm probably done with his newer stuff.
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- Melinda
- 06-30-14
Love McMurtry's Cadence and Vocabulary
Not sure why he used real characters in history. This story could have been about anyone in the old west. Story a little short. I wanted more....
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- hankark
- 06-23-14
Dissappointing
No plot. Loved McMurty's other books. Just can't understand why he did this. Total waste of time.
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