Captain Augustus McCrae and Captain Woodrow F. Call are my friends. Or, perhaps they are more like my heroes. Whatever it is, they are definitely deeply engrained into my soul. These two former Texas Rangers are the fulfillment of everything I dreamed of being myself as I was growing up.
Now, I realize that they are simply characters that Larry McMurtry dreamed up in the 1970's, but they have lived in the pages of Lonesome Dove since that time, as well as the hearts of countless young men.
Lonesome Dove is the tale of McCrae and Call, two retired Texas Rangers that live on the Texas side of the border town Lonesome Dove. It is the epic tale of these two cowboys, their lives together, and their last adventure together. After a life of fighting Comanches on the Texas plains they decide to move a herd of cattle to Montana. Along the way they come across Indians, whores, lawmen, and everything else that one would expect from the western frontier.
Of course, after you read the book you can enjoy the 8 hour mini-series that pits Robert Duvall as McCrae and Tommy Lee Jones as Call. They took the time to do it right, and it is great... especially after you have read the book.
Lonesome Dove. Read it.
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