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Encyclopedia > Blue Duck (Lonesome Dove series)

Blue Duck is a fictional character, a biracial Indian appearing in two books in the Lonesome Dove series. He is the son of Buffalo Hump. The Lonesome Dove Series is a series of four books written by Larry McMurtry. ...


Comanche Moon

In the film version of Comanche Moon, Blue Duck is played by Adam Beach. Comanche Moon, a western novel by Larry McMurtry is the last one written in his Lonesome Dove series, though it is the second in the chronology of the narrative. ... Adam Beach Adam Ruebin Beach (born November 11, 1972 in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian actor of Saulteaux descent. ...


Lonesome Dove

In the film version of Lonesome Dove, Blue Duck is played by Frederic Forrest. Lonesome Dove, written by Larry McMurtry, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning western novel and the first published book of the Lonesome Dove series. ... Frederic Forrest (born December 23, 1936 in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American actor. ...


Streets of Laredo

Though Blue Duck is long since dead at the time this novel takes place, this volume does some retconning regarding his appearance in Lonesome Dove, making the pyromaniac Mox Mox one of his associates, having Blue Duck leave Lorena Wood Parker in his custody and, later, having to stop him from burning her alive so he can use her to lure Augustus McCrae into a trap. In the film, a flashback scene is included, in which Blue Duck is played by Bill Gribble. Retroactive continuity – commonly contracted to the portmanteau word retcon – refers to the act of changing previously established details of a fictional setting, often without providing an explanation for the changes within the context of that setting. ... Augustus McCrae, commonly known simply as Gus for short, is a fictional Texas Ranger who appears in three books in the Lonesome Dove series. ...



 

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