Title Lonesome Dove

Author	Larry McMurtry
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Lonesome Dove series
Genre(s)	Western
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Released	1985
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	843 p. (hardback edition)
ISBN	ISBN 0-671-50420-7 (hardback edition)
Preceded by	Comanche Moon
Followed by	Streets of Laredo

Lonesome Dove, written by Larry McMurtry, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning western novel and the first published book of the Lonesome Dove series. The story focuses on the relationship of several retired Texas Rangers and their adventures driving a cattle herd from Texas to Montana. It was broadcast on TV as a four-part mini-series. The mini-series was awarded six Emmy Awards and was nominated for 13 others. It spawned a follow-up mini-series as well, Return to Lonesome Dove. Image File history File links LarryMcMurtry_LonesomeDove. ... One of McMurtrys bookstores in Archer City, Texas Larry McMurtry (born June 3, 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an Academy Award winning screenwriter, American novelist and essayist. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Lonesome Dove Series is a series of four books written by Larry McMurtry. ... i like western films The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... Jean-François Millet Le Semeur (The Sower) Simon & Schuster logo, circa 1961. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... 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. ... This article is about the novel. ... One of McMurtrys bookstores in Archer City, Texas Larry McMurtry (born June 3, 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an Academy Award winning screenwriter, American novelist and essayist. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... i like western films The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... The Lonesome Dove Series is a series of four books written by Larry McMurtry. ... Official crest of the Texas Ranger Division The Texas Ranger Division, commonly known as the Texas Rangers, is a law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction based in Austin, the capital city of Texas, in the United States. ... Official language(s) No Official Language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Helena Largest city Billings Area  Ranked 4th  - Total 147,165 sq mi (381,156 km²)  - Width 255 miles (410 km)  - Length 630 miles (1,015 km)  - % water 1  - Latitude 44°26N to 49°N  - Longitude 104°2W to 116°2W Population  Ranked... An Emmy Award. ...

DVD Release

Lonesome Dove, Return to Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo and Dead Man's Walk are all available on DVD in the UK and US.

Captain Augustus "Gus" McCrae (Robert Duvall) and Captain Woodrow F. Call (Tommy Lee Jones), two famous ex-Texas Rangers, run a cattle ranch called the Hat Creek Cattle Company and Livery Emporium in the small dusty Texas border town of Lonesome Dove. Gus is a romantic figure whose happy-go-lucky nature and good fortune with women and prostitutes, especially Lorena Wood (Diane Lane), prohibits him from doing much real work around the ranch. Call, however, is a no-nonsense, hard-working taskmaster, though his industrious nature has not rubbed off on Gus in the thirty years they've been together. Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor and director. ... For the musician, see Tommy Lee. ... Ranching is the raising of cattle or sheep on rangeland, although one might also speak of ranching with regard to less common livestock such as elk, bison or emu. ... Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ...

Working with them are Joshua Deets (Danny Glover), a black man who is an excellent tracker and scout from their Ranger days, Pea Eye Parker (Timothy Scott), another former Ranger who works hard but isn't all too bright, and Bolivar (León Singer), a retired Mexican bandit who is their cook. Also living with them is the boy Newt Dobbs (Rick Schroder), a seventeen-year-old whose mother was a prostitute named Maggie and whose father may be Call. Daniel Lebern Glover (b. ... Richard Rick Schroder, (born, April 13, 1970, in Staten Island, New York, USA) is an American actor who began his career as a child actor (then credited as Ricky Schroder). ...

The story begins as Jake Spoon (Robert Urich), a former comrade of Call's and McCrae's, shows up after an absence of more than ten years. He is a man on the run, having accidentally shot the mayor of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Reunited with Gus and Call, Jake's breath-taking description of Montana inspires Call to gather a herd of cattle and drive them there, to begin the first cattle ranch in the frontier state. Call is attracted to the romantic notion of settling pristine country. Gus is less enthusiastic, pointing out that they are getting old and that they are Rangers and traders, not cowboys. But he changes his mind when Jake reminds him that Gus' old sweetheart, Clara, lives on the Platte, which is on their route to Montana. Call prevails and they enlist the Hat Creek crew and some new hands to rustle a herd from south of the border, and then they begin the long drive north. Along the way, the Hat Creek boys revisit old regrets and losses and come to terms with their past. Robert Urich (December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002) was an Emmy-winning actor, best known for playing private investigators on the television series Spenser: For Hire (1985-1988) and Vega$ (1978-1981). ... Fort Smith is a city situated at the junction of the Arkansas and Poteau rivers. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ...

Origins

McMurtry originally developed the tale in 1972 as a feature film entitled The Streets of Laredo (a title later used for the sequel), which was to have starred John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and James Stewart, and be directed by Peter Bogdanovich. When plans fell through, the original screenplay went into limbo. McMurtry later resurrected the unproduced screenplay as a full-length novel, which became a bestseller and won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The mini-series is considered by many to be one of the finest westerns ever made. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... A reel of film, which predates digital cinematography. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), born Marion Robert Morrison[1] and later changed to Marion Michael Morrison, popularly known as the Duke, was an iconic, Academy Award winning, American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ... Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was a highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning American film actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. ... Brigadier General James Maitland Jimmy Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his self-effacing screen persona. ... Peter Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich (born July 30, 1939) is an American film director and writer, born in Kingston, New York. ... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. ...

Characters in Lonesome Dove

• Captain Augustus McCrae - Co-owner of the Hat Creek Cattle Company, McCrae considers himself the brains of the outfit. Generous, humorous, and lazy to the point of eccentricity, he serves as a foil to the more serious, practical Call. When not working (which he does as little as possible), Gus pursues his three chief interests in life: women, alcohol and cards. He is well-known in the territory for his loud voice, superior eyesight and accuracy with a revolver.
• Captain Woodrow F. Call - Gus's partner in the company. Less verbose and chatty than McCrae, Call works long and hard and sees no reason why others should not do the same. A former Texas Ranger, he served with Gus when both were young men. Though Call has utter disdain for lazy men who drink, gamble, and whore their lives away, he has his own secret shame which he hides carefully from his comrade. Call's ability to manage unmanageable horses is also well-known.
• Pea Eye Parker - The wrangler and blacksmith of the Hat Creek Cattle Company, Pea Eye served as a corporal in the Rangers under Gus and Call. Pea Eye (his real name long forgotten) is not especially bright, but he is reliable, brave, and kind. He follows Call's lead without question.
• Joshua Deets - An ex-slave and former Ranger, Deets is a ranch hand at the company. On the drive, he serves as scout. A remarkable tracker and morally upright man, he is one of the few men whom Call respects and trusts.
• Newt Dobbs - A young orphan raised by Gus and Call. His mother was a prostitute named Maggie, who died when he was a child. He is uncertain as to who his father is; both Jake Spoon and Captain Call are possible candidates.
• Jake Spoon - A former comrade-in-arms of Gus, Call, Pea Eye, and Deets. Jake is, if anything, even lazier and even less reliable than Gus. A gambler and drinker, Jake prefers living in luxury and ease and shirks work with a passion, which irks Call mightily. He is, however, a man of great personal charm and is seldom unlucky in love.
• Dishwater Boggett - A cowboy of great skill, "Dish" serves as the top hand for Call's cattle drive. His main aspiration is to win the love of Lorena Wood.
• Lorena Wood - A kind-hearted young woman who was forced into prostitution by her lover, she was then abandoned in Lonesome Dove. Lorena is silent, strong willed, and intimidating, refusing to submit meekly to her various admirers. Discontent with her line of work, "Lorie" hopes to leave the dead town and find her way to San Francisco.
• Blue Duck - When Gus and Call quit Rangering, Blue Duck was unfinished business. The son of a Comanche war chief and his Mexican prisoner, Blue Duck leads a band of renegade Indians and buffalo hunters. He is feared across the plains as a murderer, rapist, and slaver.
• July Johnson - The sheriff of the town of Fort Smith, Arkansas. July is a kind, long-suffering young man, recently married to a woman he knows little about and who is utterly disdainful of his attention. After his brother, Ben, is accidentally killed by Jake Spoon, July's domineering sister-in-law Peach bullies him into setting out in pursuit. July is accompanied by his young stepson, Joe, and his incompetent deputy, Roscoe.
• Roscoe Brown - The deputy sheriff of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Roscoe is a timid man who spends his days playing dominoes and occasionally bringing in the local drunk for an overnight stay at the jail. After July is sent off after Jake Spoon, Roscoe is coerced into tracking down July's wife, Elmira, who has run away in July's absence. Roscoe is also afraid of wild pigs.
• Clara Allen - A former love of Gus, she declined his marriage proposals years ago. She lives in Nebraska, married to a horse trader who has been mortally wounded by a horse kick. They have two girls, though she is afflicted deeply by the death of her sons. Though separated by Gus by many miles and years, she still holds him fondly in her heart. In contrast, she has utter contempt for Call.
• Po Campo - Cook for the Hat Creek Cattle Company on their cattle drive. Picked up on the way during a stop in San Antonio. He is most notable for his use of "exotic" ingredients and his refusal to ride animals. Po had a wife that he "sent to hell," as Po Campo said, where she belonged.
• Elmira Johnson - July's cold-hearted, pregnant wife. Shortly after July departs to track Jake Spoon, Elmira flees town in search of old flame Dee Boot. She finally gets to Ogallala just before Dee is hanged for murder. Along the way she gives birth at Clara Allen's ranch and abandons her baby there. She and the buffalo hunters are killed by the Sioux shortly after leaving Ogallala.

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Allusions/references to actual history and current science

According to McMurtry, Gus and Call were not modeled after historical characters, but there are similarities with real-life cattle drivers Oliver Loving and Charles Goodnight. When Goodnight and Loving's guide Bose Ikard died, Goodnight carved a wooden tombstone for him, just as Call does for Deets. Upon Loving's death, Goodnight brought him home to be buried in Texas, just as Call does for Augustus. (Goodnight himself appears as a minor but sympathetic character in this novel, and more so in the sequel, Streets of Laredo.) Oliver Loving (December 4, 1812-September 25, 1867) was a cattle rancher and pioneer of the cattle drive who with Charles Goodnight developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail. ... Charles Goodnight Charles Goodnight (March 5, 1836 – December 12, 1929) was a cattle rancher in the American West. ... This article is about the novel. ...

Other books of the Lonesome Dove series feature more prominent historical events (the Santa Fe Expedition, Comanche raid) and characters (Buffalo Hump, John Wesley Hardin, Judge Roy Bean). The Santa Fe Expedition was a commercial and military expedition to claim parts of Northern New Mexico for Texas in 1841. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Judge Roy Bean (c. ...

Several years ago, McMurtry mentioned in a newspaper interview that he first thought of the name for his epic while at a restaurant in Oklahoma. On that day, he noticed a unique name on the side of a church passenger van that was in the restaurant parking lot. That name, which left an impression on him, came from a van which was owned by Lonesome Dove Baptist Church in Southlake, Texas. Lonesome Dove has existed as a Baptist church and cemetery in Southlake since 1846. Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  Ranked 20th  - Total 69,960 sq mi (181,196 km²)  - Width 230 miles (370 km)  - Length 298 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... Southlake is a city located primarily in the northeastern part of Tarrant County, Texas. ... Baptist is a term describing a tradition within Christianity and may also refer to individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Awards and nominations

• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1986
• The movie was nominated for and won numerous awards. See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096639/awards

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Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

A television miniseries adaptation, produced by Motown Productions, was broadcast on CBS in 1989. It starred Robert Duvall as Augustus McCrae, Tommy Lee Jones as Woodrow F. Call, Rick Schroder as Newt, Diane Lane as Lorena Wood, Danny Glover as Joshua Deets, Robert Urich as Jake Spoon, Anjelica Huston as Clara Allen, Chris Cooper as July Johnson, and Barry Corbin as Roscoe Brown. Motown Record Company, L.P., also known as Tamla-Motown outside of the United States, is a record label specializing in the musical genres of R&B, pop, soul music, and hip-hop music. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor and director. ... For the musician, see Tommy Lee. ... Richard Rick Schroder, (born, April 13, 1970, in Staten Island, New York, USA) is an American actor who began his career as a child actor (then credited as Ricky Schroder). ... Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... Daniel Lebern Glover (b. ... Robert Urich (December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002) was an Emmy-winning actor, best known for playing private investigators on the television series Spenser: For Hire (1985-1988) and Vega$ (1978-1981). ... Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and former fashion model. ... There are at least three people called Chris Cooper Chris Cooper (actor) - American actor Chris Cooper (radio) - Sports presenter on talkSPORT Chris Cooper 96 (tourism) - Aggieland This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Leonard Barrie Barry Corbin (born October 16, 1940 in Lamesa, Texas) is a U.S.-based character actor with over 100 credits in film and television and several in computer gaming. ...

Trivia

• The publication sequence of the novels in the Lonesome Dove series is different than the narrative sequence.
• Part of the movie was filmed on the Montana plains just outside Billings,where another movie called Far and Away was filmed. Today, an event called Happy Pappy's Holdup is conducted to give an account of what actors experienced while filming. During the Pappy's Holdup, actual cowboys who participated in the movie give their accounts and overview of how it occurred.
• Followed by three sequels: Streets of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk, and Comanche Moon.
• The July Johnson and Roscoe characters in this movie are the same names as the sheriff and his sidekick tracking James Stewart and Dean Martin in the movie Bandolero! (1968). Also, when Stewart and Martin are talking about Montana, and the whole episodes of crossing the desert is similar to McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk.
• Robert Duvall, who has appeared in over 80 movies, told CBS that Augustus McCrae, the character he played in Lonesome Dove, was his all time favorite role.[1]
• "Uva Uvam Vivendo Veria Fit", a latin phrase inscribed by Gus on the outfit's sign, is a grammatically incorrect phrase. One possible translation is "A grape among grapes ripens well." Another is “Grapes ripening together, ripen alike.” Interestingly, the Latin words were incomprehensible to the characters in the novel -- except for a brief visitor who claimed an ability to read Latin, but whom was more amused by the sign’s notice that “We don’t rent pigs.”[2]

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References

• McMurtry, Larry (1985). Lonesome Dove: a novel. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-50420-7. 

External links

• Lonesome Dove at the Internet Movie Database
• Lonesome Dove exhibit at Southwest Texas State
• [Pappy's Holdup wagon journey]-Location where part of Movie was filmed.
• Photos of the first edition of Lonesome Dove