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| Original Title: | Comanche Moon |
| ISBN: | 0684857553 (ISBN13: 9780684857558) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Lonesome Dove #4 |
| Literary Awards: | Spur Award for Best Novel of the West (1998) |
Larry McMurtry
Paperback | Pages: 716 pages Rating: 4.04 | 11138 Users | 473 Reviews
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| Title | : | Comanche Moon (Lonesome Dove #4) |
| Author | : | Larry McMurtry |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 716 pages |
| Published | : | October 17th 2000 by Simon Schuster (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Westerns. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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THE NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe second book of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove tetralogy, Comanche Moon takes us once again into the world of the American West.
Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow Call, now in their middle years, continue to deal with the ever-increasing tensions of adult life -- Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe, and Call with Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him.
Two proud but very different men, they enlist with the Ranger troop in pursuit of Buffalo Hump, the great Comanche war chief; Kicking Wolf, the celebrated Comanche horse thief; and a deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for torture.
Assisting the Rangers in their wild chase is the renowned Kickapoo tracker, Famous Shoes.
Comanche Moon closes the twenty-year gap between Dead Man's Walk and Lonesome Dove, following beloved heroes Gus and Call and their comrades in arms -- Deets, Jake Spoon, and Pea Eye Parker -- in their bitter struggle to protect the advancing West frontier against the defiant Comanches, courageously determined to defend their territory and their way of life.
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Ratings: 4.04 From 11138 Users | 473 ReviewsEvaluate Appertaining To Books Comanche Moon (Lonesome Dove #4)
Lonesome Dove is probably my all time favorite novel. This is one of the prequels and not quite as good but still a terrific read. I think it is the only one of the 4 books that can't be read entirely on it's own so don't start with this book. They were written completely out of order and I think the best way to read them is in the order they were published, starting with Lonesome Dove. McMurtry writes great characters and includes both humor and tragedy to great effect. It starts off a bit slowFor me, and probably for many others, this series has been a shock to the system, but also a vital awakening to an Old West more horrible than we had imagined. But the beauty of these books is not in the horror; for that you can read Cormac McCarthy. McMurtry's gimlet eyed realism is leavened by a Dickensian heart, and his characters throb with immediacy. I will take Larry over Cormac any day.
Plot 4, Characters 4, Theme 3, Voice 4, Setting 5, Overall 4 1) Plot (4 stars) After his horse is taken by a famous Comanche thief, an old Texas Ranger captain sets off after him on foot only to end up in one of the most brutal Mexican bandit camps on the frontier. To me, that was the plot. Much more than the adventures of Call and Gus, the usual protagonists of the Lonesome Dove series. And I eagerly ate up the pages about the ornery captain, the clever Comanches, and the torturing
The full moon was a harbinger of death to the settlers on the Texas frontier the Comanche welcomed it's light to guide their fearsome nighttime raids. This is a book about death the contemplation of endings rather than beginnings. McMurtry, in this prequel to LONESOME DOVE, seizes the opportunity to present a historical context, rather than merely a backstory, to his Pulitzer Prize winning story of Woodrow Call and Augustus McCrae. He peoples it with a host of memorable characters: Capt. Inish
There are two ways to read the Lonesome Dove series, and they're analogous to the ways you can watch Star Wars. You can start with the first produced, which fall in the middle of the story chronologically, then read/watch to the end of the story, then loop back around and meet back in the middle. That's the way I chose to go. Or you can read/watch from the beginning of the story straight through to the end. (Star Wars: no way! Lonesome Dove: as you can see later on, this is close to the way to
Comanche Moon was sad in many places, gruesome in others, but ultimately lovely and satisfying. McMurtry's descriptions of the West at this particular moment in history really puts you there. He delves into the psychology of all of his central characters which allows one to consider what was ultimately a war, from all angles. You get a feel for what it was like to be Rangers, Comanches, other Native Americans, Military Commanders, Native Mexicans, a Free African American, Prostitutes, wives,
Much, much better than the preceding Deadman's Walk - there's more focus on Gus and Call, but also much more from the perspective of Native Americans. Larger-than-life characters like Buffalo Hump, Captain Inish Scull, or Ahumado are better drawn-out. I guess McMurtry follows the Stephen King school of writing, i.e., just write down whatever comes to mind and don't bother with an overarching plan, because like some of King's novels this suffers from being a bit unfocused - stuff happens, other
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