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Dead Man's Walk

By: Larry McMurtry
Narrated by: Will Patton
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 In Streets of Laredo, McMurtry brought the story ahead, giving us Call in his old age. Now, in Dead Man's Walk, he takes us back to the days when Gus and Call were young Texas Rangers, first experiencing the wild frontier that will form their characters. We also meet Clara Forsythe, the unforgettable young woman whose effect on Gus McCrae is immediate and unshakable. Danger, sacrifice, comradeship, and love give them the strength and courage to survive against the almost insurmountable odds of the frontier.

In Dead Man's Walk, Gus and Call are not yet 20, young men coming of age in the days when Texas was still an independent republic. Enlisting as Texas Rangers under a land pirate who wants to seize Santa Fe from the Mexicans, Gus and Call experience their first great adventure in the barren great plains landscape, in which arbitrary violence is the rule -- whether from nature, or from the Indians whose territory they must cross in order to reach New Mexico.

From the Indians defending their land with unrelenting savagery, to the Texans attempting to seize and "civilize" it, and the Mexicans threatened by both, the reckless men of the untamed frontier make this at once a riveting adventure story and a powerful work of literature.

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Larry McMurtry is an absolute legend of a writer. you are never bored reading his books. You feel as if you know his characters. You feel their emotions. You are almost there with them. The Lonesome Dove series is one of my favourites of all time and will remain so. Definitely worth listening to.

Best Western Writer of All Time

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the narration brought the story to life.
this western puts Lonesome Dove in great context, and is epic in its own right. Good characters believeable trials seems well researched with snippits of information that ground the story in its time.

great western never got slow

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Amazing. Best book ever. I really really hope they record an audiobook for Comanche moon too. I would love to listen to that one next.

My favourite book ! I hope they do the Comanche moon book next

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I enjoyed this so much. Amazing performance from the actor who pulled me into the world of the story. Amazing story or endurance against impossible odds. I can’t wait to check out lonesome dove.

Wow, just wow

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it was different to the mini tv series And i still really liked it awesome

I loved it

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Great story, wonderful narration, trying to find a sequel with good narrator is proving difficult.

Loved the narration

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highly recommend. This is a book to you won't want to turn off! the reader is one of the best I've listened to.

wonderful book, beautifully read.

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This is the first book I’ve read (or listened to) of Larry McMurtry and it did not disappoint. I loved the characters and the narrator did an incredible job of bringing each to life - the voice of Caleb Cobb, the land pirate, was probably my favourite. Loved Gus, Woodrow, Mattie, Clara, Captain Salazar…all were unforgettable. I’ve already downloaded the next book in the series!

Best characters and narrator.

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