Lonesome Dove

Larry McMurtry’s major bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece about the Old West, updated with a new preface for its 25th anniversary.

A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize— winning classic, Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America. Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove is a book to make us laugh, weep, dream, and remember. About the Author Larry McMurtry is the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove. His other works include two collections of essays, three memoirs, and more than thirty screenplays, including the coauthorship of Brokeback Mountain, for which he received an Academy Award. He lives in Archer City, Texas. Praise for Lonesome Dove… “If you read only one western novel in your life, read Lonesome Dove.”—USA Today “Everything about Lonesome Dove feels true . . . These are real people, and they are still larger than life.”—Nicholas Lemann, The New York Times Book Review “Lonesome Dove is Larry McMurtry’s loftiest novel.“—Los Angeles Times “A marvelous novel . . . moves with joyous energy . . . amply imagined and crisply, lovingly written. I haven’t enjoyed a book more this year . . . a joyous epic.”—Newsweek “The finest novel that McMurtry has yet accomplished . . . Lonesome Dove has all the action anyone could possibly imagine . . . \[and\] both in general and in details, the authority of exact authenticity . . . superb.”—Chicago Tribune

Author Biography

Larry McMurtry (1936-2021) was the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lived in Archer City, Texas. Taylor Sheridan is an Academy Award-nominated writer behind the hit series Yellowstone, its critically acclaimed prequel 1883, the hit series Mayor of Kingstown, and Landman starring Jon Hamm. His breakout screenplay Sicario earned universal acclaim, followed by Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated Hell or High Water, and the highly successful Wind River. Sheridan has many more recent projects, including 1923, Lioness, and Lawmen: Bass Reeves. A Texas native, Taylor owns and operates two ranches in his home state: the legendary 6666 Ranch, headquartered in Guthrie, and Bosque Ranch in Weatherford. A Texas native, Taylor excels in the Western horse performance industry as an avid supporter and competitor in reining and cutting. He owns and operates two ranches in his home state: the legendary 6666 Ranch, headquartered in Guthrie, Texas, and Bosque Ranch in Weatherford, Texas. Sheridan was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.