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novel by Larry McMurtry

This article is about the novel. For the franchise as a whole and its various adaptations, see Lonesome Dove series.

Lonesome Dove is a Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry.

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It is the first published book of the Lonesome Dove series and the third installment in the series chronologically. It was a bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In , it was adapted as a TV miniseries starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall, which won both critical and popular acclaim.

McMurtry went on to write a sequel, Streets of Laredo (), and two prequels, Dead Man's Walk () and Comanche Moon (), all of which were also adapted as TV series.

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The novel, set in the waning days of the Old West centers on the relationships between several retired Texas Rangers and their adventures driving a cattle herd from Texas to Montana. The novel contains themes including old age, death, unrequited love, and friendship.

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