Streets Of Laredo

By: Larry McMurtry

Narrated by: Daniel Von Bargen

The acclaimed sequel to Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic Lonesome Dove, and the culmination of the legendary western saga, follows the further adventures of these beloved characters as they reckon with their past choices and uncertain futures in the rapidly changing American West.

Captain Woodrow Call, August McCrae's old partner, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down a brutal young Mexican bandit. Riding with Call are an Eastern city slicker, a witless deputy, and one of the last members of the Hat Creek outfit, Pea Eye Parker, now married to Lorena—once Gus McCrae's sweetheart. This long chase leads them across the last wild stretches of the West into a hellhole known as Crow Town and, finally, into the vast, relentless plains of the Texas frontier.

Nicely wraps up the lonesome dove saga

Top notch story with excellent characters. Realistic situations with realistic outcomes blended with a good perspective on early life in South Texas

Why????

Could you not have done enough homework to at least keep the name pronunciations the same between the first and second books? Obviously would’ve been great to have the same narrator, but at least use the first narrators pronunciation of the names so that the story stays true. Drives me insane!

Wow!

Love it and brpught a whole new meaning to Cowboys and the tough life and wow

Great Story and Reader

Would you consider the audio edition of Streets of Laredo to be better than the print version?

I did not read the printed version so I cannot comment.

What other book might you compare Streets of Laredo to and why?

Lonesome Dove. It's the same author and narrator. Both were performed excellently.

Which character – as performed by Daniel Von Bargen – was your favorite?

Ned Brookshire

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It's a western. I can't say it was very emotional (not like Lonesome Dove).

Any additional comments?

An entertaining western with an interesting twist. It was nice seeing the rangers and Captain Call from another vantage point (that of Maria the daughter and sister of men they had hanged for horse stealing).

Best of the 3 non Lonesome Dove Novels

Having just finished the three Lonesome Dove follow up audiobooks , I found Streets of Laredo to be a fitting end to the story. I was not sure about Laredo going in. Some reviewers found it dark. Without Gus McCrae, what point was there in going on?

Well Woodrow seems to have felt the same way, but he uncomplainingly goes on. The flashbacks and recollections of Gus bring back his himor and brilliance. In Comanche Moon, Gus was portrayed as a a bit of a youthful clown and it was nice to get some brief remembrances of why he was so compelling.

Here is the West after the conquering of the Comanche and the buffalo. Villains still abound. Lorena and Clara still barely tolerate the captain. It's a great story.