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Lonesome Dove

By: Larry McMurtry
Narrated by: Lee Horsley
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A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Lonesome Dove, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America.

Two retired Texas Rangers, Captains Woodrow Call and Augustus "Gus" McCrae, lead a cattle drive from the small town of Lonesome Dove to the unsettled Montana territories. On their grueling journey, they are joined by Joshua Deets, a Black scout and former Ranger, Jake Spoon, a fugitive, and Newt Dobbs, a 17-year-old boy who may have family ties to Call. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove will make listeners laugh and weep, dream and remember.

This remastered audio edition is expertly read by actor Lee Horsley, best known for his starring role in the television series Matt Houston.

©2010 Larry McMurtry (P)1990 Phoenix Books, Inc.
Action & Adventure Fiction Historical Fiction Westerns

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Spectacular book/terrible narration

The story is incredible, the characters are unforgettable, and yet the narration is so awful (particularly the voice given to Gus McCrae) that I abandoned the audiobook 5-10 chapters in and finished the rest via paperback.

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Outstanding narration!

It’s a long take, to be sure, but Lee Horsley keep it a clear one. His talent is extraordinary. If you have wanted to experience this award winning novel but were intimidated by the page count, I highly recommend this audio book.

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GREAT BOOK, GREAT READ, GREAT STORY....

All is great tho the narrator is horrible. Monotone or screaming. He kinda killed a perfect story.

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You just found some satisfying fiction.

Great book. Great reading. I haven't listened to too many audiobooks twice. Say you want a classic Western that'll make laugh, cry smile and fret? Here ya go.

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Poor volume

I don’t know why this was, but the volume was super low. I had to jack up my car audio just to hear. But every other source of audio would then blare super loud. A serious annoyance.

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Incredible story

This may be the best book I’ve ever read. The length you spend with the characters truly makes every moment hit so hard. Mount Rushmore of all time books

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Audible messin with the books smh

The narrator used to start the book pronouncing Xavier like Javier, and then switches halfway. I'm bummed they edited it, because it's really jarring and way more noticeable.

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Ideal audionook experience

an already perfect novel, made, miraculously, even better by Horsley`s performance and the stellar voice acting he provides for each of the characters.

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just a little too overdone

We all know and love this epic. I just could not settle into Lee Horsley hollering as loud as he did when reading Gus's parts. The book clearly states that Gus was loud. I get it. It just kinda ruined it for me.

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Loved Lonesome Dove.

Excellent book. It was better than expected.
I quickly got used to the louder Gus voice.

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