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by Larry McMurtry (Author) "Most train robbers ain't smart, which is a lucky thing for the railroads," Call said ..." (more)
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Those who have been waiting, through several comparatively disappointing novels, for an appropriate sequel to the memorable and Pulitzer-winning Lonesome Dove can take heart. Streets of Laredo continues that epic of the waning years of the Texas Rangers with all the narrative drive and elegiac passion of its forerunner. Captain Woodrow Call, Gus Macrae's old partner from Lonesome Dove , is long in the tooth but still a legendary hunter of outlaws when he is called upon by the head of one of the railroads now crisscrossing frontier territory to bring to book a young Mexican train robber and killer, Joey Garza. Accompanied by an inappropriate railroad accountant from Brooklyn, a reluctant Texas deputy and gangling, awkward Pea Eye Parker (who is trying to give up the Ranger life and settle down to farming and family with the lovely ex-whore Lorena), Call sets off, roaming the border country in his competent, unassuming fashion. Along the way he manages to slay Mox Mox, a fellow whose specialty is burning his victims alive, but with his arthritic fingers and failing eyes Call is no match for the alert, ice-cold Garza. How Pea Eye eventually gets his man, and how Call, terribly injured, slips into the shadows is the stuff of this sprawling but minutely detailed yarn. As before, McMurtry's empathic way with strong women--Lorena as well as Garza's gallant but despairing mother Maria--is as beguiling as is his way of bringing to life both dark-dyed villains and courtly heroes. As in some great 19th-century saga, the story has more than its share of improbable coincidences--people meeting fortuitously in thousands of square miles of empty territory, hearing vital news at appropriate and inappropriate moments--but these seem only mild contrivances to shape a story packed with action, terror, humor and pathos. Laredo is a fitting conclusion to a remarkable feat of reconstruction and sheer storytelling genius. 375,000 first printing; Doubleday Book Club main selection; Literary Guild alternate.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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In this sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove ( LJ 7/85), McMurtry once again uses the plainest of prose to tell a story that seems at once to be, for lack of any other word, a classic. Captain Call, now an old man, is hired by the railroad to hunt down a young train robber from Mexico named Joey Garza, who was raised by Apaches and who strikes targets well into Texas. The cast of characters includes a Yankee accountant sent to keep track of Call's expenses and Pea Eye, Call's longtime deputy, now settled down to a farming life with Lorena, a former prostitute who is the region's schoolteacher. As always, McMurtry somehow imbues even the least significant of his characters with individuality, and the notorious Judge Roy Bean and John Wesley Hardin make appearances. McMurtry unflinchingly explores the human capacity for evil and heroism in the face of it. Essential for all libraries. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 4/15/93.
- David Dodd, Benicia P.L., Cal.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Takes a while to get going., Feb 12 2008
By Neil Lane "book aficionado" (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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I found this book took me about two hundred pages to finally get into it. I think this time was mostly spent filling in back stories and developing characters. Once this was fulfilled the author picked up the plots pace with a relentless onslought of deaths. I found a major character dying every few chapters. A few times I was downright shocked. However, the more shocked I became the more I enjoyed the novel. I never could predict what would happen next and I never got over the brutality of the west described within the novel. I once wished I was a cowboy. If the west was even remotely like this book describes I never will wish I was a cowboy again.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Vivid Storytelling About the Old West, Aug 26 2007
By Debra Purdy Kong (British Columbia) - See all my reviews
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The plot of STREETS OF LAREDO seems simple enough. Captain Woodrow Call, bounty hunter extraordinaire, is hired by Colonel Terry, the president of a railroad, to capture train robber and serial killer, Joey Garza. But there are enough twists and turns in Larry McMurtry's novel to turn a simple situation into a complex, risky adventure where both laws and human endurance are stretched to the limit, and often broken.

From the start, Call's quest is filled with obstacles. His colleague, Pea Eye Parker, refuses to join him on the hunt for the first time in years. Like Call, Pea Eye, is getting old and isn't sure he's up to another hunt, especially one that will take him far away from his wife and five children. Call is also accompanied by Colonel Terry's New York accountant, Ned Bookshire, a man who knows he's out of his depth in the rugged west, but who must accompany Call to keep track of expenses for the Colonel, or else lose his job. From there, things get worse, especially when more than one serial killer arrives in the area to cause trouble.

I've never read a Larry McMurtry novel before, and although I'm told STREETS OF LAREDO is a sequel to LONESOME DOVE, this novel stands well on its own, despite occasional references to the past. Especially interesting was McMurtry's use of back story to provide intriguing and useful details about main characters and a few secondary characters. I have to admit that some back stories were too long, though. Also, while point of view changed often and smoothly, nearly every character used the word "foolish" to describe their past mistakes. By the time Joe Garza reflects on his "foolish" mistakes, I'm wishing McMurtry had kept a thesaurus nearby while writing. Still, McMurtry's talent for detail, narrative description, and riveting storytelling made this novel a great read.


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5.0 out of 5 stars Great writer from Texas saves the day!, Feb 18 2005
LONESOME DOVE grabbed me right from the start. The reader is part of the action in a way that is rarely felt while reading a book. The first chapters are wonderful character developers and intertain us along the way. Gus Mcrae and Woodrow F Call are of course the heart and soul of the story, but Newt,Deets,Pea-Eye and Jake Spoon help to make up one of the most colorful casts that has ever been on paper. The great thing that Mr. McMurty was able to do, was to give us so many characters and not one time bore us while we get to know them. The book has a nice mellow start with Gus and the pigs, and this reader was lulled into just enjoying an old Texas Rangers perspective on life. That the book would take off and drag us on such an epic journey was mind boggeling. The description of the geography in the beginning was not compromised in any of the following chapters,and enriched the wonderful cast of characters and story lines. The vast plots and sub-plots were all tied neatly together in the end, and the ones that needed to be cut loose were done so with class. With great writing that you'll find in the books of Jackson McCrae (CHILDREN'S CORNER and BARK OF THE DOGWOOD) and expert pacing that can be compared to his STREETS OF LAREDO, this is one of the finest books I have ever read, and if anyone deserver a Pulitzer for their work it was Larry McMurtry. And he got it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Caution: Read this review before you read the others!!!
There are several reviews regarding this book that follow, which actually gives the plot away, not only for Streets of Loredo-but for Lonesome Dove as well!! Read more
Published on April 8 2004 by L. M. Dunham

5.0 out of 5 stars Good ending to a great series
The fourth book in the series (Lonesome Dove was written first, but is actually third), Streets of Laredo is the most reflective and least adventurous story. Read more
Published on April 1 2004 by Steven Mason

5.0 out of 5 stars 547 pages and two audible gasps later, I'm satisfied
I first read the original, Lonesome Dove, and followed those up with the immensely disappointing Dead Man's Walk and the better but still not entirely worthy Comanche Moon, so by... Read more
Published on Mar 26 2004 by thefrankeinstein

3.0 out of 5 stars Good story, but not great writing---there is a difference
First, am I mistaken or is Famous Shoes really heading north to find the place ducks and geese breed in the winter? Read more
Published on Aug 20 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Final Book to the Lonesome Dove Series
Call is old. Only a few characters remain from the past. Life has taken it toll, but Call continues to persevere, alone, without Gus. Life is not what we want it to be. Read more
Published on Feb 26 2003 by Evelyn Horan

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but after Lonesome Dove, a bit of a let down
This book was ok. I enjoyed the story. It was nice to find out what happened after Lonesome Dove. But this story doesn't nearly live up to the standard set in Lonesome Dove. Read more
Published on Feb 25 2003 by John Howard

3.0 out of 5 stars If you can get past the first chapter.
Though not a normal fan of 'westerns', Lonesome Dove was the kind of book that had me up-all-night turning pages. Read more
Published on Dec 18 2002 by dianalee1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Stands Well On Its Own
I was fortunate enough to read STREETS OF LAREDO before I read LD. I didn't have that built-in "bias" of hoping beyond hope that McMurtry would offer a sequel as mesmerizing as... Read more
Published on Sep 20 2002 by D. Mikels

3.0 out of 5 stars doesn't quite measure up...
While it has been a while since I have read this book, after reading the other reviews, I may have to go back and read it again. Read more
Published on May 30 2002 by Sadie

5.0 out of 5 stars A Worthy Sequel to Lonesome Dove
This is my second favorite of the four "Lonesome Dove" tales. I liked "Commanche Moon" almost as much, with "Dead Man's Walk" trailing the pack because it went a little too... Read more
Published on May 30 2002 by Len Czyzniejewski

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