false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181678366m/1179421.jpg 54807 12 In a book that serves as a both a sequel to <I>Dead Man's Walk</I> and a prequel to the beloved <I>Lonesome Dove</I>, McMurtry fills in the missing chapters in the Call and McCrae saga. It is a fantastic read, in many ways the best and gutsiest of the series. We join the Texas Rangers in their waning Indian-fighting years. The Comanches, after one last desperate raid led by the fearsome-but-aging Buffalo Hump, are almost defeated, though Buffalo Hump's son, Blue Duck, still terrorizes the relentless flow of settlers and lawmen. As Augustus and Woodrow follow one-eyed, tobacco-spitting Captain Inish Scull deep into a murderous madman's den in Mexico, their thoughts turn toward the end of their careers and the women they love in remarkably different ways back in Austin. What's amazing about McMurtry's West is that he sees beyond the romance. Neither his Indians, his cowboys, his gunslingers, nor his women act the way they did in either Zane Grey novels or John Wayne movies. Incredible beauty and lightning-quick violence are the bookends of his West, but it is the in-between moments of suffering and boredom where McMurtry shines. The suffering is poignant and heart-rending; the boredom tempered with doses of Augustus McCrae's sharp humor. Don't be surprised if you find yourself crying and laughing on the same page. 1167241 1997 Comanche Moon : A Novel total:1259|5:23|4:29|3:14|2:6|1:1| 1259 4746 1547 78 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 4 1 false Sun Jan 04 15:22:49 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 15:27:22 -0800 2009
Unfortunately, the romantic elements of th...more...]]> 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 3 1 false Fri May 30 17:24:57 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 17:25:43 -0700 2008 34858 0684807548 9780684807546 35 6 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168573124m/34858.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34858.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 2 0 false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 25 12:49:41 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 07 13:36:26 -0700 2009 1 - and never again ---
Ok - I have now finished this beast. The book is broken up in...more...]]> 34858 0684807548 9780684807546 35 6 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168573124m/34858.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34858.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 3 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 17:47:35 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 15:28:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 3 0 false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 05:29:26 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 05:32:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 3 0 false Sun Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 11:11:56 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 10:56:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 111856 0671020641 9780671020644 37 4 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171653878m/111856.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111856.Comanche_Moon 3 0 false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Aug 13 13:07:36 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 13:14:02 -0700 2007 On it's own, a decent novel, the type where the characters you know (from Lonesome Dove) get fleshed out a bit, and the new characters are three dimension.

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Anyway, this book is where you really get to know Call and Gus and the stories in the book are more like Lonesome Dove. They aren't quite ...more...]]> 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 4 0 false Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Tue Aug 14 11:11:17 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 08 20:57:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 2 0 false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 07:20:20 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 16:16:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 20:35:16 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 20:42:12 -0700 2009 While I'm not a big fan of westerns, McMurtry does a good job of taking the reader to the Old West. His writing is so vivid, the reader can almost feel the grime and sand from the West Texas wind.]]> 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 3 0 false Sun Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 04 08:03:20 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 23 07:03:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Mar 12 21:20:38 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 21:21:52 -0700 2009 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 3 0 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jun 21 14:19:07 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 14:25:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Oct 02 11:15:16 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 11:15:49 -0700 2009 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 4 0 false Tue Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 22 08:40:46 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 22 19:47:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 5 0 false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Thu Feb 19 10:26:48 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 10:27:46 -0800 2009 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 4 0 false Sat Mar 15 08:24:34 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 08:31:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 20 21:57:51 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 21:58:48 -0700 2009 54807 0684857553 9780684857558 1170 66 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170443808m/54807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54807.Comanche_Moon_A_Novel 5 0 false Mon Jul 27 10:23:35 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 10:24:26 -0700 2009 ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1179421