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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
5.0

An absolute masterpiece in every sense of the word. A sweeping, brutal epic that will break your heart ten times before you reach the final page.

Augustus McCrae belongs ride alongside Aragorn in the pantheon of "what a man should be" and I would say there are plenty of other characters in the book that run the distance from that pantheon to the lowest circle of Hell.

I do not think that I can fully express what this book meant to me only that it took me on a sweeping adventure and when I finished it I felt empty and gutted.

A testament to McMurtry's scope and ability to create empathy for characters. I like many others in this book would consider it an honor to ride and die alongside Captains Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call