I give “Dead Man’s Walk” by Larry McMurtry a 5 out of 5. This is truly a rousing prequel to Lonesome Dove. There is hardly any place in this book where the story drags, unlike the preceding volumes. It is the third book published in the Lonesome Dove series but the first installment in terms of chronology.

The pacing moves along at a rapid clip, and it seems that the reader is pulled from one action scene to the next, with plenty of thrills in store. Dead Mans Walk is a 1995 novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. This is exactly how a wild west adventure should be. The protagonists and heroes are indeed lovable and interesting, and the antagonists and villains are chilling, deadly, and diabolical. There are both harrowing and heartbreaking scenes that the reader won’t soon forget. There are action and battle scenes aplenty that hugely rival the first two books in this series, and danger seems to lurk around every corner. Not only is it a western, but it is also a rousing historical romp. It turns out, I was very pleased and pleasantly surprised with the story I got between the covers of this book. Going into this novel, I didn’t know exactly what to expect, and had no idea how it would compare to the previous two books that came before it, so I kept my expectations low. Call and their exploits in the Texas Rangers. This book is the first of two books in the latter half of the “Lonesome Dove Tetralogy” that chronicles the early adventures of Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. This is just the beginning of their adventures…….

Sent on an expedition led by a corrupt commander to wrest land from occupying Mexicans south of the border, Gus and Call will face death and danger in its many forms, and also make various encounters that will set the rest of their lives in motion. Call’s lives change when they first join the Texas Rangers. In the early to mid 1800’s, young Augustus McCrae’s and Woodrow F.

Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry