Reading

For most avid readers, especially those from the Lone Star State, this probably won't come as a surprise: Texas readers love the Larry McMurtry's 'Lonesome Dove' book series.

"Streets of Laredo" was the second book in the "Lonesome Dove" series written by Larry McMurtry, but is chronologically the final book in the story-line.

Out of all the books I've read in my life, Lonesome Dove is easily in the top few on my favorites list. I highly recommend it for your own enjoyment as well as gifts for friends and family. Keep in mind though, that much of the material deals with topics that are not suited for children or those with sensitivity to descriptions of harsh subjects.

In a previous post I wrote an overview of "Dead Man’s Walk" which is chronologically the first book in the Lonesome Dove series. The second book in the storyline is “Comanche Moon.”

Lonesome Dove was McMurtry's first book written in the series, but is actually the third book in the storyline. The first book in the chronological storyline is Dead Man's Walk, which takes place roughly in the 1840s, when Augustus "Gus" McRae and Woodrow Call, who are the central characters in the books, are young men in their early days as Texas Rangers. This book follows the pair's adventures in many locations in the Southwest, including deserts of southwest Texas and New Mexico.

Among Larry McMurtry's many novels, some of which I enjoyed greatly and have read more than once, some I was very disappointed in (and one was so bad that I refused to finish), he wrote four outstanding books known as The Lonesome Dove Series. Many people are familiar with the one titled, "Lonesome Dove", and most people have seen the epic television mini-series with the same title starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones.