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Louisa Brooks
Allen O’Brien is an Irishman who immigrates to the United States with his younger brother, Sean, leaving a wife behind in Ireland. Call, McCray and the rest of the Hat Creek boys discover them in Mexico and then hire them for the drive. Allen has a lovely singing voice and works hard despite his inexperience. He makes it all the way to Montana, although he becomes so homesick that Call expects him to leave.
Allen O’Brien Quotes in Lonesome Dove
The Lonesome Dove quotes below are all either spoken by Allen O’Brien or refer to Allen O’Brien. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 18
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It seemed the Irishmen were part of the outfit, though. Their total inexperience was offset by an energy and a will to learn that impressed even Call. He let them stay in the first place, because he was so short-handed he couldn’t afford to turn away any willing hand. By the time more competent men arrived the Irishmen had gotten over their fear of horses and worked with a will. Not being cowboys, they had no prejudice against working on the ground. Once shown the proper way to throw a roped animal, they cheerfully flung themselves on whatever the ropers drug up to the branding fire, even if it was a two-year-old bull with lots of horn and a mean disposition. They had no great finesse, but they were dogged and would eventually get the creature down.
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Allen O’Brien Quotes in Lonesome Dove
The Lonesome Dove quotes below are all either spoken by Allen O’Brien or refer to Allen O’Brien. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 18
Quotes
It seemed the Irishmen were part of the outfit, though. Their total inexperience was offset by an energy and a will to learn that impressed even Call. He let them stay in the first place, because he was so short-handed he couldn’t afford to turn away any willing hand. By the time more competent men arrived the Irishmen had gotten over their fear of horses and worked with a will. Not being cowboys, they had no prejudice against working on the ground. Once shown the proper way to throw a roped animal, they cheerfully flung themselves on whatever the ropers drug up to the branding fire, even if it was a two-year-old bull with lots of horn and a mean disposition. They had no great finesse, but they were dogged and would eventually get the creature down.
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