Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove

by

Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove Symbols

Sign

The Hat Creek Cattle Company’s sign—which barely survives the trip to and from Montana—symbolizes Augustus McCrae’s seemingly futile attempt to introduce a sense of sophistication and refinement to his gang’s otherwise tough, hardscrabble life…

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The Texas Bull

Independent and tough as nails, the Texas bull represents the kind of character it takes to survive the epic work of being a cowboy and a frontier settler during the era of American expansion. Unlike…

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