Rating: 
Summary: Nice Tale
Review: This book was abosrbing, once it got going. It seemed to take a LONG time before a "story" developed. However, McMurtry spends a lot of time setting and introducing the characters. Sad book, about the final gasps of the Old West. I noticed, however, that some of the characters seemed quite a bit like the ones from Lonesome Dove... Same mannerisms and habits, which was a bit bothersome. Otherwise worth reading!
Rating:
Summary: Nice Tale
Review: This book was abosrbing, once it got going. It seemed to take a LONG time before a "story" developed. However, McMurtry spends a lot of time setting and introducing the characters. Sad book, about the final gasps of the Old West. I noticed, however, that some of the characters seemed quite a bit like the ones from Lonesome Dove... Same mannerisms and habits, which was a bit bothersome. Otherwise worth reading!
Rating:
Summary: great summer read
Review: This was an enjoyable summer read, a strange short story of western misfits packed, packaged and baggaged to london. Annie oakley's duel with the duke makes the entire book worth reading, as does the reflections on whales, and the beaver. and...
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