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by Larry McMurtry (Author) "MATILDA JANE ROBERTS WAS naked as the air ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Sep 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 068480753X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684807539
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.5 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 901,621 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The eargerly awaited prequel to Lary McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Lonesome Dove. In Streets of Laredo he bought the story to a head, giving us Woodrow Call in his old age; now, in Dead Man's Walk, he takes the reader back, to the days when Woodrow Call and his friend Gus McCrae were young Rangers, first confronting the wild frontier that will form their live. Danger, hardship,sacrifice, pain and fear test them to the limits of endurance; friendship, comradeship, courage and love give them the strength to survive and be cheerful against fearful odds. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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McMurtry has published 21 novels (the best-known listed above). He also operates antiquarian bookshops in Washington DC, Texas and Arizona. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best fiction based around real places and people., 29 Dec 2000
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This review is from: Dead Man's Walk (Paperback)
"Dead Man's Walk" is one of those books that kept me glued to its pages, and there aren't many of such books. It is not one of those predictalbe - a cowboy rode into town, killed a few men, won the girl stories. It is a brilliant book probably as close to the truth as any, although at times the descriptions of scalping and torture make it a little bit gory. But it is also very sentimental, aspect which is represented by Matty Roberts and her growing feelings for old Shadrach. Often you cannot feel anything but sympathy for the characters, as they go from one hardship to another. The individual descriptions of each incident as they took place, evoke, I think the exact emotions which they are supposed to. When Woodrow and Bigfoot are forced to drink horse urine to survive, you know they have to, but you still feel just as disguisted with this act as the characters do. When Bigfoot is selected to be executed, one can only feel sorry for him and say out loud, that 'It's not fair! He's been with them from the beginning, he has to live!'. Gus McRae, when he wonders off whilst on duty, makes me angry for his disobedience, and all I could say when he got lost was 'Serves you right, for not listening to.' Both Caleb Cobb and Chevallie are poor examples of leadership, hell bent only on what they can achieve from these expeditions. Cobb's cool blood can be commendable, under some circumstances, yet I cannot but feel that he should have been hunged a long time before he had a chance to organise an expedition to Santa Fe.

Although I knew that the two main characters will have to survive their adventure, since they are the subjects of three further tales, at times it was hard to believe that they would. The suspense in some instances, e.g. who will draw the white colour bean, was immense. It was impossible to tell what was going to happen next, as all the characters are as unpredictable, as the thoughts of Larry McMurtry. Above all it was very good to know how the lives of the two friends were thrown together. Also to see what has made Gus and Woodraw become the men they were in Lonesome Dove, and how the hardships they have faced on those very first treks across the Comancheria has changed them, and helped them to face the 'real world' of the wild west.

I was most impressed with McMurty's portrayal of Comanche Indians. They are human beings leading lives so much unlike their white counterparts, and they are presented as such. Even though the descriptions of scalping and torture curdle the blood in my veins just reading about them, thanks to McMurty it is possible to understand why Comanches, and indeed Native Americans, behaved in such way, and even to forgive them for such behaviour. I have a great admiration for Native American's, and "Dead Man's Walk" has provided me with some of the better descriptions of what it was like to be a Comanche in 1840s. One only has to close one's eyes to see the skill with which Buffalo Hump hunts his pray. The talent which Kicking Wolf possesses to steal horses literally from under the enemy's nose, is beyond comprehension, however well it is pictured in the book. Although it would be unheard of to give a young boy a gun to fight in a white world, Indian's taught their children to fight from very early ages, and that is represented by Buffalo Hump's son, killed by corporal Call. Overall I think "Dead Man's Walk is a great book, and I recommend it to anyone interested in reading about the wild west, but also to those knew to this genre of writing. Most of all I will praise Larry McMurtry for his representation of the relationship between the Native American's and their white nemesis. The way in which he incorporated the real character of Buffalo Hump into the story, is definiteyly something to be proud of, for although a great deal might be known about his life, no one can account for every day of it. Furthermore, the descriptions of places like Llano Estacado, had me reaching for the atlas and history books, and deep down I'm hoping that perhpas such two people like gus and Woodrow really did exist and live through those adventures. They are definitely not the typical cowboys you see in western movies, these can only be real people.

Larry McMurtry is truly a gifted writer. There is magic coming from every page, not allowing the reader to put the book down, one simply has to know what will happen next. I laughed and cried with the characters, and now I shall go on to read so that I can see how their adventures finished.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The story of the real wild west, 24 Jun 2002
This review is from: Dead Man's Walk (Paperback)
This book completely strips away the Wild West as we know it, thanks to all those Hollywood spaghetti western movies. It's a gruesome read in parts, but it's a gripping story of survival against the odds and the tragic waste of lives that was involved in what at times must have seemed a futile struggle to claim the West from the native Indians.
Forget reality TV, this book and it's sequels are the story of real survivors, ordinary men and women in search of the better lives promised to them in the new world, and the Indians trying to defend their homeland from the invaders. They were a pretty brutal bunch but one can't help feeling a certain sympathy towards them. They were not without their dignity and the white man who was not afraid of them was a fool.
McMurtry has a 'can't-put-it-down' style of writing with no frills attached. Read this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dead Man's Walk, 16 July 2009
By Mr. J. Powells "mandojmmy" (Northumberland, England) - See all my reviews
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Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry, the prequel to the prequel to the great Lonesome Dove is a must-read for all those who have been captivated by the western classic. It finds two of the most well drawn characters of the West, Woodrow Call and Gus McRae, so beloved and famous now that they have almost passed into folklore like Robin Hood in England, in the rawness of their youth. Like all McMurtry's books, it is a revelation of human nature. The two friends are recently-joined Texas Rangers and their gauchness and lack of experience mean very hard lessons to learn when pitted against the evilness of malefactors and the pitiless terrain. Even at this early stage, we see the seeds of Call's unique brand of uprightedness; his innate sense of right and wrong. Gus is the more human, the more faulted personality, but he exhibits those remarkable traits of loyalty and humour that we love so much in Lonesome Dove.
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