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The first edition of the novel was published in 1995, and was written by larry mcmurtry. In this prequel to mcmurtrys 1986 pulitzer prizewinning lonesome dove, gus mccrae and woodrow call are invincible young bucks, texas rangers, full of youthful. Lonesome dove project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Gus mcrae and woodrow call are still teenagers when they enlist as texas rangers. Author larry mcmurtry revisits gus and woodrow, the aging lawmen from his bestselling western novel lonesome dove, in their early days as young men determined to make a name for themselves as.
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