I bought this book on 6/25 at St. Peter's Church (in Antioch, IL) rummage sale for 75 cents.

c. 1985 -- 945 pages -- Paperback -- #97 on the Bookcrossing 100 Favorites list -- #72 on The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians list -- the Pulitzer Prize-winning epic masterpiece of the American West

Back Cover: A love story, an adventure, an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove is the grandest novel ever written about the last, defiant wilderness of America. Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove, and meet the kinds of unforgettable characters we have come to expect from the author of Terms of Endearment and The Last Picture Show -- heroe and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove is a book to make us laugh, weep, dream and remember.

AUTHOR: Larry McMurtry
TITLE: Lonesome Dove
DATE READ: 10/14/21
TIME/PLACE: 4:30pm, on couch in Living room of daughter's house (Antioch, IL)
RATING: 6/10
FIRST SENTENCE: When Augustus came out on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake - not a very big one.
GENRE: Western, Historical
PUB DATE/PUBLISHER: 1/1/1985 Pocket Books
TYPE: Paperback, Libby app
# OF PAGES: 945 pages
SERIES/STAND-ALONE: #1 Lonesome Dove
CHALLENGE: none
LIST READ: BookCrossing 100 list; The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians; Pulitzer Prize; GoodReads Best Books Ever; book/movie combo; PBS America's 100 Favorite Novels (Great American Read); 1000 Books You May Have Actually Read
CHARACTERS: Augustus "Gus" McCrae, Woodrow Call, Pea Eye Parker, Joshua Deets, Newt Dobbs, Lorena Wood
LOCATION: Lonesome Dove, TX, Montana
COMMENTS: Western isn't my preferred genre. This was a bit depressing with so many people dieing. Just okay. Not my cup of tea. But I can see how others will like it.

Released in our Sunset Little Free Library today.

UPDATE 5/12/22: NO LONGER IN LIBRARY.

Released in this Little Free Library in exchange for another book.