The first of Larry Mc Curtry’s Pulitzer Prizewinning Lonesome Dove tetralogy, showcasing Mc Curtry’s talent for breathing new life into the vanished American West through two of the most memorable heroes in contemporary fiction: Augustus Mc Crae and Woodrow Call.As young Texas Rangers, Augustus Mc Crae and Woodrow Call ("Gus" and "Call" for short) have much to learn about survival in a land fraught with perils: not only the blazing heat and raging tornadoes, roiling rivers and merciless Indians, but also the deadly whims of soldiers. On their first expeditionsled by incompetent officers and accompanied by the robust, dauntless whore known as the Great Westernthey will face death at the hands of the cunning Comanche war chief Buffalo Hump and the silent Apache Gomez. They will be astonished by the Mexican army. And Gus will meet the love of his life.