Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
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Lonesome Dove

Written by Larry McMurtry
Book #1 in the Lonesome Dove Series
Mass Market Paperbound
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945
Page count
387
Words per page
~899L
Lexile measure
Dec 15, 1988
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A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic “Lonesome Dove,” the third book in the “Lonesome Dove” tetralogy, 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 an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers. Richly authentic, beautifully written, and always dramatic, “Lonesome Dove” is a book to make us laugh, weep, dream, and remember.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780671683900
    Publication Date
    December 15, 1988
    Publisher
    Pocket Books
    Page Count
    945
    Words Per Page
    387
    Audience
    Adult
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    41328154
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~899L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~V
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.8
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    58
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    16741
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    UG

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