August McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, the Texas Rangers made famous in "Lonesome Dove," leave their women and the problems of their middle years behind when they join in the pursuit of Comanche war chief Buffalo Hump.
A portrait of the nineteenth-century cavalry commander traces his rise from an unpromising West Point graduate to a distinguished military leader, covering his complicated marriage, mythologized defeat at Little Big Horn, and enduring legacy.
Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley and the beginnings of superstardom in America
McMurtry, Larry
2005
Presents a comprehensive biography of Buffalo Bill Cody and Annie Oakley, and chronicles their lives, the legends that surrounded them over the decades, and how they helped to shape the image of the old west.
Examines the life and death of Crazy Horse, the Sioux warrior who, having been betrayed by the U.S. government, became the reluctant leader of his people at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Two former Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, leave their Texas ranch to lead a cattle drive to Montana, encountering outlaws, Native Americans, and ex-loves along the way.