Streets of Laredo

Streets of Laredo is a novel by Larry McMurtry. Although it was published second, it is chronologically last in the Lonesome Dove series. It follows the adventures of Captain Woodrow F. Call as he tracks a Mexican bandit who is preying on the railroad. It was later made into a miniseries starring James Garner as Captain Call. Streets of Laredo takes its name from a famous cowboy ballad of the same name. The title was originally used by Larry McMu... more

Streets of Laredo is a novel by Larry McMurtry. Although it was published second, it is chronologically last in the Lonesome Dove series. It follows the adventures of Captain Woodrow F. Call as he tracks a Mexican bandit who is preying on the railroad. It was later made into a miniseries starring James Garner as Captain Call. Streets of Laredo takes its name from a famous cowboy ballad of the same name. The title was originally used by Larry McMurtry for a screenplay that he wrote with Peter Bogdanovich, but which never materialized as a movie, so he rewrote as the original Lonesome Dove. Between the events of the two books, quite a bit has happened. Lorena, lover of Gus McCrae, has left Clara and married Pea Eye Parker, of the former Hat Creek Outfit. They have several children, and own a farm in the Texas panhandle. Pea Eye is thoroughly devoted to Lorena, and Lorena has learned to reciprocate and has become almost equally attached to Pea Eye. She teaches in a nearby schoolhouse. As... less