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"This is the immediate prequel to Lonesome Dove and while it does not rise to the qualitative heights that Dove does, it is great fun to revisit Gus and Woodrow again. In my replies to this review's questions, I amalgamated Gus and Woodrow since they are simply co-subjects of the story. The main issue in this book is a huge raid launched by a Commanche chief named Buffalo Hump into the settlements of the whites. McMurtry does a good job of keeping his fiction lifelike and avoids cliches and too pat endings. "
Kelly Whiting, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Story of personal feelings?
- search for identity
The enemy is...
- Indians
Kind of story?
- adventure thru wilderness
- getting revenge
- lawman keeping the peace
- defending against enemy
- rescuing hostage(s)
- hunting enemy
- at war with enemy
- rescuing/acquiring/defending treasure
Love/Sex?
- Conflict keeping two lovers from getting together
Who is good, who is bad?
- Whities good
- Indians bad
- Mexicans bad
Who is tough/wimpy, smart/dumb?
- Men tough
- Women wimpy
Misc Cliche Subplots
- hanging?
- prostitutes & poker in saloon
Important story of horse?
Yes
Main Character
Gender:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 (a good amount)
Where does story take place?
- Texas
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- climbing on trails
- falling off
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- dying of thirst, sunburn
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
- lot of descript of animal care
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
- prison
- fort/military installation
Time book takes place in:
- 19th century
Prairie?
Yes
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
overall quality of this book?
- 9
Person
- rotating 1st
How much gore?
- 9 (quite a lot)
How much suspense/how unpredictable?
- 8 (a significant amount)
How much action?
- 10 (a tremendous amount)
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Happy ending?
- neutral
How much dialogue/talking among characters?
- 8 (a significant amount)
How much non-dialogue descript of thoughts & feelings?
- 5 (an average amount)
How much romance?
- 4 (a fair amount)
Non-dialogue thoughts/feelings primarily about: (optional)
- thoughts for/about others
- thinking about puzzle/mystery/unknown
- thinking about plan of attack
- thinking cynical commentary
- thinking about plan of action
Kind of Series
- Other Series
Is book humorous?
Yes
How much humor?
- 4 (a fair amount)
If humorous, kind of humor
- Dry-cynical
- eccentric personalities
- satire
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of sex
- descript. of breasts
- descript. of other female anat.
Minor characters feature lots of:
- cowboys
- Indians
- businessmen
- police/investigators
- criminals
- military
- prostitutes
Theme
Saving others
Yes
Saving others, risking:
- life
Saving others:
- government/country/world
- members of group
Revenge
Yes
Revenge:
- of evil against good
Revenge against:
- enemy
Revenge for:
- loss of property/riches
- killings
Search for Identity
Yes
Search for identity:
- what group one belongs to
- what profession one belongs to
- who one belongs with
- what one is meant to do
Evading Responsibility
Yes
Evading responsibility:
- mentally--claiming not responsible
Evading responsibility for:
- hurting another emotionally
- failing to live up to responsibilities
- failing to treat another right
Justice
Yes
Setting things right for:
- self
- friends
- ethnic group
- humanity
Setting things right by means of:
- over the barrel of a gun
Loss
Yes
Loss of:
- friend
Loss causing:
- anger
- sorrow
- search for recovery
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