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"This is the first installment (in character life-lines, not in writing) of the Lonesome Dove series. In it we are introduced to Gus and Woodrow when they are young men and just starting out on the path that leads, eventually, to the final volume, The Streets of Laredo. This book lays the foundations of the personalities and conflicts that dog the two men throughout the rest of the books. Quite good, and highly recommended though not as good as either Lonesome Dove or Commanche Moon."
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
Robbery story?
- a stagecoach
Kind of story?
- adventure thru wilderness
- lawman keeping the peace
- defending against enemy
- rescuing hostage(s)
- hunting enemy
Love/Sex?
- Main character has sex with a prostitute?
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
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?
- 6 ()
Where does story take place?
- Texas
- General West
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
- ranch
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- prison
- fort/military installation
Time book takes place in:
- 19th century
Prairie?
Yes
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
overall quality of this book?
- 8
Person
- rotating 1st
How much gore?
- 8 ()
How much suspense/how unpredictable?
- 4 ()
How much action?
- 10 ()
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Happy ending?
- neutral
How much dialogue/talking among characters?
- 8 ()
How much non-dialogue descript of thoughts & feelings?
- 5 ()
How much romance?
- 4 ()
Non-dialogue thoughts/feelings primarily about: (optional)
- thoughts about society/group
- 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
If humorous, kind of humor
- Dry-cynical
- eccentric personalities
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of sex
- descript. of breasts
- descript. of other female anat.
Minor characters feature lots of:
- cowboys
- Indians
- politicians
- blue collar types
- police/investigators
- criminals
- military
- prostitutes
Theme
Saving others
Yes
Saving others, risking:
- life
Saving others:
- members of group
Growing Pains
Yes
Growing pains:
- looking for sex
- looking for independence
- looking for boy/girlfriend
Loss of innocence
Yes
Loss of innocence:
- caused by prostitution
- caused by exposed to atrocities of war
- causing hardening of character
- causing cynicism
- causing greater awareness of how world works
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
- what one has been in the past
Alienation
Yes
Alienation from:
- from friends
Justice
Yes
Setting things right for:
- self
- friends
Setting things right by means of:
- taking powers in own hands
Loss
Yes
Loss of:
- friend
Loss causing:
- anger
- sorrow
- search for recovery
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