lonesome dove

     

Larry McMurtry won a Pulitzer for this western

Trivia about lonesome dove

  • The title of this acclaimed miniseries referred to a frontier town, not to a solitary pigeon
  • This 1989 CBS western was the highest rated miniseries in 5 years
  • Larry McMurtry won the 1986 prize for this novel
  • Robert Duvall sat tall in the saddle as Augustus McCrae in this 1989 4-part western
  • An American epic, this 1985 Larry McMurtry tale of a cattle drive sweeps from Texas to Montana
  • In April 1986 Larry McMurtry won a Pulitzer Prize for this western novel
  • 1986: "Friendless Pigeon"
  • This 1989 CBS Western was the highest-rated miniseries in 5 years