Streets Of Laredo

By: Larry McMurtry

Narrated by: Daniel Von Bargen

The acclaimed sequel to Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic Lonesome Dove, and the culmination of the legendary western saga, follows the further adventures of these beloved characters as they reckon with their past choices and uncertain futures in the rapidly changing American West.

Captain Woodrow Call, August McCrae's old partner, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down a brutal young Mexican bandit. Riding with Call are an Eastern city slicker, a witless deputy, and one of the last members of the Hat Creek outfit, Pea Eye Parker, now married to Lorena—once Gus McCrae's sweetheart. This long chase leads them across the last wild stretches of the West into a hellhole known as Crow Town and, finally, into the vast, relentless plains of the Texas frontier.

Horrible accent

This guy's Mexican accent is horrible and unnecessary. It almost ruined the whole story for me. People that speak with an accent don't think with an accent. You don't have to make them sound stupid or ignorant.

Enjoyed

I have always been a McMurtry fan ever since I watched Lonesome Dove. I just never got the chance till now to listen to this book. Really enjoyed it!

Most Excellent

Like beauty, most artistic presentations are in the eye of the beholder. This is my second time through this book, the first was many years ago. I don't remember liking it as much the first time. That may be because my first trip through it, it may have been a casualty of circumstances. The main circumstance being, I listened to it after watching the miniseries. I didn't care much for the miniseries for various reason. Mainly because the Lonesome Dove miniseries towered so far above it.

But this is a great book. Larry McMurtry is far and away my favorite writer of the western genre. The story is well conceived and told. I balked a little with the narrator because I recently listened to Lonesome Dove and Lee Horsley does such an excellent job. But Daniel Von Bargen was a great choice for this book and well deserving of a 5 star award.

And PLEASE!!! Don't shy away from this book because you don't like Westerns. This is a great story, well told and beautifully performed.

Great story to end the series

Excellent story. Excellent narrator.
I loved the movie 'Lonesome Dove' and decided I would like to listen to the book (There is always more in the book). I was surprised to see that there were three other books in the series. I decided to listen to them all in chronological order. Good choice. I got to know the characters from their earliest days to their final adventure.
The storyline takes some unexpected turns and keeps it from becoming formulaic. Larry McMurtry is a wonderful story teller. He spins a yarn that draws you into the world he is writing about. He takes you back to the deserts and towns of Texas and Mexico after the civil war. He let's you experience the hardship and pain and sorrow of the people in those areas, yet let's you also experience the hope and satisfaction that gets them through.
The narrator was perfect. His deep, easy voice just exudes the heart and soul of a Texas cowboy. From the first words he utters, you know you are being taken to the west. He does a great job with the voices and his cadence is easy to listen to.
I hated to see the story end.

Not the ending I wanted, just like real life.

The final wrap up in a collection of books I really enjoyed. I liked this narrator the best: his voice is sincere and more even, less wild with the voice impersonations. Great spectrum of men and women and the inevitabilities of life in the 19th century.