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- While the trailhead of the Hat Creek Outfit’s route begins in the fictional Lonesome Dove, a small town at the Texas-Mexico border, the real starting point for the book is in Southlake, about 25 miles from Fort Worth. Here stands the church from which the novel derives its title.
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Apr 24, 2023 · While the trailhead of the Hat Creek Outfit’s route begins in the fictional Lonesome Dove, a small town at the Texas-Mexico border, the real starting point for the book is in Southlake, about 25 miles from Fort Worth. Here stands the church from which the novel derives its title.
Inspired by the true story of the building of the Lonesome Dove Church in Grapevine, Texas, LONESOME DOVE CHURCH follows Pastor JOHN SHEPARD, who discovers his estranged son ISAAC is now an outlaw wanted for murder. He sets out to find him and "save" his soul.
Lonesome Dove is a 1985 Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. It is the first published book of the Lonesome Dove series and the third installment in the series chronologically. It was a bestseller and won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
- Larry McMurtry
- 1985
Aug 3, 2023 · One historical moment overlooked in “Lonesome Dove” was the Transcontinental Railroad. The herd would have been driven across it at some point and it would have been a big moment for the young cowboys.
Jul 15, 2015 · Streets of Laredo sat on the shelf for about 15 years until one day, McMurtry saw an old bus that had “Lonesome Dove Baptist Church” inscribed on the side. He went home and finished the story as a novel, which was inspired by the lives of Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving.
Apr 22, 2020 · But in Lonesome Dove, McMurtry left behind his 20th-century West for an epic, 843-page cattle drive from South Texas to Montana.
Aug 4, 2014 · Lonesome Dove Church: Directed by Terry Miles. With Tom Berenger, Greyston Holt, Alex Zahara, Andrea Whitburn. The true story of the formation of the Lonesome Dove Church in Texas.
