Back Lonesome Dove CY Weg in die Wildnis German Lonesome Dove Spanish יונה בודדה HE Un volo di colombe Italian Жалгыз көгүчкөн KY
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Larry McMurtry |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Lonesome Dove series |
| Genre | Western |
| Published | 1985 |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 843 |
| ISBN | 0-671-50420-7 |
| OCLC | 11812426 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3563.O8749 |
| Followed by | Streets of Laredo |
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. In 1989, it was adapted as a TV miniseries starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall, which won both critical and popular acclaim. McMurtry went on to write a sequel, Streets of Laredo (1993), and two prequels, Dead Man's Walk (1995) and Comanche Moon (1997), all of which were also adapted as TV series.