The Lonesome Dove series is a series of four Western fiction novels written by Larry McMurtry and the five television miniseries and television series based upon them.
The Rio Grande is where the Hat Creek Cattle Company sets up their ranch.
Larry Jeff McMurtry was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations. He was also a prominent book collector and bookseller.
One of McMurtry's bookstores in Archer City, Texas
One of the aisles of books at Booked Up in Archer City
Bookstore cat, Booked Up (2008)
Paul Newman (left) and Melvyn Douglas in Hud (1963)