Boones Lick, Larry McMurtry
Boones Lick, Larry McMurtry
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Boone's Lick

Author: Larry McMurtry

Narrator: Will Patton

Unabridged: 6 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 11/01/2000


Synopsis

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry returns to the Old West in a fast-moving, comic tale about a woman determined to conquer anything that stands in the way of an ultimate confrontation with her wayward husband.

In his first historical novel in ten years, Larry McMurtry introduces Mary Margaret, a nineteenth-century version of the formidable, unforgettable Aurora Greenway of Terms of Endearment. Mary Margaret is married to Dickie, who hauls supplies to the forts along the Oregon Trail and, as Mary Margaret rightly suspects, enjoys the pleasures of other women across most of the frontier. Fed up and harboring a secret love of her own, she collects the kids; her brother-in-law, Seth; her sister, Rosie; and her cranky father and makes her way westward to settle things once and for all.

The story of their trek across the country is packed with the elements McMurtry fans love: encounters with historical figures such as Wild Bill Hickock and U.S. Army colonel Fetterman (whose incompetence resulted in one of the bloodiest massacres in the history of the American West), larger-than-life fictional characters who join the family on their journey, and confrontations with nature at its wildest. With characters based on actual traders of the Old Santa Fe Trail, Boone's Lick is vintage McMurtry.

About Larry McMurtry

Larry McMurtry (1936–2021) was the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lived in Archer City, Texas.

About Will Patton

Will Patton’s film credits include Halloween, Boarding School, Megan LeaveyAmerican Honey, Meek’s Cutoff, A Mighty Heart, Remember the Titans, The Mothman PropheciesArmageddon, and No Way Out. He starred in Swamp Thing on the DC Universe streaming platform and was seen in five seasons of the TNT series Falling Skies. He has won Obie Awards for his performances in Fool for Love and What Did He See? He is also known for his audiobook recordings of the work of Stephen King, James Lee Burke, Denis Johnson, and William Faulkner.


Reviews

Westerns and McMurtry go together. He really knows how to tell a yarn. This is no exception. The narrator for this adventure is Sherman “Shay” Cecil. It’s his family that occupies the center of this tale which moves from Missouri to the less populated parts of the American West. Along with the ficti......more

Goodreads review by mark… on May 05, 2021

I grew up in Boone's Lick country. On summertime visits to the Salt Lick park the first thing to do was dunk watermelons in the cold springs at the remains of the saltworks. Late on those hot afternoons the cold melon with briny rinds were bracing and sweet. 'Boone's Lick' by Larry McMurtry was sele......more

Goodreads review by Jim on April 26, 2024

I felt like reading a Western and no one does them better than Larry McMurtry. His "Lonesome Dove" is my favorite Western. This one of his is similar to that book, as it involves a journey across the Western frontier. In this case, the journey is from Boone's Lick, Missouri to Wyoming. The main char......more

Goodreads review by Alexw on March 14, 2025

Any McMurtry western automatically gets a 5-star rating. After all he wrote Lonesome Dove which is fantastic. This novel explores the hardship of moving West along with a cast of characters that you immediately like. Throw in some brilliant dialogue and you have sure fire 5 stars.......more

Goodreads review by J. on February 24, 2022

The "Western" has faded considerably over the years, but when a book in this genre gets it right, it absolutely shines. Boone's Lick is one such book, written by the great Larry McMurtry. The story appears to start out quite lighthearted, but gets gritty real quick, reminding you just how unforgivin......more