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Lonesome Dove Chapters 1-6: Meeting Our Main Characters
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Lonesome Dove Chapters 1-6: Meeting Our Main Characters

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Jeremy Anderberg
Jan 07, 2023
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As my buddy Kyle said to me a few days ago, these first chapters of Lonesome Dove are a masterclass in characterization. We haven’t known our protagonists very long, but doesn’t it feel like we already know them pretty well?

Not much has happened out of the gate (except for the somewhat surprising arrival of an old friend) here in the first six chapters,…

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