Lonesome Dove Chapters 73-80: Jake's Fate; Meeting Clara

Howdy, readers!

It was another momentous week of reading. After the book meandered its way to any semblance of a major plot point, we’re getting them every week now. We closed Part II with the fraught, complicated death of a main character; but then we added a character at the start of Part III when we finally met the long-talked-about Clara. 

Let’s jump…