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Title: The book did not meet expectations.
Review: Most readers of this book have probably already read Lonesome Dove, and thus were expecting the legend of Gus and Call to be filled in. It wasn't. How did Gus and Call become known as the greatest Texas Rangers that ever lived? Beats me. It seems all they did was keep from getting killed and bury the bodies of those who were killed. Maybe that was McMurtry's whole intention--to reveal that Gus and Call were really just a couple of overrated Texans. This explains the scene in Lonesome Dove where Gus and Call went into San Antonio to look for a cook, and noticed that no one remembered them. It turns out there was nothing to remember. I almost wish I hadn't read Comanche Moon, because it deflated my impression of Gus and Call significantly.
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