Streets of Laredo

Streets of Laredo is a novel by Larry McMurtry. Although it was published second, it is chronologically last in the Lonesome Dove series. It follows the adventures of Captain Woodrow F. Call as he tracks a Mexican bandit who is preying on the railroad.

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Larry McMurtry - Lonesome Dove series

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It was later made into a miniseries starring James Garner as Captain Call.

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"Streets of Laredo" is also a famous cowboy ballad in which a dying cowboy dispenses his advice to a living one.

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Cowboy - Ballad

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