Lonesome Dove

     

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Lonesome Dove is a 1985 Western novel by Texan author Larry McMurtry. It is the first published book of the Lonesome Dove series but the third installment in the series chronologically. The story focuses on the relationship among several retired Tex… more »


Spoken by Gus to Jake shortly after Jake arrived and Lonesome Dove and explained why he was on the Run. Jake detailed how he had shot a dentist in Fort Smith Arkansas when he shot through a wall, with the bullet going through and hitting the dentist. The dentist's brother was the sheriff. In reply, Gus said something to Jake along the lines of:
a clapboard wall won't stop a bullet, but a dentist will!

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