A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove (Southwestern & Mexican Photography Series, The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University)

Widely acclaimed as the greatest Western ever made, Lonesome Dove has become a true American epic.Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was a New York Times best seller, with more than 2.5 million copies currently in print.The Lonesome Dove miniseries has drawn millions of viewers and won numerous awards, including seven Emmys. A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove takes you on a fascinating behind-the-scenes journey into the creation of the book, the miniseries, and the world of Lonesome Dove.Writer John Spong talks to forty of the key people involved, including author Larry McMurtry; actors Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Anjelica Huston, Diane Lane, Danny Glover, Ricky Schroder, D.B. Sweeney, Frederic Forrest, and Chris Cooper; executive producer and screenwriter Bill Wittliff; executive producer Suzanne de Passe; and director Simon Wincer.They and a host of others tell lively stories about McMurtry’s writing of the epic novel and the process of turning it into the miniserie