Always wondered why McMurtry kilt Newt.
Newt was a well established "blank canvas".
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Good evening, almost tomorrow out your way no doubt by now, hopefully life goes well regardless.
In the mid '90's there was a TV series called Lonesome Dove which was filmed up in Alberta that went on an alternative route and had Newt live.
Linky thing.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108839/I don't remember it as being as good as the original mini-series, but not terrible either.
As I recall now, it was somewhat better than the Streets of Laredo which had James Garner as an aging Woodrow Call or better said, I liked it better.
As Birdwatcher said, I did my best to read a couple more of the McMurtry books after reading and thoroughly enjoying Lonesome Dove, but they didn't connect with me in the same way.
I'll say too that I still have Lonesome Dove on my book shelves and the others are long, long gone.
All the best to you and the rest of the Lonesome Dove readers and watchers.
Dwayne