Lonesome Dove, the epic 6.5-hour miniseries, is indeed my pick for the greatest book-to-film adaptation ever. Before we dig into the particulars of the series, let’s quickly take a look a the source material, a sprawling novel (843 pages hardcover, 945 paperback) written by Larry McMurtry. Winner of the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Lonesome ostensibly tells the story of a cattle drive […]