Love is something that all people deal with at some point in their life, whether that be choosing to be in love or seeing others in love; it is everywhere in society. In Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove, we follow Captain Woodrow Call and his business partner Augustus “Gus” McCrae as they embark on one final adventure, leaving behind the beloved town of Lonesome Dove. They take many people with them, including Lorena, the women the majority of the town’s men are in love with, and Newt, a young farm hand that Call and Gus have decided to raise together after his mother’s death. The novel follows as the characters fall in and out of love, all while traveling from Texas to Montana. Lonesome Dove illustrates that when love is placed in an environment