Call, Woodrow (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

Prequel to 'Lonesome Dove', 'Dead Man's Walk' sees Woodrow and Gus, not yet 20, join forces with the land pirate Caleb Cobb. In a fool-hardy attempt to seize Santa Fe from the Mexicans, they experience their first great adventure.

It begins in the office of The Hat Creek Cattle Company of the Rio Grande. It ends as a journey into the heart of every adventurer who ever lived.