https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/a-tale-of-two-westerns Created Wed, 09/07/2025 - 00:00 Updated Wed, 09/07/2025 - 00:00 The harsh violence of Blood Meridian and Lonesome Dove draw us in more than it repels, and the proximity of death makes the actions of its dramatis personae only more vivid and compelling to us. Tags essays