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Tracy Daugherty
A biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry.
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Larry McMurtry
Sam the Lion runs the pool-hall, the picture house and the all-night cafe. Coach Popper whips his boys with towels and once took a shot at one when he disturbed…
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The Pulitzer Prize winning novel - a story of love, honour, loyalty and betrayal
Sandra S Patrick
Enter the captivating world of Larry McMurtry, a literary legend whose wisdom and storytelling prowess will leave you in awe. In this profound journey through his life, McMurtry's authenticity and…
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John Reilly
Probes how Larry McMurty has given contemporary relevance to traditional elements of the Western Story.
Now in paperback, Pulitzer-prize winner Larry McMurtry chronicles the rise to fame, fortune and international celebrity of two of the West’s most enduring figures - and America’s first real superstars.
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In this novel of love and regret, McMurtry bids a final farewell to his beloved character, Duane Moore, and the rapidly changing town of Thalia, Texas.
The republication of McMurtry’s fast and furious romp through Hollywood, with the story of Jill Peel, a successful woman director who can direct anything but her men.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author continues his epic four-novel saga with this second adventure that finds the Berrybenders beset by loss, tragedy, and the ever-increasing difficulties of survival as they journey…
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In this classic memoir now in paperback, McMurtry journeys from the harsh landscape of west Texas to the lush islands of the South Seas, weaving together shrewd observations, personal history…
The author of Lonesome Dove offers a brilliant and searing history of the bloody massacres that marked the settling of the American West in the nineteenth century. Photos & illustrations…
Stripping away the tall tales to reveal the essence of the brilliant warrior-hero Crazy Horse, the author captures the poignant passing of an era and offers a vibrant new understanding…
The brilliant sequel to The Last Picture Show is McMurtry’s richest novel to date, as moving as Terms of Endearment and as full of real and memorable characters as Lonesome…
Multiple award-winning author Larry McMurtry takes his act on the road in this irresistible tale of friendship, sisterhood, love, loss, sex, and Hollywood. This is the story of Maggie and…
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McMurtry continues the compelling saga of the Berrybender family, who made their debut in his phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Sin Killer, as they make their way across the endless…
This lavishly illustrated volume reassesses and celebrates the life and legacy of the West’s most legendary figure, George Armstrong Custer, from one of America’s great storytellers (The Wall Street Journal)…
Published for the first time as a single novel, this sweeping four-part epic about a pioneer family delivers a truly unique view of the American West that could only come…
Every line is poetry down and dirty in the mud, right where it belongs. - Publishers Weekly
One of Entertainment Weekly’s Most Beautiful Books of the Year The renaissance of Larry McMurtry, an alchemist who converts the basest materials to gold (New York Times Book Review), continues…
From dusty flea markets in Texas to parties in Washington, DC, crawling with political hacks, Cadillac Jack is a classic American novel, timelier than ever.
In this sequel to the acclaimed Duane’s Depressed, the Pulitzer Prize- and Oscar]-winning writer crafts an intimate portrait of an eccentric, aging oil man struggling to come to terms with…
A Seattle Times Best Book of 2014 The triumphant return of Larry McMurtry with this ballad in prose: his heartfelt tribute to a bygone era of the American West.
Moving On anticipates McMurtry’s Terms of Endearment and explores the emotional journey of a young woman against a sprawling metropolis in 1970s Texas.
If Chaucer were a Texan writing today … this is how he would have written and this is how he would have felt. - New York Times
A young writer hits the dusty Texas highway for the California coast in this brilliant … funny and dangerously tender (Time) tale of art and sacrifice.
McMurtry is an alchemist who converts the basest materials to gold. - New York Times Book Review
In this work of extraordinary charm and good humor, McMurtry recounts his life as both a reader and a writer, how the countless books he has read worked to form…
New York Times Bestseller Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Seattle Times The Last Kind Words Saloon marks the triumphant return of Larry McMurtry to…
A stunning new novel from the bestselling author of Lonesome Dove.
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove and Terms of Endearment.
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The acclaimed novel that inspired the Academy Award-winning film, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove.
As he crisscrosses America–driving in search of the present, the past, and himself–western chronicler Larry McMurtry shares his fascination with this nation’s great trails and the culture that has developed…
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From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry comes the New York Times bestselling prequel to the Lonesome Dove story. Texas rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, now in their middle…
Originally published in hardcover: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.
The personal and professional struggles of McMurtry’s lively protagonist Jill Peel, a director in 1970s Hollywood, takes on new resonance in the twenty-first century.
This landmark collection, brimming with his signature wit and incomparable sensibility, is Larry McMurtry’s classic tribute to his home and his people.
By the author of The Last Picture Show , The Lonesome Dove and Terms of Endearment , this is the story of a millionaire writer who rediscovers his daughter, along…
Returning to the big Western themes that have made him famous and beloved, Pulitzer Prize winner McMurtry recreates the bygone days of the old gunfighters in this New York Times…
The second book in the Lonesome Dove quartet, set in the American West.
The first book in the Lonesome Dove quartet.
The final book of the Lonesome Dove quartet.
It has been 15 years since Emma’s death from cancer and Aurora is reluctantly entering her 70s. She is still imperious, self-indulgent and impossible, but she is also still adept…
Returning to the themes that have made him famous and beloved, the author of Lonesome Dove –and the voice of the American West–recreates the days of the old gunfighters in…
