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Anything for Billy (1988)Larry McMurtry
A Novel
2 Reviews

Books: A Memoir (2008)Larry McMurtry
1 Review


Buffalo Girls (1991)Larry McMurtry
A Novel

Cadillac Jack (1982)Larry McMurtry
A Novel
4 Reviews

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Chopping Down the Sacred Tree (Review) Larry McMurtry
The Earth Shall Weep, by James Wilson
- The Earth Shall Weep by James Wilson

The Colonel and Little Missie (2005)Larry McMurtry
Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Beginnings of Superstardom in America
1 Review, 1 Readable

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Cookie Pioneers (2 Reviews) Larry McMurtry
Something in the Soil, by Patricia Nelson Limerick
- Something in the Soil by Patricia Nelson Limerick
- Texas History Movies by John Rosenfield, Jr.

Crazy Horse (1999)Larry McMurtry
2 Reviews, 1 Readable


The Desert Rose (1983)Larry McMurtry
2 Reviews

Duane's Depressed (1999)Larry McMurtry
2 Reviews

The Evening Star (1992)Larry McMurtry
1 Review

Film Flam (1987)Larry McMurtry
Essays on Hollywood
1 Review

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From Amerigo Vespucci to Darryl Zanuch (Review) Larry McMurtry
A New Literary History of America, by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors
- A New Literary History of America by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors

From Mickey Spillane to Erica JongLarry Mcmurtry
Our sex lives have become more public and impersonal. Here's a look at what we've lost ...
The Washington Monthly, May 1975, pp. 12-22

The Hole in the BucketLarry McMurtry
The Harpers Monthly, May 1970, pp. 113-116

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Hometown America's Black Book (Review) Larry McMurtry
Without Sanctuary, by James Allen, Hilton Als, Jon Lewis, and Leon F. Litwack, ...
- Without Sanctuary by James Allen, Hilton Als, Jon Lewis, and Leon F. Litwack, ...

Horseman, Pass By (1968)Larry McMurtry
A Novel
1 Review, 1 Readable

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How the West Was Won or Lost (33 Reviews) Larry McMurtry
The Mythic West in Twentieth-Century America, by Robert G. Athearn
- The Mythic West in Twentieth-Century America by Robert G. Athearn
- Myth of the West by Chris Bruce
- Forgotten Frontier by A. Dudley Gardner and Verla R. Flores
- New Lands, New Men by William H. Goetzmann
- The West of the Imagination by William H. Goetzmann and William N. Goetzmann, ...
- The Legacy of Conquest by Patricia Nelson Limerick
- The Female Frontier by Glenda Riley
- Cannery Women, Cannery Lives by Vicki L. Ruiz
- The Conquest of Paradise by Kirkpatrick Sale
- Far from Home by Lillian Schlissel, Byrd Gibbens, and Elizabeth Hampsten, ...
- Western Women: Their Land, Their Lives by Lillian Schlissel, Janice Monk, and Vicki L. Ruiz, ...
- Cowboys of the Americas by Richard W. Slatta
- Beyond the Mythic West by Stewart L. Udall
- Many Tender Ties by Sylvia Van Kirk
- Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s by Donald Worster
- Rivers of Empire by Donald Worster
- We Pointed Them North by E.C. Abbott and Helena Huntington Smith
- Sky Determines: An Interpretation of the Southwest by Ross Calvin
- Son of the Morning Star by Evan S. Connell
- The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic by Angie Debo
- The Road to Disappearance by Angie Debo
- Geronimo: The Man, His Time, His Place by Angie Debo
- Exploration and Empire by William H. Goetzmann
- Charles Goodnight: Cowman and Plainsman by J. Evetts Haley
- The Trail Drivers of Texas by J. Marvin Hunter
- Turner, Bolton, and Webb by Wilbur R. Jacobs, John Walton Caughey, and Joe Bertram Frantz, ...
- The Comanche Barrier to South Plains Settlement by Rupert Norval Richardson
- Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth by Henry Nash Smith
- The American Cowboy by Lonn Taylor and Ingrid Maar
- The Significance of the Frontier, and Other Essays by Frederick Jackson Turner
- The Plains Across by John D. Unruh, Jr.
- The Great Plains by Walter Prescott Webb
- The Great Frontier by Walter Prescott Webb

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Icy Grief and a Fire of Vengeance (Review) Larry McMurtry
Mountain Man, by Vardis Fisher
- Mountain Man by Vardis Fisher

In a Narrow Grave (1985)Larry McMurtry
Essays on Texas
1 Review, 1 Readable


The Last Picture Show (1987)Larry McMurtry
A Novel
1 Review

The Late Child (1996)Larry McMurtry

LettersLarry McMurtry, Karen Kennerly, and Edward Witten, ...

LettersMyriam Anissimov, Tony Judt, Ed Timperlake, and Lars-Erik Nelson, ...

LettersKenneth R. Johnston, Anne Barton, and Lawrence Ladin, ...

LettersJanet Malcolm, Larry McMurtry, and James K. Galbraith, ...

Liberty Denied (1989)Donna A. Demac, Arthur Miller, and Larry McMurtry, ...
The Current Rise of Censorship in America
1 Review, 1 Readable

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Lighting out for the Territory (Review) Larry McMurtry
On the Rez, by Ian Frazier
- On the Rez by Ian Frazier

Lonesome Dove (1985)Larry McMurtry
A Novel
3 Reviews, 1 Readable

Moving On (1970)Larry McMurtry
A Novel
1 Review, 1 Readable

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Now Voyager (Review) Larry McMurtry
A Passage to Juneau, by Jonathan Raban
- A Passage to Juneau by Jonathan Raban

Oh What a Slaughter (2005)Larry McMurtry
Massacres in the American West, 1846-1890
1 Review, 1 Readable

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Our Favorite Bandit (Review) Larry McMurtry
Billy the Kid, by Michael Wallis
- Billy the Kid by Michael Wallis

Pretty Boy Floyd (1994)Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana

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Pulpmaster (2 Reviews) Larry McMurtry
Zane Grey, by Stephen J. May
- Zane Grey by Stephen J. May
- Maverick Heart by Stephen J. May

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Rebel, Rebel (Review) Larry McMurtry
Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War, by T.J. Stiles
- Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War by T.J. Stiles

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The Return of Janet Lewis (6 Reviews) Larry McMurtry
The Dear Past and Other Poems, by Janet Lewis
- The Dear Past and Other Poems by Janet Lewis
- The Wife of Martin Guerre by Janet Lewis
- Good-Bye, Son by Janet Lewis
- The Invasion by Janet Lewis
- The Trial of Soren Qvist by Janet Lewis
- The Ghost of Monsieur Scarron by Janet Lewis

Return to WacoLarry McMurtry
The horror of the government's action, as seen from Highway 84

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Films: Moonshine (Review) Larry McMurtry
Second Wind, by Bill Russell and Taylor Branch
- Second Wind by Bill Russell and Taylor Branch

Roads (2000)Larry McMurtry
Driving America's Great Highways
3 Reviews, 3 Readable

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Romance West (Review) Larry McMurtry
Washington Irving: Three Western Narratives, by James Ronda and Washington Irving
- Washington Irving: Three Western Narratives by James Ronda and Washington Irving

Sacagawea's Nickname (2001)Larry McMurtry
Essays on the American West
1 Review

Some Can Whistle (1989)Larry McMurtry
1 Review

Somebody's Darling (1978)Larry McMurtry
A Novel
2 Reviews

Streets of Laredo (1993)Larry McMurtry
2 Reviews


Books
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The Tall Texan (Review) Larry McMurtry
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Telegraph Days (2006)Larry McMurtry
A Novel
2 Reviews, 1 Readable

Terms of Endearment (1975)Larry McMurtry
A Novel
4 Reviews, 1 Readable

Texasville (1987)Larry McMurtry
A Novel
2 Reviews


Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen (1999)Larry McMurtry
Reflections at Sixty and Beyond
5 Reviews, 1 Readable

The Wandering Hill (2002)Larry McMurtry
The Berrybender Narratives, Book II
1 Review

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The West Without Chili (Review) Larry McMurtry
The New Encyclopedia of the American West, by Howard R. Lamar
- The New Encyclopedia of the American West by Howard R. Lamar

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Why Books Survive (Review) Larry McMurtry
Book Business, by Jason Epstein
- Book Business by Jason Epstein
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