02047cam a2200349 i 4500 1512262138 TxAuBib 20240823120000.0 230430s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023019859 9781250282330 $35.00 1250282330 $35.00 TxAuBib rda Daugherty, Tracy, author. Larry McMurtry : a life / Tracy Daugherty. First edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2023. 550 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-538) and index. Heart's country -- Country bypasses -- The heart. "A biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Daugherty. In over forty books, in a career that spanned over sixty years, Larry McMurtry staked his claim as a superior chronicler of the American West, and as the Great Plains' keenest witness since Willa Cather and Wallace Stegner. Larry McMurtry: A Life traces his origins as one of the last American writers who had direct contact with this country's pioneer traditions. It follows his astonishing career as bestselling novelist, Pulitzer-Prize winner, author of the beloved Lonesome Dove, Academy-Award winning screenwriter, public intellectual, and passionate bookseller. A sweeping and insightful look at a versatile, one-of-a-kind American writer, this book is a must-read for every Larry McMurtry fan"-- Provided by publisher. 20240823. McMurtry, Larry. Novelists, American 20th century Biography. Screenwriters United States Biography. Western stories History and criticism. Biographies. TXMML