Larry McMurtry
Born
in Wichita Falls, Texas, The United States
June 03, 1936
Died
March 25, 2021
Genre
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Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
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published
1985
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129 editions
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Terms of Endearment
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published
1975
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83 editions
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Streets of Laredo (Lonesome Dove, #2)
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published
1993
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68 editions
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Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3)
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published
1995
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71 editions
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Comanche Moon (Lonesome Dove, #4)
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published
1997
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75 editions
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The Last Picture Show
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published
1966
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103 editions
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Sin Killer (The Berrybender Narratives, #1)
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published
2002
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34 editions
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Horseman, Pass By
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published
1961
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Texasville
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published
1987
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47 editions
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All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers
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published
1972
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40 editions
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“If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
“It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” ~spoken by Augustus McCrae”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
Polls
1st Quarter 2018 Long Read Poll
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, 1849, 974 pages
The Arabian Nights, 800, 1049 pages
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847, 867 pages
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, 1946, 661 pages
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 1985, 945 pages
Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence, 1913, 654 pages
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, 1925, 859 pages
The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, 1353, 909 pages
Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas, 1845, 788 pages
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne, 1767, 784 pages
From Here to Eternity by James Jones, 1951, 816 pages
The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, 1921, 752 pages
Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens, 1948, 614 pages
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady, 1748, 1534 pages
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| fiction files redux: out west | 29 | 72 | May 30, 2009 04:13PM | |
| Glens Falls (NY) ...: Movie: "Brokeback Mountain" | 5 | 43 | Aug 29, 2009 08:55PM | |
| Glens Falls (NY) ...: DVD of TV-Mini-Series "LONESOME DOVE" (Bk was a Pulitzer winner by Larry McMurtry.) | 26 | 43 | Oct 21, 2009 12:49AM | |
| Romance Readers R...: November Monthly Challenge:Suggestions and Discussion Thread | 45 | 109 | Nov 22, 2009 02:44AM | |
| Victorians!: Jan/Feb Nominations | 32 | 129 | Dec 26, 2009 04:57AM |


















































