<div>The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lonesome Dove chronicles the passing of the American West through the eyes of Calamity Jane in this western. In a letter to her daughter back East, Martha Jane is not shy about her own importance: “I am the Wild West, no show about it. I was one of the people who kept it wild . . .” Martha Jane—better known as Calamity—is just one of the handful of aging legends who travel to London as part of Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show in Buffalo Girls. As he describes the insatiable curiosity of Calamity’s Indian friend No Ears, Annie Oakley’s shooting match with Lord Windhouveren, and other highlights of the tour, Larry McMurty turns the story of a band of hardy, irrepressible survivors into an unforgettable portrait of love, fellowship, dreams, and heartbreak. Praise for Buffalo Girls “Not since Lonesome Dove has [McMurtry] written so movingly about the disappearance of the West.” —Houston Chronicle “Wonderfully warm and touching. . . . A salute to the dying West, as rendered through McMurtry’s wonderfully quirky characters.” —The New York Times “It is McMurtry’s description and dialogue and character after all, that makes readers plunge into the author’s books. There is something about these people and their passion for life that makes you want to be with them.” —Los Angeles Times “A spellbinding saga with a surprise ending. Highly recommended.” —Library Journal “McMurtry’s genius with language always enchants.” —Publishers Weekly</div>

Buffalo Girls

<div>Full of adventure, grace, and tragedy, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana tell the story of two powerful Cherokee warriors searching for the future of Indian Territory. Zeke and Ned is the story of Ezekiel Proctor and Ned Christie, the last Cherokee warriors&#8212;two proud, passionate men whose remarkable quest to carve a future out of Indian Territory east of the Arkansas River after the Civil War is not only history, but legend. Played out against an American West governed by a brutal brand of frontier justice, this intensely moving saga brims with a rich cast of indomitable and utterly unforgettable characters such as Becca, Zeke's gallant Cherokee wife, and Jewel Sixkiller Proctor, whose love for Ned makes her a tragic heroine. At once exuberant and poignant, bittersweet and brilliant, Zeke and Ned takes us deep into the hearts of two extraordinary men who were willing to go the distance for the bold vision they shared&#8212;and for the women they loved.</div>

Zeke and Ned

<div>In this beloved classic, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author explores the dynamic relationship between a mother and daughter in contemporary Houston. In this acclaimed novel that inspired the Academy Award–winning motion picture, Larry McMurtry created two unforgettable characters who won the hearts of readers and moviegoers everywhere: Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma . . . Aurora is the kind of woman who makes the whole world orbit around her, including a string of devoted suitors. Widowed and overprotective of her daughter, Aurora adapts at her own pace until life sends two enormous challenges her way: Emma’s hasty marriage and subsequent battle with cancer. Terms of Endearment is the Oscar-winning story of a memorable mother and her feisty daughter and their struggle to find the courage and humor to live through life’s hazards—and to love each other as never before. “Very special . . . very winning . . . it will make you laugh and cry.” —The New York Times “A vivid and richly detailed novel about ourselves and those we love.” —The New Republic “McMurtry at his best! He is one of the few male authors who can write convincingly from the woman’s point of view.” —Newsday</div>

Terms of Endearment

<div>Larry McMurtry, the preeminent chronicler of the American West, celebrates the best of contemporary Western short fiction, introducing a stellar collection of twenty stories that represent, in various ways, the coming-of-age of the legendary American frontier. Featuring a veritable Who's Who of the century's most distinctive writers, this collection effectively departs from the standard superstars of the Western genre. McMurtry has chosen a refreshing range of work that, when taken as a whole, depicts the evolution and maturation of Western writing over several decades. The featured tales are not so concerned with the American West of history and geography as they are with the American West of the imagination&#8212;one that is alternately comic, gritty, individual, searing, and complex. Including authors such as Jack Kerouac, Wallace Stegner, Raymond Carver, Annie Proulx, and Diana Ossana, this collection captures the real Western canon like no other.</div>

Still Wild

<div>As he crisscrosses America&#8212;driving in search of the present, the past, and himself&#8212;Larry McMurtry shares his fascination with this nation's great trails and the culture that has developed around them. Ever since he was a boy growing up in Texas only a mile from Highway 281, Larry McMurtry has felt the pull of the road. His town was thoroughly landlocked, making the highway his "river, its hidden reaches a mystery and an enticement. I began my life beside it and I want to drift down the entire length of it before I end this book." In Roads, McMurtry embarks on a cross-country trip where his route is also his destination. As he drives, McMurtry reminisces about the places he's seen, the people he's met, and the books he's read, including more than 3,000 books about travel. He explains why watching episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show might be the best way to find joie de vivre in Minnesota; the scenic differences between Route 35 and I-801; which vigilantes lived in Montana and which hailed from Idaho; and the histories of Lewis and Clark, Sitting Bull, and Custer that still haunt Route 2 today. As it makes its way from South Florida to North Dakota, from eastern Long Island to Oregon, Roads is travel writing at its best.</div>

Roads

<div>“One of our finest storytellers and he’s at his best here” in the conclusion to the series that began with the Pulitzer Prize–winning Lonesome Dove”(People). Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, now in their middle years, are just beginning to deal with the enigmas of the adult heart—Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe; and Call with Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him. Two proud but very different men, they enlist with a Ranger troop in pursuit of Buffalo Hump, the great Comanche war chief; Kicking Wolf, the celebrated Comanche horse thief; and a deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for torture. Comanche Moon joins the twenty-year time line between Dead Man’s Walk and Lonesome Dove, following beloved heroes Gus and Call and their comrades-in-arms—Deets, Jake Spoon, and Pea Eye Parker—in their bitter struggle to protect an advancing Western frontier against the defiant Comanches, courageously determined to defend their territory and their way of life. At once vividly imagined and unflinchingly realistic, Comanche Moon is a sweeping adventure full of tragedy, cruelty, courage, honor and betrayal—the culmination of Larry McMurtry’s peerless vision of the American West. “A sprawling, picaresque novel.” —The New York Times Book Review “The [frontier] myth is intact, if a tad tattered, by McMurtry’s darkly comedic touch and sly debunking of chivalric conventions.” —The New York Daily News “Almost impossible to put down . . . McMurtry knows how to deploy his most suspenseful episodes for maximum effect.” —Boston Herald “A monumental work that has few equals.” —Library Journal “A singular treat.” —San Francisco Examier &amp; Chronicle Book Review</div>

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<div>A Pulitzer Prize winner’s western “does for the gunfighter what Lonesome Dove did for the trail riding cowboy . . . wistful appeal, larger-than-life characters” (Time). An electrifying take on the classic tale of Billy the Kid, the teenage outlaw of the American Old West, from award-winning, bestselling author Larry McMurtry. The first time I saw Billy, he came walking out of a cloud . . . Welcome to the wild, hot-blooded adventures of Billy the Kid, the American West’s most legendary gunslinger. Larry McMurtry takes us on a hell-for-leather journey with Billy and his friends as they ride, drink, love, fight, shoot, and escape their way into the shining memories of Western myth. Surrounded by a splendid cast of characters that only Larry McMurtry could create, Billy charges headlong toward his fate, to become in death the unforgettable desperado he aspires to be in life. Not since Lonesome Dove has there been such a rich, exciting novel about the cowboys, Indians, and gunmen who live at the blazing heart of the American dream. “This tale of random violence, unlikely romance and quicksilver friendships in the old West is a rip-roaring gamble with a tear in its eye, and it pays off in spades.” —Publishers Weekly “Entertaining and peopled with . . . beguiling characters. McMurtry drills a bull’s eye, proving that he is among the most versatile of our writers.” —Library Journal “Storytelling at its best, the West at its fiercest, and McMurtry in his prime.” —The Seattle Times</div>

Anything for Billy

<div>The classic novel of Venezuelan ranchers battling over land and love&mdash;a forerunner of magic realism set in the &ldquo;steamy, tumescent, lust driven&rdquo; plain (Larry McMurtry, from the foreword). R&oacute;mulo Gallegos is best known for being Venezuela&rsquo;s first democratically elected president. But in his native land he is equally famous as a writer responsible for one of Venezuela&rsquo;s literary treasures, the novel Do&ntilde;a Barbara. First published in 1929, it is one of the first examples of magical realism, laying the groundwork for later authors such as Gabriel Garc&iacute;a M&aacute;rquez and Mario Vargas Llosa. Following an epic dispute over a Venezuelan estate, Do&ntilde;a Barbara is an examination of the conflict between town and country, violence and intellect, male and female. Do&ntilde;a Barbara is a beautiful woman with such a ferocious power over men that she is rumored to be a witch. When her cousin Santos Luzardo returns to the plains in order to reclaim his land and cattle, he reluctantly faces off against Do&ntilde;a Barbara, and their battle becomes simultaneously one of violence and seduction. Do&ntilde;a Barbara is a suspenseful tale that blends fantasy, adventure, and romance. Bringing the Venezuelan plains to life&mdash;with their dangerous ranchers, intrepid cowboys, and damsels in distress&mdash;it has inspired numerous adaptations on the big and small screens.</div>

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Books By Larry McMurtry (7 Books)

Buffalo Girls

Zeke and Ned

Terms of Endearment

Still Wild

Roads

Comanche Moon

Anything for Billy

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