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In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas
Contributor(s): McMurtry, Larry (Author)
ISBN: 1631493531     ISBN-13: 9781631493539
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
OUR PRICE:   $15.26  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays
- History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx)
Dewey: 976.406
LCCN: 2018015022
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.40 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Texas
 
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Publisher Description:
Before embarking on what would become one of the most prominent writing careers in American literature, spanning decades and indelibly shaping the nation's perception of the West, Larry McMurtry knew what it meant to come from Texas. Originally published in 1968, In a Narrow Grave is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's homage to the past and present of the Lone Star State, where he grew up a precociously observant hand on his father's ranch. From literature to rodeos, small-town folk to big city intellectuals, McMurtry explores all the singular elements that define his land and community, revealing the surprising and particular challenges in the "dying . . . rural, pastoral way of life." "The gold standard for understanding Houston's brash rootlessness and civic insecurities" (Douglas Brinkley, New York Times Book Review), In a Narrow Grave offers a timeless portrait of the vividly human, complex, full-blooded Texan.

Contributor Bio(s): McMurtry, Larry: - Larry McMurtry is an award-winning novelist, essayist, and avid bookseller and collector, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay of Brokeback Mountain with cowriter Diana Ossana. Awarded in 2014 the National Humanities Medal for his body of work, his novels include Lonesome Dove and, most recently, The Last Kind Words Saloon. He lives in Archer City, Texas.