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Larry McMurtry (1936–2021)

Author of Lonesome Dove

Includes the names: Lary McMurtry, Larry McMurty, Larry McMutry, Larry McMurty, McMurtry Larry, Lary Mc Murtry, Larry Mcmurphy, Larry McMurtry, Larry Mcmurtury, Larry MacMurtry ... (see complete list), editor McMurtry, Larry MacMurtry, Larry Mcmurthry, Larry McMurtrey, by Larry McMurtry, Larry). (McMurtry, ed. Larry McMurtry, Larry / b: June 3 McMurtry, 1936 /, inner flap DJ Crease Larry McMurtry
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Works by Larry McMurtry
Lonesome Dove 6,857 copies, 213 reviews
Streets of Laredo 1,795 copies, 25 reviews
The Last Picture Show 1,573 copies, 44 reviews
Dead Man's Walk 1,517 copies, 28 reviews
Comanche Moon 1,500 copies, 21 reviews
Books: A Memoir 1,013 copies, 47 reviews
Sin Killer 892 copies, 14 reviews
Terms of Endearment 889 copies, 14 reviews
Texasville 767 copies, 13 reviews
Anything for Billy 736 copies, 4 reviews
Buffalo Girls 688 copies, 9 reviews
The Wandering Hill 576 copies, 8 reviews
Boone's Lick 571 copies, 9 reviews
Telegraph Days 566 copies, 20 reviews
The Evening Star 560 copies, 4 reviews
Duane's Depressed 557 copies, 9 reviews
Some Can Whistle 518 copies, 3 reviews
By Sorrow's River 515 copies, 7 reviews
Horseman, Pass By : A Novel 495 copies, 10 reviews
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers 488 copies, 5 reviews
Crazy Horse 480 copies, 10 reviews
Zeke and Ned 458 copies, 3 reviews
Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen : Reflections on Sixty and Beyond 452 copies, 6 reviews
Folly and Glory 449 copies, 5 reviews
Roads : Driving America's Great Highways 432 copies, 10 reviews
Leaving Cheyenne : A Novel 420 copies, 2 reviews
Brokeback Mountain [2005 film] (Screenwriter) 398 copies, 8 reviews
Cadillac Jack 363 copies, 1 review
Pretty Boy Floyd 357 copies, 1 review
Moving On 354 copies, 2 reviews
The Last Kind Words Saloon 330 copies, 23 reviews
Loop Group (Author) 274 copies, 4 reviews
The Desert Rose : A Novel 255 copies, 1 review
When the Light Goes: A Novel (Author) 252 copies, 5 reviews
Rhino Ranch 245 copies, 12 reviews
Late Child 226 copies, 1 review
The Colonel and Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the… 207 copies, 4 reviews
In a Narrow Grave : Essays on Texas 196 copies, 4 reviews
Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890 184 copies, 8 reviews
Somebody's Darling 179 copies
Literary Life: A Second Memoir 176 copies, 8 reviews
Custer 146 copies, 10 reviews
Lonesome Dove [1989 TV mini-series] (Screenwriter) 130 copies
Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West 125 copies, 4 reviews
Paradise 122 copies, 2 reviews
Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West 1950 to the Present (Editor) 118 copies
Film Flam : Essays on Hollywood 112 copies, 1 review
Hollywood: A Third Memoir 85 copies, 5 reviews
The Last Picture Show [1971 film] (Screenwriter) 79 copies
Terms of Endearment [1983 film] (Author) 77 copies, 2 reviews
The Berrybender Narratives 74 copies, 1 review
Larry McMurtry: Three Complete Novels (Lonesome Dove, Leaving Cheyenne,… 53 copies
Thalia: A Texas Trilogy 43 copies
Hud [1963 film] (Author) 43 copies, 2 reviews
The Lonesome Dove Series 34 copies
Lonesome Dove Part 1 Of 3 31 copies, 3 reviews
Lonesome Dove : Episode 2 20 copies
Lonesome Dove : Episode 1 20 copies, 1 review
Selected from Lonesome Dove (Writers' Voices) 13 copies
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers/Terms of Endearment (2 Books in… 13 copies
Lonesome Dove #3 7 copies, 1 review
Texasville [1990 film] (Author) 6 copies
The Evening Star [1996 film] 6 copies
The Murder of Mary Phagan [1988 TV miniseries] 4 copies, 3 reviews
Lonesome Dove (Part 2 of 3) 4 copies
Een stadje in het Westen. Dl. II: Op zoek naar Montana (Author) 4 copies
Lonesome Dove Collection - "Lonesome Dove", "Streets of Laredo", "Dead… 3 copies
Brokeback Mountain: A Screenplay (Author) 3 copies, 1 review
Splendors & Miseries of Being an Author-Bookseller 2 copies
Larry McMurty 7 volume hardcover set: Dead Man's Walk, The Late… 2 copies
Larry McMurtry Mixed Prepack 1 copy
It's Always We Rambled: An Essay on Rodeo 1 copy
Missouri River 1 copy
LA FUERZA DEL CARIÑO 1 copy
Larry Mc Murtry - 4 Book Set (The Last Picture Show - Lonesome Dove -… 1 copy
Dead Man's Walk[DEAD MANS WALK][Paperback] 1 copy
Lonesome Dove Original Soundtrack 1 copy
Booked Up Permanent Want List 1 copy
Lonesome Dove Hardcover Novel Collection by Larry McMurtry 7 Book Set 1 copy
Cadillac Jack and Anything for Billy (sold as set) 1 copy
Larry McMurtry 1968 1st Edition "C" State In A Narrow Grave Essays On… 1 copy
Comanche Moon Part 2 of 2 (Author) 1 copy
Booked Up Want List: Women Travellers 1 copy
The last picture show screenplay 1 copy
Moving On Part 1 Of 2 1 copy
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Canonical name
Legal name
McMurtry, Larry Jeff
Other names
Date of birth
1936-06-03
Date of death
2021-03-25
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Archer City, Texas, USA
Place of death
Cause of death
Places of residence
Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Archer City, Texas, USA
Education
North Texas State University (BA ∙ 1958)
Rice University (MA ∙ 1960)
Occupations
novelist
bookstore owner
screenwriter
Relationships
McMurtry, James (son)
Organizations
Awards and honors
Robert Kirsch Award (2002)
Texas Institute of Letters Jesse M. Jones Award (1962)
Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (1987)
Agents
Ben Ringel
Short biography
Disambiguation notice

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1.5 25
2 358
2.5 84
3 1355
3.5 364
4 1875
4.5 241
5 2001

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