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Larry McMurtry (1936–2021)

Author of Lonesome Dove

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Larry McMurtry, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, among other awards, is the author of twenty-four novels, two collections of essays, two memoirs, more than thirty screenplays, & an anthology of modern Western fiction. He lives in Archer City, Texas. (Publisher Provided) Novelist Larry McMurtry was born June 3, 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas. He received a B.A. from North Texas State University in 1958, an M.A. from Rice University in 1960, and attended Stanford University. He married Josephine Ballard in 1959, divorced in 1966, and had one son, folksinger James McMurtry. Until the age of 22, McMurtry worked on his father's cattle ranch. When he was 25, he published his first novel, "Horseman, Pass By" (1961), which was turned into the Academy Award-winning movie Hud in 1962. "The Last Picture Show" (1966) was made into a screenplay with Peter Bogdanovich, and the 1971 movie was nominated for eight Oscars, including one for best screenplay adaptation. "Terms of Endearment" (1975) received little attention until the movie version won five Oscars, including Best Picture, in 1983. McMurtry's novel "Lonesome Dove" (1985) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 and the Spur Award and was followed by two popular TV miniseries. The other titles in the Lonesome Dove Series are "Streets of Laredo" (1993), "Dead Man's Walk" (1995), and "Comanche Moon" (1997). The other books in his Last Picture Show Trilogy are "Texasville" (1987) and "Duane's Depressed" (1999). McMurtry suffered a heart attack in 1991 and had quadruple-bypass surgery. Following that, he suffered from severe depression and it was during this time he wrote "Streets of Laredo," a dark sequel to "Lonesome Dove." His companion Diana Ossana, helping to pull him out of his depression, collaborated with him on "Pretty Boy Floyd" (1994) and "Zeke and Ned" (1997). He co-won the Best Screenplay Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Brokeback Mountain in 2006. He made The New York Times Best Seller List with his title's Custer and The Last Kind Words Saloon. McMurtry is considered one of the country's leading antiquarian book dealers. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Lonesome Dove 7,404 copies, 218 reviews
Streets of Laredo 1,923 copies, 25 reviews
The Last Picture Show 1,674 copies, 46 reviews
Dead Man's Walk 1,638 copies, 29 reviews
Comanche Moon 1,607 copies, 20 reviews
Books: A Memoir 1,055 copies, 48 reviews
Terms of Endearment 946 copies, 14 reviews
Sin Killer 943 copies, 13 reviews
Texasville 809 copies, 15 reviews
Anything for Billy 773 copies, 4 reviews
Buffalo Girls 740 copies, 8 reviews
Boone's Lick 609 copies, 8 reviews
The Wandering Hill 604 copies, 8 reviews
The Evening Star 600 copies, 5 reviews
Telegraph Days 594 copies, 20 reviews
Duane's Depressed 588 copies, 9 reviews
Some Can Whistle 546 copies, 3 reviews
By Sorrow's River 538 copies, 7 reviews
Horseman, Pass By : A Novel 537 copies, 10 reviews
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers 525 copies, 9 reviews
Crazy Horse 519 copies, 11 reviews
Zeke and Ned 486 copies, 4 reviews
Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen : Reflections on Sixty and Beyond 485 copies, 7 reviews
Folly and Glory 464 copies, 5 reviews
Roads : Driving America's Great Highways 454 copies, 10 reviews
Leaving Cheyenne 450 copies, 2 reviews
Brokeback Mountain [2005 film] (Screenwriter) 440 copies, 9 reviews
Moving On 382 copies, 1 review
Cadillac Jack 381 copies, 2 reviews
The Last Kind Words Saloon 372 copies, 25 reviews
Pretty Boy Floyd 371 copies, 1 review
Loop Group (Author) 294 copies, 3 reviews
The Desert Rose : A Novel 273 copies, 1 review
When the Light Goes: A Novel (Author) 263 copies, 5 reviews
Rhino Ranch 256 copies, 14 reviews
Late Child 250 copies, 1 review
In a Narrow Grave : Essays on Texas 218 copies, 4 reviews
The Colonel and Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the… 214 copies, 5 reviews
Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890 197 copies, 7 reviews
Somebody's Darling 193 copies
Literary Life: A Second Memoir 188 copies, 8 reviews
Lonesome Dove 4 Disc Collection (Screenwriter) 167 copies
Custer 165 copies, 10 reviews
Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West 133 copies, 4 reviews
Paradise 127 copies, 2 reviews
Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West 1950 to the Present (Editor) 127 copies
Film Flam : Essays on Hollywood 116 copies, 1 review
The Last Picture Show [1971 film] (Screenwriter) 94 copies
Hollywood: A Third Memoir 92 copies, 5 reviews
Terms of Endearment [1983 film] (Author) 90 copies, 2 reviews
The Berrybender Narratives 84 copies, 1 review
Thalia: A Texas Trilogy 61 copies
Larry McMurtry: Three Complete Novels (Lonesome Dove, Leaving Cheyenne,… 55 copies
Hud [1963 film] (Author) 50 copies, 2 reviews
The Lonesome Dove Series 46 copies
Lonesome Dove Part 1 Of 3 33 copies, 3 reviews
Lonesome Dove : Episode 1 23 copies, 1 review
Lonesome Dove : Episode 2 22 copies
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers/Terms of Endearment (2 Books in… 15 copies
Selected from Lonesome Dove (Writers' Voices) 13 copies
The Evening Star [1996 film] 7 copies
Lonesome Dove #3 7 copies, 1 review
Texasville [1990 film] (Author) 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
Brokeback Mountain: A Screenplay (Author) 3 copies, 1 review
Lonesome Dove Collection - "Lonesome Dove", "Streets of Laredo", "Dead… 3 copies
Rare Some Can Whistle ~ Larry McMurtry ~ First Edition ~ First Printing ~… 2 copies
Larry McMurty 7 volume hardcover set: Dead Man's Walk, The Late… 2 copies
SIN KILLER [Sin Killer ] BY McMurtry, Larry(Author)Mass Market Paperbound… 2 copies
Splendors & Miseries of Being an Author-Bookseller 2 copies
Die letzte Vorstellung : Roman 1 copy
Texasville : Roman 1 copy
Adieu Cheyenne 1 copy
Larry Mc Murtry - 4 Book Set (The Last Picture Show - Lonesome Dove -… 1 copy
Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo - The Complete Miniseries, Part 1 1 copy
Lonesome Dove[LONESOME DOVE SPECIAL/E][Hardcover] 1 copy
La Ultima Sesion 1 copy
LA FUERZA DEL CARIÑO 1 copy
Missouri River 1 copy
Moving On Part 1 Of 2 1 copy
Cadillac Jack and Anything for Billy (sold as set) 1 copy
Booked Up Want List: Women Travellers 1 copy
Comanche Moon Part 2 of 2 (Author) 1 copy
Booked Up Permanent Want List 1 copy
Lonesome Dove Original Soundtrack 1 copy
Larry McMurtry Mixed Prepack 1 copy
It's Always We Rambled: An Essay on Rodeo 1 copy
The last picture show screenplay 1 copy
Lonesome Dove Hardcover Novel Collection by Larry McMurtry 7 Book Set 1 copy
Vtg Larry McMurtry / The Last Picture Show Signed 1st Edition 1966 1 copy
Rare ANYTHING FOR BILLY by Larry McMurtry 1st Edition/1st Printing 1988… 1 copy
The Lonesome Dove Saga: 4 Novels - Dead Man's Walk, Comanche Moon,… 1 copy
Cavalier, passe ton chemin 1 copy
Larry McMurtry 1968 1st Edition "C" State In A Narrow Grave Essays On… 1 copy
Lune comanche: L'Affrontement (Totem t. 140) 1 copy
LD#1 - Lonesome Dove 1 copy
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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
congestive heart failure
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)
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Ben Ringel
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