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Series
Last picture show volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Larry McMurtry burst onto the American literary scene with a force that would forever redefine how we perceive the American West. His first three novels-- Horseman, Pass By (1961), Leaving Cheyenne (1963), and The Last Picture Show (1966)-- all set in the north Texas town of Thalia after World War II, are collected here for the first time. In this trilogy, McMurtry writes tragically of men and women trying to carve out an existence on the plains,...
Author
Series
Last picture show volume 3
Language
English
Description
In this finale to the saga set in Thalia, TX, main character Duane has reasons to feel blue. His children are into drugs and alcohol, his wife has struggles of her own, and friend Sonny is dying.
Author
Series
Houston series volume 4
Language
English
Description
The story picks up several years after Emma's death, when Aurora's three grandchildren (the children of Emma) have all grown up into troubled adulthood. Tommy, the oldest, is in prison for killing his girlfriend; brother Teddy is a depressive genius prone to nervous breakdowns; sister Melanie is fat, pregnant, and demonstrably incapable of finding a decent man.
Author
Series
Last picture show volume 5
Language
English
Description
Returning home to Thalia, Texas, to recover from a heart attack, Duane Moore is charmed by K.K. Slater, a billionairess who intends to open a nature reserve for the endangered black rhinoceros, but Homer Carmichael complicates Duane's romantic intentions.
Author
Series
Lonesome Dove saga volume Prequel
Language
English
Description
During the years of the Texas Republic, a group of Rangers travel across Texas on several misbegotten missions. Two of the youngest Rangers, Woodrow Call and Gus McCrae, are featured in Lonesome Dove. Their coming of age can be charted by the rivers they cross--the Brazos, the Trinity, the Big Wichita--and the hardships they endure. Death is a constant companion, coming quickly at the hand of hostile Natives, fellow rangers, and nature itself. Their...
7) Loop group
Author
Language
English
Description
Anticipating the onset of her later years, Maggie leaves behind her manipulative daughters and psychoanalyst lover to accompany her best friend, Connie, for one final fling, but a series of misadventures prompts their desperate, gun-toting journey to a Texas ranch.
Author
Series
Last picture show volume 4
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Widower Duane Moore returns to west Texas, where he finds the family oil business significantly altered by new personnel, evolving family dynamics, and his own perspective changes.
11) Texasville
Author
Series
Last picture show volume 2
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
1987.
Physical Desc
542 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Jacy, the high school beauty, returns to Thalia from a career as a Hollywood star and changes the lives of her fellow townspeople.
12) Cadillac Jack
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1982]
Physical Desc
395 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A rodeo cowboy turned antique dealer centers his vaguely gypsy life on his collector's classic Cadillac, which carries him to backroad flea markets, small-time collectors, Washington high life, and the two women he loves.
13) Moving on
Author
Series
Houston series volume 1
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1970]
Physical Desc
794 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1960s against the backdrop of the honky-tonk glamour of the rodeo and the desperation of suburban Houston, it is the story of the restless and lovable Patsy Carpenter. Patsy-young, beautiful, with a sharp tongue and an irresistible charm-and her shiftless husband, Jim, are adrift in the West.
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