"Red Clark had heard Juilos County was "bad, plumb bad," so he had come to nose around and get himself a job. Chock-jam-packed full of bad men, this border country was -- or so he had heard. He hadn't seen any that looked bad; plenty that needed haircuts or sobering up, including the potbellied, red-nosed sheriff himself. Disgusted with what he is seeing, he befriends Zee Hill, a journeymen printer who wants the chance to get out a real paper -- one...

"When Ben Moore rode into Wileyville, he was not expecting much. He had won a deed in a poker game and wanted to check out the place for himself. From the start, though, he could tell that he was buying into a pack of troubles by claiming the old Oakley place. When he went out to look it over he was surprised by two things: the relatively good shape the property was in - the buildings needed work, but the structures were good and the surrounding land...

"Wade and Clay Candleman were identical twins, at least in looks. As boys, they had often traded places as a prank or to help them out of a tough spot. But Clay liked fun and excitement while Wade was the more serious of the two. Some would say Clay was wild and reckless while Wade was steady and dependable. Some time ago, Clay had decided to strike out on his own and Wade hadn't heard much from him since. When a doctor shows up asking Wade questions...

In over forty books, in a career that spanned over sixty years, Larry McMurtry staked his claim as a superior chronicler of the American West, and as the Great Plains' keenest witness since Willa Cather and Wallace Stegner. Daugherty traces his origins as one of the last American writers who had direct contact with this country's pioneer traditions. He follows McMurtry's career as a bestselling novelist and Pulitzer-Prize winner, and shows how life...