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Ceremony: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

127 reviews
Leslie Marmon Silko

Penguin Books, 2006

A MASTERPIECE
Stepping Off the Edge: Learning & Living Spiritual Practice A classic in Native American literature, Ceremony tells the story of Tayo, a young Native man who returns from W.W.II with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Silko's masterful writing interweaves the personal, social and societal causes for Tayo's illness with traditional Native legends and cures. Beautiful, inspiring and very harsh. Like ...

Dead Man's Walk

81 reviews
Larry McMurtry

phoenix, 1996

First in the series
What a great way to start. I love the background on the characters I fell in love with in Lonesome Dove. Can't wait to complete the whole series.

Books: A Memoir

24 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Simon & Schuster, 2008

A Life in the Company of Books
Books: A Memoir, by Larry McMurtry, is a book that may not appeal to a lot of people, maybe not even to hard-core McMurtry fans. However, I found it highly entertaining and enjoyable. McMurtry has penned a book detailing his life with books; as a buyer and seller of used, rare, and antique books and as a book lover. His life with books started when he was the recipient of a wonderful gift ...

Comanche Moon : A Novel

140 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Simon & Schuster, 2000

real characters, in three dimension
I wish I had read the book before I saw the movie. So much more realism in the book. The characters seem to jump out of the pages and become real. I cant wait to get back to reading after I have stopped. I want to finish this so I can get to the next book.

Streets of Laredo

74 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Phoenix, 1993

It's not Lonesome Dove, but still VERY good
At first I wasn't sure I could get into it, Lonesome Dove set the bar pretty high, but after the first few pages I was back into the characters (old and new). Well done! A must if you want to follow up with Call, Lorie, and Pea.

Lonesome Dove Complete Set (Lovesome Dove / Streets of Laredo / Comanche Moon / Dead Man's Walk) (Lovesome ...
Larry McMurtry

Simon & Schuster, 2008

Bestselling winner of the 1986 Pulitzer Prize, Lonesome Dove is an American classic. First published in 1985, Larry McMurtry's epic novel combined flawless writing with a storyline and setting that gripped the popular imagination, and ultimately resulted in a series of four novels and an Emmy-winning television miniseries. Lonesome Dove sweeps from the Rio Grande (where Gus and Call acquire the cattle for their long drive by raiding the ...

Folly and Glory

24 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Wheeler Publishing, 2004

unfailingly entertaining McMurtry
You have to read all the berrybender novels. Sheer entertainment, as are all McMurtry's books. There are four books in the Berry bender series. You probably will be better off starting with book number one but they can all stand on their own for a wonderful, quality read.

The Last Picture Show

48 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Books on Tape, 1984

A tale for the ages
Larry McMurtry turns out far too much material and that has hurt his legacy. But this book stands out at the top of his list, along with one or two others, all also important movies or, of course, TV mini-series. This book speaks to me particularly because I grew up in a similar town in Eastern Oregon, of all places. Anyone of a certain age who grew up in the West has to love this story, even ...

Lonesome Dove: A Novel (Lonesome Dove)

390 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Simon & Schuster, 2000

IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS ONE, YOU ARE MISSING A READING TREAT!
This is one of those rather rare books that can be classified as a "cross over book." That is, you really need not be a fan of the Western genre to appreciate and enjoy reading it. I fall into that category. While I have certainly read Westerns from time to time, I do not particularly like them nor do I seek them out. This work is quite different though. I have to admit that I have actually ...

LEAVING CHEYENNE : A Novel

25 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Simon & Schuster, 2002

Larry's Best?
Larry McMurtry may rank among the world's more inconsistent novelists. It's hard to imagine a book less interesting than "Texasville." "Lonesome Dove," while a fine epic read, will never be seriously confused with great literature. But "Leaving Cheyenne," modest and overlooked as it is, is an exceptionally deft and compelling story, containing, in Molly, one of the great female characters in 20th ...

Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West 1846-1890

22 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Tantor Media, 2005

Fascinating Writing
Some have argued about the length of this book. I think fine writing is fine writing whether we are talking about a poem of 4 lines or a novel of 1,000 pages. I am really enjoying this book, and would have been happy to read 500 more pages if they were of the quality of this short book. However, in the summer, I appreciate the brevity of this book since I might not have tackled it if it were ...

Crazy Horse: A Biography

52 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Books on Tape, 1999

Crazy Horse - The Symbol of Sioux Freedom, Courage, and Dignity
Larry McMurtry (Telegraph Days, Lonesome Dove) brings his clean and concise writing style to this brief but illuminating life of Crazy Horse. This compact little biography is one of the Penguin Lives series that features what Penguin Books web site describes as an "innovative series of biographies pairing celebrated writers with famous individuals who have shaped our thinking." The series is ...

A Book of Photographs from Lonesome Dove (Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern and Mexican Photography)

23 reviews
Bill Wittliff

University of Texas Press, 2007

For the Love of Gus
I've been in love with Gus since the Mini series and now have him in these wonderful photos. This book is awesome. You can almost hear "Laurie Darlin", and the smells of the trail. The book is dedicted to Pea Eye which was very nice. Thanks to the author.

Sin Killer

118 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Wheeler Publishing, 2002

Funny, sad, violent, nonviolent. Something for everyone.
if your reading this to find another Lonesome Dove you won't. But it's a great read and lots of fun.

Folly and Glory (The Berrybender Narratives, Book 4)
Larry McMurtry

Recorded Books, LLC, 2004

Folly and Glory, book four of McMurtry's Berrybender Series, continues the saga of this English family and their hangers-on through the American West.

Texasville

25 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Simon & Schuster, 1987

When life doesn't live up to expectations. . .
Thirty years have passed since Duane Moore and Sonny Crawford graduated from high school in Thalia, Texas. The events of "The Last Picture Show" are a distant memory to everyone except Sonny, who continues to live in the past and occasionally gets lost there. Duane has married, gotten rich in the oil boom, raised a bunch of kids, built a 12,000-square-foot house outside of town, and is now $12 ...

The Wandering Hill

33 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Wheeler Publishing, 2003

Interesting read
I've read The Sin Killer and The Wandering Hill and I have enjoyed both. I can't wait to read the next two books in the series. there are a lot of characters and you would think it would be overwhelming when you first start reading, whoever, the cast rotates and gets killed offso rapidly, that you never really have to keep track of that many characters at once. Quite a bit of violence, and in ...

Sin Killer (Berrybender Narratives, Book 1)
Larry McMurtry

Recorded Books, LLC, 2002

Larry McMurtry's Sin Killer is a wildly entertaining ride through the untamed Great Plains. The first installment of a proposed tetralogy, The Berrybender Narratives, Sin Killer follows the adventures of the Berrybenders, a large, noble English family traveling the Missouri River in 1832. This deeply self-absorbed and spoiled family leaves England for the unknown of the American West, based solely on a "whim" and Lord Berrybender's desire to ...

Telegraph Days: A Novel

62 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Simon & Schuster, 2008

Pure Entertainment!
If you want an accurate historical account of the west than this is probably not the book for you. However, if you desire a decidedly fictional account of the events of the west and a wonderful heroine, Nellie Courtwright, then you should find Telegraph Days a joy to read. Pure entertainment! I listened to the audiobook read by Annie Potts - she was a perfect choice for the voice of Nellie.

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