Larry McMurtry
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Lonesome Dove saga volume 1
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English
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Two retired Texas Rangers run a cattle ranch together in the Old West
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Simon & Schuster
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2011.
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English
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A single-volume anthology of the epic story of the Berrybender pioneer family follows the relocation of British aristocrats Lord and Lady Berrybender to 1830 Texas, where their idealistic plans are shaped by their daughter's relationship with frontiersman Jim Snow.
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Berrybender narratives volume 1
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English
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Journeying up the Missouri River in 1830, a wealthy but uncouth English family encounters the challenges of the untamed American West, then their daughter falls in love with a frontiersman and part-time preacher
4) Zeke and Ned
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English
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A fictional account of two Cherokee warriors who fought their way across the Ozarks with a posse in pursuit
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Berrybender narratives volume 4
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English
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Members of the eccentric Berrybender family are arrested and taken on a harrowing journey through Mexico, while a frontiersman journeys to New Orleans where he will have to finally decide whether to settle down or return to the freedom of a life on the Great Plains
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Berrybender narratives volume 2
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English
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In The Wandering Hill, Larry McMurtry continues the story of Tasmin Berrybender and her family in the unexplored Wild West of the 1830s, at that point in time when Lewis and Clark are still a living memory, and when the clash between the powerful Indian tribes of the Missouri and the encroaching white Americans is about to turn into full-blown tragedy. Amidst all this, the Berrybender family -- English, eccentric, wealthy, and fiercely out of place...
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English
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In Terms of Endearment, Larry McMurtry created some of his most memorable characters. He now reintroduces us to Aurora Greenway along with her family, friends and lovers, presenting a funny and bittersweet story about growing up and growing old. Since her daughter Emma's death, Aurora has tried her best raising her three grandchildren -- but Tommy is in prison; Teddy has just been released from a mental hospital; and Melanie is pregnant and doesn't...
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From the early 1800s to the end of his life in 1917, Buffalo Bill Cody was as famous as anyone could be. Annie Oakley was his most celebrated protegee, the "slip of a girl" from Ohio who could (and did) outshoot anybody to become the most celebrated starof Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.In this sweeping dual biography, Larry McMurtry explores the lives, the legends, and above all the truth about two larger-than-life American figures. With his Wild...
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English
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Here are the true stories of the West's most terrible massacres-Sacramento River, Mountain Meadows, Sand Creek, Marias River, Camp Grant, and Wounded Knee, among others. These massacres involved Americans killing Indians, but also Indians killing Americans and, in the case of the currently hugely controversial Mountain Meadows Massacre in 1857, Mormons slaughtering a party of American settlers, including women and children.McMurtry's evocative descriptions...
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English
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A widow with a small army of suitors, Aurora Greenway loves the limelight. She's got three grandchildren whom she adores (in small doses) and her son-in-law Flap, whom she's not really crazy about. And there's her daughter Emma. In some ways, Emma is all there ever was. Now, there's little time left to say the things that need to be said.
16) Dead man's walk
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Lonesome Dove saga volume Prequel
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English
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Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call come of age as young Texas Rangers
18) Loop group
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English
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Anticipating the onset of her later years, a middle-aged woman leaves behind her manipulative daughters and sets off with her best friend for one final fling
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Last picture show volume 1
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English
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"The Last Picture Show is both a rambunctious coming-of-age story and an elegy to a forlorn Texas town trying to keep its one movie house alive."--Back cover.
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Français
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La première partie de Lonesome Dove nous a entraînés à la suite d'Augustus McCrae et Woodrox Call, illustres ex-Texas Rangers, sur la route dangereuse du Montana, là o, dit-on, les terres sont encore à qui les prend. De nombreuses épreuves attendent le convoi lors de cet extraordinaire périple à travers l'Ouest. Les hommes devront tour à tour affronter des éléments déchaînés, des pillards et leurs propres démons. Au bout de cette piste...