Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Lonesome Dove [2/2] Lonesome Dove [2/2] Larry McMurtry [Lonesome Dove](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13460W) part 2 of 2 OL134565W
The Colonel and Little Missie The Colonel and Little Missie Larry McMurtry In this dual biography, McMurtry explores the lives, the legends, and above all the truth about two larger-than-life American figures. With his Wild West show, Buffalo Bill Cody helped invent the ima… OL134584W
Sin killer Sin killer Larry McMurtry "It is 1830, and the Berrybender family, rich, aristocratic, English, and fiercely out of place, is on its way up the Missouri River to see the American West as it begins to open up." "Accompanied by… OL134585W
Roads Roads Larry McMurtry As he crisscrosses America -- driving in search of the present, the past, and himself -- Larry McMurtry shares his fascination with this nation's great trails and the culture that has developed aroun… OL134592W
Boone's Lick Boone's Lick Larry McMurtry In the Missouri town of Boone's Lick, a colorful cast of characters stands on the edge of the Western frontier ready to push west to Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming. OL134595W
Leaving Cheyenne Leaving Cheyenne Larry McMurtry "McMurtry's description of the old North Fort worth cattle world, about the time of World War I, with the stockyards, the cowboy hotels, cattle trains pulling in every hour, the sound of streetcars, … OL134600W
Cadillac Jack Cadillac Jack Larry McMurtry 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 t… OL134604W
Paradise Paradise Larry McMurtry "In 1999 Larry McMurtry, whose wanderlust had been previously restricted to the roads of America, set off for a trip to the paradise of Tahiti and the South Sea Islands in an old-fashioned tub of a c… OL15283913W
Sacagawea's Nickname Sacagawea's Nickname Larry McMurtry "What was achieved and destroyed, what was made up and forgotten in the American West as the continent was mapped, the natives were displaced, and exploits were transformed into legends? In this new … OL8290035W