*Pulitzer Prize Finalist*
*Bonney MacDonald Award Winner for Outstanding Western Book*
A biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry from
New York Times
bestselling author Tracy Daugherty.
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.
Larry McMurtry: A Life
traces his origins as one of the last American writers who had direct contact with this country’s pioneer traditions. It follows his astonishing career as bestselling novelist, Pulitzer-Prize winner, author of the beloved
Lonesome Dove
, Academy-Award winning screenwriter, public intellectual, and passionate bookseller. A sweeping and insightful look at a versatile, one-of-a-kind American writer, this book is a must-read for every Larry McMurtry fan.