Thalia : a Texas trilogy
McMurtry, Larry2017
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Larry McMurtry burst onto the American literary scene with a force that would forever redefine how we perceive the American West. His first three novels-- Horseman, Pass By (1961), * Leaving Cheyenne (1963), and The Last Picture Show (1966)-- all set in the north Texas town of Thalia after World War II, are collected here for the first time. In this trilogy, McMurtry writes tragically of men and women trying to carve out an existence on the plains, where the forces of modernity challenge small- town American life. From a cattleranch rivalry that confirms McMurtry's "full- blooded Western genius" (Publishers Weekly) to a love triangle involving a cowboy, his rancher boss and wife, and finally to the hardscrabble citizens of an oil- patch town trying to keep their only movie house alive, McMurtry captures the stark realities of the West like no one else. With a new introduction, Thalia emerges as an American classic that celebrates one of our greatest literary masters.
Main title:
Thalia : a Texas trilogy / Larry McMurtry.
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Imprint:
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2017
Collation:
xiii, 722 pages ; 25 cm.
Notes:
First work originally published: London : Pan Books, ©1961. Second work originally published: New York : Touchstone, ©1962. Third work originally published: New York : Dial Press, 1966.
Contents:
Horseman, pass by -- Leaving Cheyenne -- The last picture show.
ISBN:
9781631493751
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
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BRN:
321717
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | MACM | Available |