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In a narrow grave : essays on Texas / Larry McMurtry.
LIBRA F391.2 M25 2001 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McMurtry, Larry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manners and customs.
- Civilization.
- Texas--Civilization--20th century.
- Texas.
- Texas--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- 201 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Second Touchstone edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2001.
- Summary:
- "A collection of essays in which Larry McMurtry reflects on what it is like to live in Texas."
- Contents:
- An Introduction: The God Abandons Texas 17
- 1. Here's HUD in Your Eye 25
- 2. Cowboys, Movies, Myths, & Cadillacs: An Excursus on Ritual Forms in the Western Movie 43
- 3. Southwestern Literature? 53
- 4. Eros in Archer County 79
- 5. A Look at the Lost Frontier 99
- 6. The Old Soldier's Joy 117
- 7. Love, Death, and the Astrodome 133
- 8. A Handful of Roses 143
- 9. Take My Saddle from the Wall: A Valediction 165.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Austin : Encino Press, 1968.
- "A Touchstone book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201).
- ISBN:
- 0684868695
- 9780684868691
- OCLC:
- 46456269
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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