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Leftcoastzen
Books: A Memoir | Larry McMurtry
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#weremember #LarryMcMurtry Before he could make a living by writing, he was a book scout .Going from town to town , trying to find a treasure in the dusty used bookstores.He had a multi building bookstore in his hometown, Archer City,Tx.downsized it substantially before he passed.His son is a working musician, not available to work a bookstore job.In the tagged book Larry talks about his love & history w/ books & characters he met along the way.

LeahBergen I love me some Larry McMurtry! 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cool pic 📷 3y
Eggs Great photo/presentation 🥰📚🤩 3y
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fredamans
Untitled | Unknown
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Eggs Well done 👍🏼 3y
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Kshakal
Lonesome Dove: A Novel | Larry McMurtry
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KellyK One of my Top 5 books… ❤️ 3y
Eggs 🧡 👏🏻🧡 3y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
Lonesome Dove: A Novel | Larry McMurtry
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I‘ve never read this author before but he seemed to be pretty popular ☺️

#LarryMcMurtry #WeRemember 🌹💔

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Eggs Well done 👍🏼 3y
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Blueberry
Lonesome Dove: A Novel | Larry McMurtry
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The_Book_Ninja Do people talk like this anymore or is it only in old Westerns? 3y
Eggs People still do in the South especially Texas 😊 @The_Book_Ninja (edited) 3y
Eggs Great quote! 3y
Blueberry @Eggs @The_Book_Ninja That's what I was going to say 😆 3y
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GatheringBooks
Lonesome Dove | Larry McMurtry
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#WeRemember Day 19: Didn‘t even know who #LarryMcMurtry was but intrigued to see how prolific he was.

Tamra Lonesome Dove has such compelling characters! 3y
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SusanLee
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Eggs Perfect 🤩 3y
Bklover And Lonesome Dove, one of my all time favorites! 3y
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Eggs
Lonesome Dove: A Novel | Larry McMurtry
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Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), Terms of Endearment (1975), and the tagged-which were adapted into films.
#weremember #LarryMcMurtry @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Blueberry 🧡🧡 3y
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BrentMWiggins
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Horseman, Pass By is a post-mortem Western, looking for the cause of death of a dying generation. Raw innocence and corruption speaks to old and new age gaps coming-of-age. The hope Larry McMurtry's novel brings is that good habits never die hard, only softly.

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