Larry Mcmurtry
Biographic Data
| ID | 1046879 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larry Mcmurtry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larry |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcmurtry |
| SIGNATURE | MCMURTRY L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From Some Can Whistle
Down by the Lemonade Springs
Journal Article Down by the Lemonade Springs: Essays on Wallace Stegner and Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West Get access Down by the Lemonade Springs: Essays on Wallace Stegner. By Benson Jackson J.. (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2001. xvi + 174 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.)Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West. By McMurtry Larry. (New York: New York Review of Books, 2001. xiv + 178 pp. Notes. $19.95.) …
Land of Enchantment, Land of Conflict
Is New Mexico truly the of or is it a land of acrimony, where opposing values, backgrounds, and political and economic interests give rise to an atmosphere of conflict? According to David L. Caffey, it is both, and both qualities contribute to the region's appeal as a source of raw material for works of fiction. New Mexico offers the writer a varied landscape, a mosaic of cultures, and a colorful history, but conflict, necessary for fiction, is a…
Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen
In a lucid, brilliant work of nonfiction -- as close to an autobiography as his readers are likely to get -- Larry McMurtry has written a family portrait that also serves as a larger portrait of Texas itself, as it was and as it has become. Using as a springboard an essay by the German literary critic Walter Benjamin that he first read in Archer City's Dairy Queen, McMurtry examines the small-town way of life that big oil and big ranching have ne…
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Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen
In a lucid, brilliant work of nonfiction -- as close to an autobiography as his readers are likely to get -- Larry McMurtry has written a family portrait that also serves as a larger portrait of Texas itself, as it was and as it has become. Using as a springboard an essay by the German literary critic Walter Benjamin that he first read in Archer City's Dairy Queen, McMurtry examines the small-town way of life that big oil and big ranching have ne…
Land of Enchantment, Land of Conflict
Is New Mexico truly the of or is it a land of acrimony, where opposing values, backgrounds, and political and economic interests give rise to an atmosphere of conflict? According to David L. Caffey, it is both, and both qualities contribute to the region's appeal as a source of raw material for works of fiction. New Mexico offers the writer a varied landscape, a mosaic of cultures, and a colorful history, but conflict, necessary for fiction, is a…
Down by the Lemonade Springs
Journal Article Down by the Lemonade Springs: Essays on Wallace Stegner and Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West Get access Down by the Lemonade Springs: Essays on Wallace Stegner. By Benson Jackson J.. (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2001. xvi + 174 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.)Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West. By McMurtry Larry. (New York: New York Review of Books, 2001. xiv + 178 pp. Notes. $19.95.) …
From Some Can Whistle
Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · History (2 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (2 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (1 work) · American History and Culture (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Chapel (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)