Larry McMurtry: A Life by Tracy Daugherty

Larry McMurtry: A Life
by Tracy Daugherty

A biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry from New York Times bestselling author Tracy Daugherty.

Pulitzer Prize Finalist & Bonney MacDonald Award Winner for Outstanding Western Book

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.