Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the...

Rosenbaum, in Slate, on why McMurtry's "Choctaw Bingo" should be the new national anthem Video of James McMurtry Video of James Mcmurtry. "Poor Lost Soul" from...

Lonesome Dove is a 1985 Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. It is the first published book of the Lonesome Dove series and the third installment...

The Last Picture Show is a coming-of-age novel by Larry McMurtry published in 1966. Set in the small, fictional town of Thalia, Texas in the early 1950s...

Lonesome Dove series is a series of four Western fiction novels written by Larry McMurtry and the five television miniseries and television series based upon...

1975 American novel written by Larry McMurtry. It was his sixth novel and was adapted into a popular 1983 film. McMurtry's first three novels had been about...

Bogdanovich and co-written by Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry, adapted from the 1966 semi-autobiographical novel by McMurtry. The film's ensemble cast includes Timothy...

McLeod, Montana. Larry McMurtry observed that McGuane's nonfiction writing displays a markedly contrasting inner peace and natural spirituality. McGuane's...

Texasville is a 1987 American novel by Larry McMurtry. It is a sequel to his earlier The Last Picture Show and features several of the same characters...

by Larry McMurtry and is the first installment in the Lonesome Dove series. The novel was based upon a screenplay by Peter Bogdanovich and McMurtry. The...

violent figure in the works of the prominent Western writers Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy. John Joel Glanton was born with his twin, Julian, in Edgefield...

James McMurtry (born 1962), American musician John McMurtry, Canadian philosopher John McMurtry (1812–1890), American architect Larry McMurtry (1936–2021)...

drama film directed by Robert Harling, adapted from the 1992 novel by Larry McMurtry. It is a sequel to the Academy Award-winning 1983 film Terms of Endearment...

Going to Be Strangers is a 1972 American novel by Larry McMurtry. It was his fifth novel. McMurtry later wrote it was not until the book was published...

Duane's Depressed is a 1999 American novel by Larry McMurtry. McMurtry said it was one of his favorite works. It is the third in a series of novels about...

directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Based on the 1987 novel Texasville by Larry McMurtry, it is a sequel to The Last Picture Show (1971), and features Jeff Bridges...

short story by Annie Proulx, the screenplay was written by Ossana and Larry McMurtry. The film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle...

film directed, written, and produced by James L. Brooks, adapted from Larry McMurtry's 1975 novel of the same name. It stars Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine...

on Texas is a 1968 collection of essays by American writer Larry McMurtry. In 1981 McMurtry said the book marked a dividing line in his career after which...

Streets of Laredo is a 1993 Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. It is the second book published in the Lonesome Dove series, but the fourth...

Slaughter! : Massacres in the American West: 1846–1890 is a 2006 book by Larry McMurtry. He later wrote "I became interested in hundred-victim massacres in...

solely on character. He has cited the Coen brothers, Cormac McCarthy, and Larry McMurtry as influential to his writing. Sheridan has been married to actress...

Larry McMurtry Terms of Endearment (1983), a romantic comedy-drama film based on McMurtry's novel Terms of Endearment (play), a stage play adapted McMurtry's...

Comanche Moon (1997) is a Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. It is the fourth and final book he published in the Lonesome Dove series. In...

It is a two-part adaptation of the 1995 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry and is chronologically the third book of the Lonesome Dove series, but...

Telegraph Days is a 2006 American novel by Larry McMurtry. Kirkus wrote that "Though the novel ultimately covers a lot of territory, this isn’t a return...

three-part adaptation of the 1993 novel of the same name by author Larry McMurtry and is the third installment in the Lonesome Dove series serving as...

story of the same name by author Annie Proulx, the story was adapted by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. The film depicts the complex emotional and sexual...

2002 American Western television miniseries. The script was written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana and was about two fictitious families at the time of...

Roland Roy McMurtry OC OOnt KC (May 31, 1932 – March 18, 2024) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician in Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative...