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In a Narrow Grave
de McMurtry, Larry
- Usado
- near fine
- Firmado
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Librería
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Austin, TX: The Encino Press, 1968. Fourth Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. Fourth printing. Signed by Larry McMurtry and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with spine lettered in black. Near Fine with faint foxing to textblock edge and a former owner gift inscription to the front free endpaper. In a Very Good+ price-clipped dust jacket with light wear and light fading, a tiny stain to the spine panel and a small sticker shadow to the rear. McMurtry's first non-fiction book, an homage to the past and present of the Lone Star State, where he grew up a precociously observant hand on his father's ranch.
Sinopsis
Writing with characteristic grace and wit, Larry McMurtry tackles the full spectrum of his favorite themes -- from sex, literature, and cowboys to rodeos, small-town folk, and big-city slickers. First published in 1968, In a Narrow Grave is the classic statement of what it means to come from Texas. In these essays, McMurtry opens a window into the past and present of America's largest state. In his own words: "Before I was out of high school, I realized I was witnessing the dying of a way of life -- the rural, pastoral way of life. In the Southwest the best energies were no longer to be found on the homeplace, or in the small towns; the cities required these energies and the cities bought them...." "I recognized, too, that the no-longer-open but still spacious range on which my ranching family had made its livelihood...would not produce a livelihood for me or for my siblings and their kind....The myth of the cowboy grew purer every year because there were so few actual cowboys left to contradict it...." "I had actually been living in cities for fourteen years when I pulled together these essays; intellectually I had been a city boy, but imaginatively, I was still trudging up the dusty path that led out of the country...."
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Detalles
- Librería
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 140944886
- Título
- In a Narrow Grave
- Autor
- McMurtry, Larry
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Fourth Printing
- Editorial
- The Encino Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Austin, TX
- Fecha de publicación
- 1968
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
Sobre Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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