In a narrow grave : essays on Texas /
"A collection of essays in which Larry McMurtry reflects on what it is like to live in Texas." The myth of the cowboy grows purer every year because there are so few cowboys left to contradict it. Larry McMurtry had been living in cities for fourteen years when he pulled together these ess...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
Encino Press,
1968.
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| Edition: | [Special edition]. |
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| Summary: | "A collection of essays in which Larry McMurtry reflects on what it is like to live in Texas." The myth of the cowboy grows purer every year because there are so few cowboys left to contradict it. Larry McMurtry had been living in cities for fourteen years when he pulled together these essays. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Chapman Texas Collection copy is part of the Floyd & Louise Chapman Texas & Borderlands Collection. "... 250 copies which have been printed on artlaid paper, specially bound, and signed by the author."--Preliminary page. Issued in slipcase. "Design by William D. Wittliff"--Colophon. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is number 8 and signed by the author. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is also signed by the designer, William D. Wittliff. The Cushing Library/Texas & Borderlands copy is number 144 and signed by the author. The Cushing Library/Dykes Dobie copy is number 190 and signed by the author. The Cushing Library/Lit./Dobie copy was acquired as part of Jeff C. Dykes' J. Frank Dobie Collection. |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 177 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177). |
| Related Items: | The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive. |