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02777aam a22003858i 4500 001 02CAFE90C93111E88539171297128E48 003 SILO 005 20181006010511 008 180424r20181968nyu b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2018015022 020 $a 1631493531 020 $a 9781631493539 035 $a (OCoLC)1005102363 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d UIB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-tx 050 00 $a F391.2 $b M25 2018 082 00 $a 976.4/063 $2 23 100 1 $a McMurtry, Larry, $e author. 245 10 $a In a narrow grave : $b essays on Texas / $c Larry McMurtry ; with a new introduction by Diana Ossana. 246 30 $a Essays on Texas 263 $a 1805 264 1 $a New York : $b Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, $c [2018] 300 $a pages cm 500 $a Originally published: Austin : Encino Press, 1968. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a An introduction: the God abandons Texas -- Here's HUD in your eye -- Cowboys, movies, myths, & Cadillacs: an excursus on ritual forms in the western movie -- Southwestern literature? -- Eros in Archer County -- A look at the lost frontier -- The old soldier's joy -- Love, death, and the Astrodome -- A handful of roses -- Take my saddle from the wall: a valediction. 520 $a "This landmark collection, brimming with his signature wit and incomparable sensibility, is Larry McMurtry's classic tribute to his home and his people. Before embarking on what would become one of the most prominent writing careers in American literature, spanning decades and indelibly shaping the nation's perception of the West, Larry McMurtry knew what it meant to come from Texas. Originally published in 1968, In a Narrow Grave is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's homage to the past and present of the Lone Star State, where he grew up a precociously observant hand on his father's ranch. From literature to rodeos, small-town folk to big city intellectuals, McMurtry explores all the singular elements that define his land and community, revealing the surprising and particular challenges in the "dying . . . rural, pastoral way of life." "The gold standard for understanding Houston's brash rootlessness and civic insecurities" (Douglas Brinkley, New York Times Book Review), In a Narrow Grave offers a timeless portrait of the vividly human, complex, full-blooded Texan."--Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Texas $x Civilization $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Texas $x Social life and customs $y 20th century. 700 1 $a Ossana, Diana, $e writer of introduction. 941 $a 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006115121.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=02CAFE90C93111E88539171297128E48 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search