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Published by Simon & Schuster, 2009
ISBN 10: 0684057301ISBN 13: 9780684057309
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Near Fine copy with small remainder mark in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. This is McMurtry's second memoir that focuses on his writing life that began with his tenure under Wallace Stegner at Stanford to his first novel "Horseman, Pass By" and his ultimate literary success with the publication of "Lonesome Dove." In Literary Life, the sequel to Books, he expounds on the private trials and triumphs of being a writer. From his earliest inkling of his future career while at Rice University, to his tenure as a Wallace Stegner fellow at Stanford with Ken Kesey in 1960, to his incredible triumphs as a bestselling author, this intimate and charming autobiography is replete with literary anecdotes and packed with memorable observations about writing, writers, and the author himself. As usual, McMurtry writes candidly of writing life with a lot telling anecdotes.
Published by Simon & Schuster, 2008
ISBN 10: 0684057301ISBN 13: 9780684057309
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. This is McMurtry's memoir of his life in the antiquarian book trade which he has engaged in since his college days when he scouted books to his most recent bookshop incarnation in his hometown of Archer City Texas. Filled with loads of stories of books bought, owned and sold along with wonderful anecdotal stories of booksellers and book shops many of which are no longer with us.