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Author Larry McMurtry’s first novel, Horseman, Pass By (1961) earned critical acclaim for its unsparing depiction of life on a Texas cattle ranch. His subsequent books depicted small-town drama, larger-than-life characters, and landscapes that seemed to swallow readers whole, immersing them in the myth and reality of Texas. In 1985, McMurtry won a Pulitzer Prize for the novel that cemented his reputation as chronicler of an unromanticized West: Lonesome Dove. More»