02645cam a2200385 a 4500 125803 BJBSDDR 20231211131212.0 ta 080314s2008 nyu 000 0aeng 9781416583349 1416583343 DLC eng eng PS 3563 M478b 2008 813/.54 McMurtry, Larry, 1936-2021 32813 Books : a memoir / Larry McMurtry. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008. 259 pages ; 25 cm. I: How JUMP started -- 1. A series of fortunate events -- 2. Myths about math -- 3. Copying, counting, and comparing -- 4. The failure of failure -- 5. Breaking the cycle of ignorance -- II: The JUMP method -- 6. Fractions -- 7. Multiplication and division -- 8. Coordinate systems -- 9. Ratios and percents -- 10. Logic and systematic search -- 11. Finite state automata. In a prolific life of singular literary achievement, Larry McMurtry has succeeded in a variety of genres: in coming-of-age novels like The Last Picture Show; in collections of essays like In a Narrow Grave; and in the reinvention of the Western on a grand scale in his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Lonesome Dove. Now, in Books: A Memoir, McMurtry writes about his endless passion for books: as a boy growing up in a largely "bookless" world; as a young man devouring the vastness of literature with astonishing energy; as a fledgling writer and family man; and above all, as one of America's most prominent bookmen. He takes us on his journey to becoming an astute, adventurous book scout and collector who would eventually open stores of rare and collectible editions in Georgetown, Houston, and finally, in his previously "bookless" hometown of Archer City, Texas--From publisher description. McMurtry, Larry Books and reading. McMurtry, Larry Childhood and youth. McMurtry, Larry Homes and haunts Texas. Antiquarian booksellers United States Biography. Libreros anticuarios Estados Unidos 10674 Novelists, American 20th century Biography. Novelistas estadounidenses Siglo XX Biografías 7217 Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008010565-s.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008010565-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2008010565-b.html lcc BK lmm 85560 85560 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 0 PS 3563 M478b 2008 00000120136 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 BK