a memoir McMurtry, Larry 1936-2021 creator text biography nyu New York Simon & Schuster 2008 monographic eng

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259 pages ; 25 cm. 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. 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. Larry McMurtry. 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 Novelists, American 20th century Biography Novelistas estadounidenses Siglo XX Biografías PS 3563 M478b 2008 813/.54 9781416583349 1416583343 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008010565-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008010565-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2008010565-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008010565-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008010565-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2008010565-b.html 080314 20231211131212.0 125803 eng