Anything For Billy

Author : Larry McMurtry
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451607741
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anything for Billy written by Larry McMurtry and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pulitzer Prize winner’s western “does for the gunfighter what Lonesome Dove did for the trail riding cowboy . . . wistful appeal, larger-than-life characters” (Time). An electrifying take on the classic tale of Billy the Kid, the teenage outlaw of the American Old West, from award-winning, bestselling author Larry McMurtry. The first time I saw Billy, he came walking out of a cloud . . . Welcome to the wild, hot-blooded adventures of Billy the Kid, the American West’s most legendary gunslinger. Larry McMurtry takes us on a hell-for-leather journey with Billy and his friends as they ride, drink, love, fight, shoot, and escape their way into the shining memories of Western myth. Surrounded by a splendid cast of characters that only Larry McMurtry could create, Billy charges headlong toward his fate, to become in death the unforgettable desperado he aspires to be in life. Not since Lonesome Dove has there been such a rich, exciting novel about the cowboys, Indians, and gunmen who live at the blazing heart of the American dream. “This tale of random violence, unlikely romance and quicksilver friendships in the old West is a rip-roaring gamble with a tear in its eye, and it pays off in spades.” —Publishers Weekly “Entertaining and peopled with . . . beguiling characters. McMurtry drills a bull’s eye, proving that he is among the most versatile of our writers.” —Library Journal “Storytelling at its best, the West at its fiercest, and McMurtry in his prime.” —The Seattle Times

Author : Larry McMurtry
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1631495100
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cadillac Jack: A Novel written by Larry McMurtry and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From dusty flea markets in Texas to parties in Washington, DC, crawling with political hacks, Cadillac Jack is a classic American novel, timelier than ever. Larry McMurtry’s “big hearted” fiction has been lauded for “taking us places we hadn’t known existed” (Joyce Carol Oates, New York Review of Books). Cadillac Jack does exactly that, inviting readers into the passenger seat of a pearl-colored Caddy with peach velour–covered seats, joining a rodeo-bulldogger-turned-antique- scout at the wheel. “Superbly comic” (Newsday), this rollicking tale echoes the cultural climate of America today, with the cagey yet charming Jack grappling with the capitol’s pretentious elite. As he cruises through relationships with distinctively appealing women—including socialite boutique owner Cindy and discreet mother-of-two Jean—Jack realizes home for him will always be simply barreling down freeways in his Cadillac, wandering the country in search of another obscure treasure. Bolstered with its cast of unforgettable characters, Cadillac Jack entices with the prospect of undiscovered riches around that next bend in the road.

Author : Whitley Strieber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781558003101
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billy written by Whitley Strieber and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Larry McMurtry
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439129681
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pretty Boy Floyd written by Larry McMurtry and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The time is 1925. The place, St. Louis, Missouri. Charley Floyd, a good-looking, sweet-smiling country boy from Oklahoma, is about to rob his first armored car. Written by Pulitzer Prize–winner Larry McMurtry and his writing partner, Diana Ossana, Pretty Boy Floyd traces the wild career of the legendary American folk hero Charley Floyd, a young man so charming that it's hard not to like him, even as he's robbing you at gunpoint. From the bank heists and shootings that make him Public Enemy Number One to the women who love him, from the glamour-hungry nation that worships him to the G-men who track Charley down, Pretty Boy Floyd is both a richly comic masterpiece and an American tragedy about the price of fame and the corruption of innocence.

Author : Larry McMurtry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671746056
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anything for Billy written by Larry McMurtry and published by . This book was released on 1991-07 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breathtaking tale of excitement, capturing the lore and life of the old West, which tells of Billy the Kid.

Author : Steven Herrick
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689868677
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Simple Gift written by Steven Herrick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weary of life with his alcoholic, abusive father, sixteen-year-old Billy packs a few belongings and hits the road, hoping for something better than what he left behind.

Author : Kevin Henkes
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062268155
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Year of Billy Miller written by Kevin Henkes and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newbery Honor Book and New York Times Bestseller! Award-winning, nationally bestselling author Kevin Henkes introduces second-grader Billy Miller in this fast-paced and funny story about friendship, sibling rivalry, and elementary school. The Year of Billy Miller includes black-and-white art by Kevin Henkes and is perfect for fans of the Ramona books; Frindle, by Andrew Clements; and the Clementine series. The New York Times declared: "Henkes's delightful story is restrained and vivid . . . forgoing the overdramatic or zany, it shows the substance, warmth and adaptability of beautifully common family love." When Billy Miller has a mishap at the statue of the Jolly Green Giant at the end of summer vacation, he ends up with a big lump on his head. What a way to start second grade! As the year goes by, though, Billy figures out how to navigate elementary school, how to appreciate his little sister, and how to be a more grown up and responsible member of the family and a help to his busy working mom and stay-at-home dad. Newbery Honor author and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes delivers a short, satisfying, laugh-out-loud-funny school and family story that features a diorama homework assignment, a school poetry slam, cancelled sleepovers, and epic sibling temper tantrums. This is a perfect short novel for the early elementary grades. Plus don't miss the follow-up, Billy Miller Makes a Wish!

Author : Frank Christina
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billy Jack written by Frank Christina and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Larry Mcmurtry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anything for Billy written by Larry Mcmurtry and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Busby
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780929398341
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Larry McMurtry and the West written by Mark Busby and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first major single-authored book in almost twenty years to examine the life and work of Texas' foremost novelist and to develop coherent patterns of theme, structure, symbol, imagery, and influence in Larry McMurtry's work. The study focuses on the novelist's relationship to the Southwest, theorizing that his writing exhibits a deep ambivalence toward his home territory. The course of his career demonstrates shifting attitudes that have led him toward, away from, and then back again to his home place and the "cowboy god" that dominates its mythology. The book utilizes original materials from five library special collections, as well as interviews with McMurtry, his family, and his friends, such as Ken Kesey.