Buffalo Girls by Larry Mcmurtry

Buffalo Girls by Larry Mcmurtry

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The author rediscovers the myth of the American West and recreates its history. Calamity Jane, living in a whorehouse in Miles City, is content to remember the excitements of the past. But the arrival of her old friend and rival Buffalo Bill Cody plunges her into her last bitter-sweet adventure.

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Buffalo Girls by Larry Mcmurtry

Buffao Girls recreates the short, violent and passionate history of the American West. At its centre is ageing and larger-than-life buffalo girl Calamity Jane, who with the arrival of her old friend and rival Buffao Bill Cody is plunged into her last bitter-sweet adventure as part of his 'Wild West Show'.
Larry McMurty is the son and grandson of cattlemen, and he spent most of his growing years in the ranching country of north-central Texas. He is a graduate of North Texas State in Denton and Rice University in Houston. With publication of his first novel, Horseman, Pass By, he won overwhelming acclaim as one of the most brilliant of America's contemporary novelists. In 1986 he won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with Lonesome Drove. Several of his novels have been made into films.
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ISBN 13 9780099879008
ISBN 10 009987900X
Title Buffalo Girls
Author Larry Mcmurtry
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1992-08-20
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.