MCMURTRY, Larry.

£1,750 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Horseman, Pass By. First edition of the author's debut novel, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper: "To Donna, I hope she enjoys it, and I hope things always go well with her. Best, Larry McMurtry". Horseman, Pass By was adapted for film under the name Hud by Martin Ritt. Paul Newman played the titular character.An article titled "Legend of the Cowboy in Contemporary Dress" by McMurtry taken from the Dallas Times Herald, May 26 1963, is loosely inserted. In it, McMurtry recommends Hud as a film that, instead of mythologizing the American cowboy, "does deal directly with the cowboy of the 1950's... pretty much in line with actuality".

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