RIP Larry McMurtry

I just heard the news that the great Larry McMurtry, one of my all time favorite authors, passed away. 

McMurtry is the reason I fell in love with the idea of Texas, long before I ever saw it. "Lonesome Dove" is my all time favorite book, I've read it dozens of times. I had always hoped to go out to Archer City to his big used bookstore and potentially meet him, and when he sold it a few years back I was so disappointed. 

Thank you for the wonderful memories and creating such amazing characters like Gus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call. Thank you for bringing the great state of Texas to life and allowing me to visit and live vicariously through your beautiful writing. You will be greatly missed.

http://bekkisbookblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/lonesome-dove-dont-you-forget-about-me.html

http://bekkisbookblog.blogspot.com/2017/04/lonesome-dove.html

http://bekkisbookblog.blogspot.com/2017/05/comanche-moon-los-angeles-in-1970s.html