Larry McMurtry is the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lives in Archer City, Texas.
"A darn good read: an entertaining spoof about the Wild West that
brings alive the romance of outlaws, gunfighters and shootouts....
McMurtry has created a modern-day dime novel, a romantic knock-up
of the West -- proof that an old-fashioned oater can be as much fun
to read as a literary work." -- The Washington Post
"Entertaining." -- The Washington Post
"More laughs and a lot more sex.... An easy, breezy read." --
Kirkus Reviews
"Most readers won't be able to help cracking a smile.... As
purposely over-the-top as an episode of South Park." -- Publishers
Weekly
"Sassing her way through a series of sometimes improbable
adventures that just happen to put her in the middle of famous
moments in history, Nellie proves herself irresistible." -- Library
Journal
"This rollicking epic is filled with excitement and humor, tinged
with sadness and a longing for the past." -- Booklist
"A darn good read: an entertaining spoof about the Wild West that
brings alive the romance of outlaws, gunfighters and shootouts....
McMurtry has created a modern-day dime novel, a romantic knock-up
of the West -- proof that an old-fashioned oater can be as much fun
to read as a literary work." -- The Washington Post
"Entertaining." -- The Washington Post
"More laughs and a lot more sex.... An easy, breezy read." --
Kirkus Reviews
"Most readers won't be able to help cracking a smile.... As
purposely over-the-top as an episode of South Park." --
Publishers Weekly
"Sassing her way through a series of sometimes improbable
adventures that just happen to put her in the middle of famous
moments in history, Nellie proves herself irresistible." --
Library Journal
"This rollicking epic is filled with excitement and humor, tinged
with sadness and a longing for the past." -- Booklist
Once considered minor gentry in Virginia, 22-year-old Nellie Courtright and her brother, Jackson, are now all that remain of their family after an ill-fated journey out West. A dusty town on the plains called Rita Blanca becomes the Courtrights' new home. Nellie takes a job as a lickety-split telegraph operator, and her brother becomes the sheriff's deputy. When he single-handedly takes down the notorious Yazee gang, Nellie scribbles a booklet about the gunfight, becoming an author. Soon she meets Buffalo Bill Cody, and because Nellie strikes him as organized, he offers her a job overseeing his many businesses while he runs around the country producing his Wild West Show. Nellie's amorous adventures are many, and the novel is peppered with sudden couplings. Sassing her way through a series of sometimes improbable adventures that just happen to put her in the middle of famous moments in history, Nellie proves herself irresistible. Although not as epic as Lonesome Dove, Telegraph Days surely seems of the same vintage-good news for the legions of McMurtry fans. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 2/15/06.]-Keddy Ann Outlaw, Harris Cty. P.L., Houston Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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