![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He came from a family of cattlemen - his father was one - but he knew that the industry wasn't going to last. LIMBONG: Larry McMurtry grew up in Archer City, Texas. And I know I think something of their limitations, having grown up with them. I respect them up to a point, but I'm not crazy about them. LIMBONG: McMurtry told WHYY's Fresh Air in 1995 that while the myth of the cowboy held a lot of power, it was just that - a myth. You like money even less than you like fun, if that's possible. ROBERT DUVALL: (As Augustus "Gus" McCrae) What are you talking about? You don't even like money. There wasn't nothing about fun in the deal. Call) We come to this place to make money. It was turned into a miniseries in 1989 starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones. NPR's Andrew Limbong has this appreciation.ĪNDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE: Larry McMurtry's big, Pulitzer Prize-winning book 1985's "Lonesome Dove" followed retired Texas Rangers at the end of the 1800s. Many of his books were adapted into movies - "The Last Picture Show," "Terms Of Endearment," "Texasville." He also co-adapted the screenplay for "Brokeback Mountain." McMurtry died last night of heart failure. He wrote unsentimental depictions of people facing a changing world. Stories about the American West are often over-romantic tales of big skies and cowboys - not Larry McMurtry's. ![]()
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