Book cover for Leaving Cheyenne by Larry McMurtry

Leaving Cheyenne

2018 Released
304 Pages
6-7 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
Hardback Unavailable
LiverightISBN 9781631493522

“If Chaucer were a Texan writing today . . . this is how he would have written and this is how he would have felt.”— New York Times

In Leaving Cheyenne (1963), which anticipates Lonesome Dove more than any other early novel, the stark realities of the American West play out in a mesmerizing love triangle. Stubborn rancher Gideon Fry, resilient Molly Taylor, and awkward ranch hand Johnny McCloud struggle with love and jealousy as the years pass.

Larry McMurtry

Larry McMurtry (1936–2021) was 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 lived in Archer City, Texas.

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