Larry McMurtry Papers 1968, 1987-1991

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Larry McMurtry Papers 1968, 1987-1991

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The bulk of this collection is comprised of the original typescript for McMurtry's essay, "Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen,” which includes handwritten corrections by the author (ca. 1984-1985).

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Southwestern Writers Collection, Special Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos

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McMurtry, Larry.

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Novelist, essayist, and screenwriter Larry McMurtry was born June 3, 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas. He grew up on a ranch just outside of Archer City and graduated from Archer City High School in 1954. He attended North Texas State University (B.A. 1958), then Rice University (1954, 1958-60, M.A. 1960), and studied for one semester outside of Texas at Stanford University as a Stegner Fellow (1960-61). McMurtry published his first novels while working as an English instructor at Texas...