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Folly and Glory by Larry McMurtry (2004, Hardcover)
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This hardcover book titled "Folly and Glory" by Larry McMurtry is a first edition published by Simon & Schuster in 2004. The book has 236 pages and weighs 16.5 ounces, with a size of 9.2 inches in length, 6.2 inches in width, and 0.9 inches in height. It features a dust jacket and is written in English, with a narrative type of fiction and a genre of westerns and historical. The book is intended for adults and is not personalized, inscribed, or signed. It is a great addition to any book collection and is perfect for those who enjoy reading about the Wild West.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-100743233050
ISBN-139780743233057
eBay Product ID (ePID)5981966
Product Key Features
Book TitleFolly and Glory
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Westerns, Historical
Publication Year2004
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorLarry McMurtry
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16.5 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-064173
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisIn this brilliant saga -- the final volume ofThe Berrybender Narrativesand an epic in its own right -- Larry McMurtry lives up to his reputation for delivering novels with "wit, grace, and more than a hint of what might be called muscular nostalgia, fit together to create a panoramic portrait of the American West"(The New York Times Book Review).As this finale opens, Tasmin and her family are under irksome, though comfortable, arrest in Mexican Santa Fe. Her father, the eccentric Lord Berrybender, is planning to head for Texas with his whole family and his retainers, English, American, and Native American. Tasmin, who would once have followed her husband, Jim Snow, anywhere, is no longer even sure she likes him, or knows where to go to next. Neither does anyone else -- even Captain Clark, of Lewis and Clark fame, is puzzled by the great changes sweeping over the West, replacing red men and buffalo with towns and farms.In the meantime, Jim Snow, accompanied by Kit Carson, journeys to New Orleans, where he meets up with a muscular black giant named Juppy, who turns out to be one of Lord Berrybender's many illegitimate offspring, and in whose company they make their way back to Santa Fe. But even they are unable to prevent the Mexicans from carrying the Berrybender family on a long and terrible journey across the desert to Vera Cruz.Starving, dying of thirst, and in constant, bloody battle with slavers pursuing them, the Berrybenders finally make their way to civilization -- if New Orleans of the time can be called that -- where Jim Snow has to choose between Tasmin and the great American plains, on which he has lived all his life in freedom, and where, after all her adventures, Tasmin must finally decide where her future lies.With a cast of characters that includes almost every major real-life figure of the West,Folly and Gloryis a novel that represents the culmination of a great and unique four-volume saga of the early days of the West; it is one of Larry McMurtry's finest achievements.
LC Classification NumberPS3563.A319 F65 2004
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- 26 Apr, 2019
Will be ordering again soon.
Now this is what I expect when I order a used book! Hard cover, clean pages and good binding. I will order another book soon. Worth the money!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 12 Oct, 2021
Good Ole McMurtry!
Purchased all 4 of these books -Folly & Glory is the fourth of the series. Purchased for a friend-he loves it. Good price & came timely.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 May, 2024
Got it today - TYVM looks fine
Got it today - TYVM looks fineVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Nov, 2020
Another great work by McMurtry
His stories are "warm-fuzzy"Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Oct, 2016
Very entertaining series.
This is book 4 of 4, containing the saga of the Berrybender clan in the American frontier. Gruesome detail describing everyday travel in the wild west. Intriguing characters. Lord Berrybender, is an eccentric narcissistic patriarch, travelling with his wives, children, servants, and mistresses. Kit Carson is part of the entourage, as well as a tame bear, Cowboys, Indians, a French balloonist, and a hard mountain man. This may not be the best of the 4 in the series, but a must read to tie the epic together. Highly entertaining, and will leave you appreciating the everyday struggle to survive in that time and place.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 08 Jun, 2024
All good.
All good.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
