Larry McMurtry

Lonnie Bannon, coming of age on his grandfather's West Texas ranch deeply loves the land, the labor, the people yet is torn by curiosity about the greater world outside the ranch - the world known so well by his grandfather's tough, arrogant stepson, Hud.

Larry McMurtry's Dead man's walk : This prequel to Lonesome Dove introduces Gus and Call when they were young Texas Rangers first experiencing the wild frontier. Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo : This sequel to Lonesome Dove pits legendary Texas Ranger Woodrow Call against his deadliest adversary ever.

Danny Deck, a young writer on the verge of success, drifting from his native Texas to California, then back again, unsuccessfully married to Sally. Larry McMurtry marvelous ability to re-create the subtle textures of people's lives.

Mark Wahlberg plays the rough-edged Oregon-based father who pays tribute to his gay teenage son Jadin by embarking on a walk across America to speak his heart to heartland adults and students about the potential terrifying high costs of bullying.

Story of teenagers in a small Texas town just prior to the hero leaving for Korea and the closing of the town's movie theater.

It's 1963, a time in the United States when life was simple, straightforward and the lines between the sexes and sex roles were crisply drawn and severely delineated. Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist find themselves thrown together when they are hired to tend sheep in the remote area of Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming. Because of the job, the two are forced to spend many hours together alone in the wild. Ennis and Jack are inexorably drawn to each other through...

"James Garner stars as Woodrow F. Call, a wizened bounty hunter who has endured the death of his son and the financial failure of his Montana ranch. When a wealthy railroad president hires him to track down a young, cold-blooded bandit, Call travels south to seek out the fugitive and along the way encounters an array of old acquaintances, including his faithful ex-comrade." --Container.

The tale of two former Texas Rangers who leave the South Texas town of Lonesome Dove on an epic 2500-mile cattle drive to the lush ranch country of Montana. From the re-created towns to the vast plains to the expansive cattle drive and heart-stopping stampede, it is an inspiring and enlighting experience, certain to change your views of our American heritage.