Telegraph Days

by Larry McMurtry

Genres: General Fiction

Synopsis

New York Times best-selling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Larry McMurtry is one of America's most popular writers. He fills Telegraph Days with notorious characters of the Golden West. In 1876, Nellie Courtright arrives in the rough town of Rita Blanca. Beautiful, crafty, and brave, Nellie blazes an ever-widening path through the affairs of the town, eventually facing down Jesse James and romancing Buffalo Bill. Through Nellie's lusty narrative, the villains and heroes of the Wild West rise from the dust. ". skips through western lore with a wry smile."-Publishers Weekly

Release date: June 17, 2008

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Print pages: 304