Here’s a sampling of the many reactions on social media Friday. Horseman, Pass By tells the story of Homer Bannon, an old-time cattleman who epitomizes the frontier values of honesty and decency, and Hud, his unscrupulous stepson. “We are grateful for Larry’s contributions not just to PEN America, not just to American literature, but to the right to speak freely.”

“At a moment when nativism and authoritarianism are on the rise, it’s a sad moment to mark the passing of one of the great writers who also rallied to the defense of those whom others tried to muzzle,” PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said in a statement. Horseman Pass By Larry McMurtry Published by Pocket Books, 1992 ISBN 10: 0671753843 ISBN 13: 9780671753849 Seller: The Book Peddlers, Anacortes, U.S.A. Pen America also released a statement Friday, celebrating McMurtry’s tenure as president of its board of trustees from 1989 to 1991, during which he testified before Congress in opposition to laws that barred ideologically contentious writers from immigrating to the U.S. “Castle Rock” actress Melanie Lynskey noted McMurtry’s “incredible body of work,” while “One Tree Hill” actress Hilarie Burton Morgan shared that she and husband Jeffrey Morgan named their son after “Lonesome Dove” character Augustus McCrae.

And the fact that he was personally working the cash register of his rare book store as he did so.” “I remember when he sent me on my way to adapt ‘Terms’ - his refusal to let me hold him in awe. Brooks, the screenwriter who adapted “Terms of Endearment” for the Oscar-winning 1983 movie. Among the best writers ever,” wrote James L.

“Sitting here thinking of the greatness of Larry McMurtry.

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