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Through the perspectives of orphan siblings Nellie and Jackson Courtright, Larry McMurtry traces the myths of the closing decades of the western frontier. Set in Rita Blanca, a small Oklahoma Panhandle town, the novel follows the siblings as they navigate the challenges of frontier life, forging a new family in a landscape marked by change, hardship, and the promise of opportunity.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Western Fiction/Historical Western
Authors: Larry McMurtry
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