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How The West Was Lost
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Excellent First Novel
The horsemen
Not the movie, but equally good. . .

Horseman, Pass By : A Novel
Larry McMurtry
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Paperback

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When Larry McMurtry's classic novel of the post-World War II era was originally published in 1961, it created a sensation in Texas literary circles. Never before had a writer portrayed the contemporary West in conflict with the Old West in such stark, realistic, unsentimental ways.

Horseman, Pass By, on which the film Hud is based, tells the story of Homer Bannon, an old-time cattleman who epitomizes the frontier values of honesty and decency, and Hud, his unscrupulous stepson. Caught in the middle is the narrator, Homer's young grandson, Lonnie, who is as much drawn to his grandfather's strength of character as he is to Hud's hedonism and materialism. Memorable characters, powerful themes, and illuminating detail make Horseman, Pass By vintage McMurtry.

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How The West Was Lost.......2007-06-27

This great , first novel by Mr. McMurtry was the basis for the movie HUD. McMurtry captures the passing of the "Old West". The grandfather, Homer Bannon, is trying to hang on to a dying way of life. His stepson Hud is trying to force his will onto Homer. Lonnie, Homer's grandson, is caught in the middle. Mr. McMurtry paints the western landscape in manner that few writers can approach. If you have read Mr. McMurtry's later work, I encourage you to go back and pick up this slim gem of a book.

Excellent first step.......2005-08-31

McMurtry's first novel, it's a tough, nostalgic look at a cattle ranching family in the panhandle of Texas in the early 1950s. Lonnie Bannon narrates the story mainly of his grandfather, a tough old coot who owns the ranch and Hud, his wild half-brother. A disease breaks out with their cattle that forces them to slaughter the herd; the results have a devastating effect on both characters. Written before McMurtry's style took on the broad Dickensian humor of his later work, he manages to capture the place and the people very well and truthfully. A great start to a most illustrious career. [The movie HUD came from this book.]

Excellent First Novel.......2005-08-28

I read this book many years ago after seeing the movie version, Hud, with Paul Newman. As others have noted there are some major differences between the book and film. McMurtry's early books, like this one, are so beautiful and evocative of a time and place. When I try to read the more recent books they seem flat and contrived. It is almost like reading two different writers. The sad thing is that he seems to be getting worse rather than better. Horseman Pass By, Leaving Cheyenne, and The Last Picture Show are his best work. They are all beautifully done and well worth reading.

The horsemen.......2005-04-18

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Review =The book horseman it is about a kid, who is around 14 years old, that grew up in Texas. He ran in to some problems between some people and others he was really close to. I like this book because I find old western books interesting. I liked everything, and I did not dislike anything. It is a good book and you should read it. The book has some cool adventures. Good book.

Not the movie, but equally good. . ........2004-05-18

This was Larry McMurtry's first novel, published in 1961, long before "Lonesome Dove." It's also his first of several books set in and around the small Texas town of Thalia. The story was quickly transformed into a Paul Newman film "Hud" in 1963, which is the version of the story most people know. In spirit, the two stories are similar - they are both anti-westerns, in which code of the West is subverted and corrupted by failure of moral character.

But McMurtry's novel tells a story with a darker vision. At the center is Lonnie, the teenager growing up on his grandfather's ranch, and it's through his eyes that we see the cold, self-serving indifference of his uncle Hud. Still a boy, unschooled in much of anything besides the dawn-to-dusk labor of ranch work, Lonnie is no moral center, following his grandfather's example. In many ways, he accepts Hud's violent behavior, his disrespect for the old man, and his ruthless use of women as a kind of norm. In the end, as he leaves the ranch, he takes the first steps toward a life that may well be no more rewarding or purposeful than that of the regretful hired hand Jesse, who gets too drunk to ride his cutting horse in the rodeo.

To streamline the story, the film has scaled back or eliminated interesting key characters like Jesse, another ranch hand Lonzo, a neighbor Hank, and a friend Hermy, who is badly injured trying to ride a bull. Also, by casting a white woman in the role of the black cook Halmea (Patricia Neal's Alma), the film sidesteps a racial dimension that the novel brings to the story.

So for readers who know and like the film, this is a very different telling of the story and well worth reading. As usual in McMurtry's early novels, there is a richly detailed capturing of character, speech, and setting. He knows these people inside and out, how they think, talk, and behave. He also totally deromanticizes ranch work, representing it as mercilessly hot, dusty, and exhausting. The small-town rodeo, with its drinking, womanizing cowboys, fares little better. I heartily recommend this novel for anyone interested in the rural West and ranching, along with McMurtry's more melancholy but less bleak "Leaving Cheyenne."

Horseman, PAss By
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Horseman, PAss By
Larry McMurtry
Manufacturer: New York Penguin 1984.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LTQ374

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Horseman, pass by
Diana Raymond
Manufacturer: Cassell
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Lindsay Baly. Horseman, Pass By: The Australian Light Horse in World War I.(Book Review): An article from: Sabretache
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Lindsay Baly. Horseman, Pass By: The Australian Light Horse in World War I.(Book Review): An article from: Sabretache
Anthony Staunton
Manufacturer: Military Historical Society of Australia
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ASIN: B0008GFI6M
Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from Sabretache, published by Military Historical Society of Australia on December 1, 2003. The length of the article is 415 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Lindsay Baly. Horseman, Pass By: The Australian Light Horse in World War I.(Book Review)
Author: Anthony Staunton
Publication: Sabretache (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2003
Publisher: Military Historical Society of Australia
Volume: 44 Issue: 4 Page: 51(2)

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Horseman, pass by: a cowboy looks to the past and the future.(The Pastures of Beyond: An Old Cowboy Looks Back at the Old West)(Book Review) : An article from: The Weekly Standard

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Horseman, pass by: a cowboy looks to the past and the future.(The Pastures of Beyond: An Old Cowboy Looks Back at the Old West)(Book Review) : An article from: The Weekly Standard
Bill Croke
Manufacturer: News America Incorporated
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000ALUGDU
Release Date: 2005-07-25

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This digital document is an article from The Weekly Standard, published by News America Incorporated on June 27, 2005. The length of the article is 1153 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Horseman, pass by: a cowboy looks to the past and the future.(The Pastures of Beyond: An Old Cowboy Looks Back at the Old West)(Book Review)
Author: Bill Croke
Publication: The Weekly Standard (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 27, 2005
Publisher: News America Incorporated
Volume: 10 Issue: 39 Page: 35(2)

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Horseman, Pass By
David Crackanthorpe
Manufacturer: Review
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GLPDB4

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Horseman, Pass By
David Crackanthorpe
Manufacturer: Headline Book Publishing
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ASIN: 0747260869

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A stylish, tightly woven thriller set in the south of France.

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Horseman, Pass By

Horseman, Pass by
Lindsay Baly
Manufacturer: Spellmount Publishers Ltd
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1862272557

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Horseman, Pass By.......2007-05-20

The Australian Light Horse in World War I, by Lindsay Baly, pub. Spellmount Ltd., 2004., ISBN 1-86227-255-7

The title of this account of the Australian Light Horse in the Great War comes from the inscription on the headstone of the famous poet, W. B. Yeats,
"Cast a cold eye,
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!"

Lindsay Baly's book is an homage to his father and his father's comrades of the Light Horse cavalry, New Zealand mounted rifles, and British cavalry. It is written using letters and memoirs of three soldiers - Maj. N. B. Barton, MiD, CBE; Maj. J. R. C. Davies, MC, and the authors father, Sergeant Jack Baly, MM, interspersed with vigorous and exciting historical narrative. I recommend it highly to anyone with an interest in the history of the ANZAC mounted troops in WWI, in cavalry operations in Sinai, Palestine and Syria, or just in warm, human memoirs of the Great War.

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Horseman, Pass By
Larry MCMURTRY
Manufacturer: Harper
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I1PV6Y

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Horseman, Pass by
Larry McMurtry
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIU2Y2

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