Larry McMurtry: Novelist and screenwriter

  • Larry McMurtry: Novelist and screenwriter
    Larry McMurtry: Novelist and screenwriter
  • Wellington native Jan Glenn auditioned for a role in Larry McMurtry’s “Terms of Endearment,” shot in the affluent River Oaks community of central Houston.
    Wellington native Jan Glenn auditioned for a role in Larry McMurtry’s “Terms of Endearment,” shot in the affluent River Oaks community of central Houston.
  • Larry McMurtry paused for a moment from his extensive writing career. Photos Courtesy of the Collection of Dr. Mike Wolf
    Larry McMurtry paused for a moment from his extensive writing career. Photos Courtesy of the Collection of Dr. Mike Wolf
  • Ranching life in the Archer City area served as Larry McMurtry’s growing-up stomping grounds.
    Ranching life in the Archer City area served as Larry McMurtry’s growing-up stomping grounds.
  • Actors Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones starred in American novelist Larry McMurtry’s “Lonesome Dove.”
    Actors Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones starred in American novelist Larry McMurtry’s “Lonesome Dove.”
    Archer City, located about 149 miles southeast of Wellington, was the hometown of one of Texas’s most prolific authors and screenwriters. Larry McMurtry was born to Hazel Ruth and Jeff Mack McMurtry in 1936 in Wichita Falls. He grew up on the family ranch in Archer County. As a side note, Jeff Mack and Hazel previously lived in Donley County, and Jeff Mack attended Clarendon College. Larry st...

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