Telegraph days : a novel

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Label

Telegraph days : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Larry McMurtry

Creator

• McMurtry, Larry
• trueMcMurtry, Larry

Subject

• trueEarp, Wyatt, 1848-1929
• trueFriendship
• Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction
• Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction
• Historical fiction
• trueLoneliness in women
• trueMen/women relations
• trueOutlaws
• Sheriffs -- Fiction
• Siblings -- Fiction
• trueSmall town life -- The West (United States)
• trueTelegraph -- The West (United States) -- History -- 19th century
• Telegraphers -- Fiction
• Telegraphers -- Fiction
• trueThe West (United States) -- History -- 19th century
• Western stories
• Western stories
• trueWesterns
• trueWomen authors
• trueWomen telegraphers
• Sheriffs -- Fiction
• true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
• trueBrothers and sisters
• Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
• trueBuffalo Bill, 1846-1917

Genre

• Fiction
• Western stories
• trueWesterns

Language

eng

Summary

Nellie Courtright and her brother Jackson arrive in Rita Blanca in the Oklahoma Panhandle in 1876 after their father's death, where Jackson becomes a deputy sheriff and Nellie runs the town telegraph

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Pace

• trueLeisurely paced

Tone

• trueFunny

Writing style

• trueGritty
• trueDescriptive

Cataloging source

DLC

Citation source

• Library Journal
• Publisher's Weekly

Dewey number

813/.54

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Adult
• Adult

Intended audience source

Follett Library Resources

LC call number

PS3563.A319

LC item number

T38 2006

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult