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Larry McMurtry - Anything for Billy Books

Larry McMurtry - Anything for Billy

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Narrated by dime novelist Ben Sippy, this novel concerns Billy the Kid. By sympathizing with Ben Sippy, readers understand the commercial mythologizing of the Old West that dime novelists did, and... More
Narrated by dime novelist Ben Sippy, this novel concerns Billy the Kid. By sympathizing with Ben Sippy, readers understand the commercial mythologizing of the Old West that dime novelists did, and how the myths that perpetuated from those novels both sustain and entrap the people who live in the West even today. Minimize
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Narrated by dime novelist Ben Sippy, this novel concerns Billy the Kid. By sympathizing with Ben Sippy, readers understand the commercial mythologizing of the Old West that dime novelists did, and how the myths that perpetuated from those novels both sustain and entrap the people who live in the West even today.
 

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Best of the West

by   oldsport57 ,  Jan 19, 2005
Pros: The REAL west!
Cons: Too short...I wanted MORE!
Review: Anything For Billy is one of the finest books I've ever read, portraying the "real" American west. Full of characters, both real and from McMurtry's prodigious imagination, this makes John Wayne look like the posturing poseur he was. Want history? ...
Author's Rating: 5/5 stars  
 

You’ve Got To Be Kidding

by   gungian , top reviewer in Books at Epinions.com ,  Jun 22, 2002
Pros: Short chapters make this easy to read in fits and starts.
Cons: Just interesting enough.
The Bottom Line: Anything for Billy presents a Billy Bone that I had not known. A simple read that doesn't require a lot of concentration - a good "pick-it-up" and "put-it-down" book.
Review: Mrs. G and I just returned from a week with her extended family. There were almost 40 of us in two houses at Sunset Beach, NC. [We made for an eclectic group ranging from our 89-year old matriarch to her newest 3 1/2 month old great grandchild.] As it...
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