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On This Day: April 17, 1986 – Larry McMurtry Won the Pulitzer Prize for Lonesome Dove

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On This Day: April 17, 1986 – Larry McMurtry Won the Pulitzer Prize for Lonesome Dove.

On this day April 17, 1986, author Larry McMurtry was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his epic novel Lonesome Dove. The book, a sweeping Western about two retired Texas Rangers driving cattle from Texas to Montana, became a literary milestone and redefined the genre for a new generation.

Lonesome Dove was praised for its vivid characters, emotional depth, and realistic portrayal of life on the frontier. It brought Western fiction into mainstream literature in a way that felt both...
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