Leaving Cheyenne
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First edition (publ. Harper & Row)
Leaving Cheyenne is the second novel written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry. The 1962 western portrays the lives of people living in Texas from about 1920 to about 1965.
The book is written in three parts. Each is a first person account from the main characters involved in a life-long love triangle: Gideon, Johnny, and Molly.
It was adapted into the 1974 drama film Lovin' Molly.
Categories:
- Western (genre) novels
- 1962 American novels
- American novels adapted into films
- Harper & Row books
- Novels set in Texas
- 1960s historical novel stubs
- Western (genre) novel stubs