Posted on 03/24/2023 5:57:16 PM PDT by algore
Why it matters: "Lonesome Dove," the Pulitzer-winning novel by the late author Larry McMurtry, might be the most beloved book in Texas history.
The big picture: The book about two retired Texas Rangers on an epic cattle drive during the last days of the West includes scenes of sexual assault and characters who are prostitutes.
Driving the news: Patterson's READER Act would require vendors to rate books with sexual content before selling them to school districts. Patterson has argued the legislation is an attempt to rid school libraries of books inappropriate for children.
Texas already bans more books than any other state, according to a 2022 PEN America report.
Yes, but: "Lonesome Dove" — which Patterson said he hadn't read — is one of the great unifiers among rugged, individualistic-minded conservatives and literature-loving liberals. Even conservatives in McMurtry's hometown of Archer City who despise some of his other work appreciate "Lonesome Dove."
Patterson's allies and enemies both think that suggesting "Lonesome Dove" should be banned was a mistake, per Texas Monthly. What happened next: Christin Bentley, a Republican from Smith County, tweeted that she downloaded the book and searched the text for words including "vagina" and "sex." Finding nothing, she determined the book is "not sexually explicit."
Patterson didn't reply to requests for comment. The intrigue: Though the book contains quite a bit of sexually explicit content, there was no discussion about whether the proposed legislation would also ban the Bible, which has already been challenged in one district.
What we're watching: The bill was left pending in committee.
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Great grandfather x2.
You guys may want to read “Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches”.
Who is the famous great-grandfather?
Yep. Good clip
Might be ok for the 13-15 set.
I would not worry about it for the 16 and older group.
Should not be assigned for class work.
Blood Meridian is right out though.
Peta Nacona and Cynthia Parker had a son named Quanah. Quanah had a few wives. My bud is one of Quanah’s grandsons. Cannot ride a horse to save his life. Good salesman though.
Read that book already. Ely hates most of the books about his family.
Comanche are still around. They have just assimilated more than other tribes. Gonna PM you.
Tommy Lee Jones was no slouch, either...
I know dat’s right and he still lives in Texas!!
I loved “Lonesome Dove.” I read it in the summer of ‘92, taking my paperback out to the pool over a couple of weekends and reading at night before I fell asleep. Took me about two weeks and then I recommended it to all of my reading friends.
I admired McMurtry’s versatility as a fiction writer. He also wrote “The Last Picture Show” and “Terms of Endearment,” among many others. He was very adept at making his characters spring off the page and become your friends.
McMurty was accused of plagiarism from the auto biography by Andrew Garcia.
“A Tough Trip Through Paradise”
Good read for a young Spaniard kid. quite a bit on Chief Joseph too.
Though the book contains quite a bit of sexually explicit content, there was no discussion about whether the proposed legislation would also ban the Bible, which has already been challenged in one district.
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Neither the Bible
or the Book Lonesome Dove
has pornographic illustrations
or
how to instructions.
Spit.
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