description: 93214 (8 cassettes/11 hours). Copyright 1962, 1963 by Larry McMurtry; renewed 1990, 1991. P 1993 by Recorded Books, Inc. Unabridged. Narrated by John Randolph Jones, C.J. Critt and Mark Hammer. ISBN 1 55690 847 4. "My foot's in the stirrup, My pony won't stand; Goodbye, old partner, I'm leaving Cheyenne---Old cowboy song. Texas. Even as it enters a new century, it is still a clean, lean and hungry country, its passions quick felt and quickly spent, its hopes as clear and forthright as the morning sun. Bound inextricably to the land, its future is forged by young men and women like Gideon Fry, Johnny McCloud and Molly Taylor. Gideon, a circumspect young man, is torn between his need to find his own way and the more formidable challenge of following in his rancher father's foot-steps. His best friend, Johnny, takes each day as it comes, his restless spirit finding its only solace in the arms of a woman, a barroom brawl, or on the back of a good horse traversing an open range. And binding them all together is Molly, the elusive and passionate woman they both love, who gives herself to both, commits herself to neither, and bears each of them a child. Rugged, bold and volatile, the three of them struggle with history even as they make it. And they, along with the country that bred them, come of age together in this tender and intimate novel of the heart. "A compelling story...consummate skill."---The San Francisco Chronicle" (from back case)
language: English
title: Leaving Cheyenne
titlecomplete: Leaving Cheyenne
genres: Historical, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 3145
series: Thalia, Texas
publisher: Recorded Books LLC