Cadillac Jack

Contemporary Literature & Fiction

Author: Larry McMurtry

In Cadillac Jack, Larry McMurtry — Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove — proves his unique talent for conjuring up the real, often eccentric people who inhabit the American heartland and for capturing the peculiarly American search for new frontiers and adventure. Cadillac Jack is a rodeo-cowboy-turned-antique-scout whose nomadic, womanizing life — centered….Read More

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