Buffalo Girls (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Larry McMurtry
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The late nineteenth century
- Setting: South Dakota and Montana; London
- Principal Characters: Martha Jane (Calamity Jane) Canary, No Ears, Jim Ragg and Bartle Bone, Dora Dufran, William F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody, Jack Omohundro, Sitting Bull, Annie Oakley, Blue, Ogden Prideaux, Doosie
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Gender roles, West, U.S., Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Native Americans or American Indians, Legends, Heroes or heroism, Hunting or hunters, Animals, Zoos, Beavers
- Locales: London, England, South Dakota, Montana
The fourteenth of Larry McMurtry’s novels is the third to investigate the Old West. Like its predecessor, Anything for Billy (1988), Buffalo Girls is an ironic and often humorous depiction of the lives of legendary Western heroes and heroines. Unlike McMurtry’s first venture into this territory, Lonesome Dove (1985), Anything for Billy and the new novel combine historical figures and fictional creations. Neither of these two more recent efforts has the epic scope or the powerful characterizations of Lonesome Dove, but Buffalo Girls is a...
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