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For most of the hours of the day—and most of the months of the year—the sun had the town trapped deep in dust, far out in the chaparral flats, a heaven for snakes and horned toads, roadrunners and stinging lizards, but a hell for pigs and Tennesseans.

For most of the hours of the day—and most of the months of the year—the sun had the town trapped deep in dust, far out in the chaparral flats, a heaven for snakes and horned toads, roadrunners and stinging lizards, but a hell for pigs and Tennesseans.

Approximate author period: c. 1961 AD · modern

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Larry McMurtry
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Approximate author period: c. 1961 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Larry McMurtry: documented activity in 1961. Wikidata Q611672, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611672 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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