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For the novel published in the UK in 1990 as Leaving Cheyenne, see Borderlands (novel).

First edition (publ. Harper & Row)

Leaving Cheyenne is the second novel written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry. The 1962 western portrays the lives of people living in Texas from about 1920 to about 1965.

The book is written in three parts. Each is a first person account from the main characters involved in a life-long love triangle: Gideon, Johnny, and Molly.

It was adapted into the 1974 drama film Lovin' Molly.


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