Willard Goodwin wrote:
 
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> A much older Sheri (weirdly veiled and mysterious, as witnessed in Orono
> some years ago) is the model for a character in Larry McMurtry's _Dead
> Man's Walk_ (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995). McMurtry's book is one of a
> quartet of novels about nineteenth century Texas, a Great Western, begun in
> 1985 with the Pulitzer Prize winning _Lonesome Dove_. I once had the very
> good fortune to ride with McMurtry over that Jornada del Muerta from Los
> Angeles to Austin. I recognized him in the airport; we sat together on the
> flight and talked about the novels, the subsequent TV mini-series, and
> about the antiquarian book trade (McMurtry has been an antiquarian book
> dealer for many years, proprietor of the Washington D.C. shop Booked-Up). I
> must have mentioned Pound, because McMurtry then described to me how Sheri
> arrived at his shop in Washington one day, in a Winnebago camper, wanting
> to sell Pound manuscripts, letters, etc. Apparently she was rather
> eccentric, covered in black veils and such; and that apparition stayed with
> McMurtry until he reconstructed her in the character of Lady Carey, and
> English noblewoman in _Dead Man's Walk_.
 
McMurtry supposedly has a *huge* bookstore in Archer City, TX (a little
SW of Wichita Falls). I hope to visit the store soon. I'll try to note
its Pound collection.